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| Author | Patricia Lockwood |
|---|---|
| Audio read by | Kristen Sieh |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Internet, grief |
| Genre | Literary fiction |
| Set in | 21st-century America |
| Publisher | Riverhead Books (US) Bloomsbury Circus (UK) |
Publication date | February 16, 2021 (US, UK) |
| Publication place | United States United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print, ebook, audiobook, audible |
| Pages | 210 pp |
| Awards | Dylan Thomas Prize (2022) |
| ISBN | 9780593189580 (hardcover US 1st ed.) 9781526629760 (hardcover UK 1st ed.) |
| OCLC | 1155693813 |
| 813.6 | |
| LC Class | PS3612.O27 N6 2021 |
| Website | No One Is Talking About This at Penguin Random House |
No One Is Talking About This is the debut novel by American poet Patricia Lockwood, published in 2021. It was simultaneously released in the United States and United Kingdom via Riverhead and Bloomsbury, respectively. The novel focuses on an unnamed woman who is extremely active on social media. Her life changes focus after her family experiences an unexpected tragedy.
The novel received critical acclaim and major attention from outlets, magazines, literary journals, and other media upon release. Commentators compared the style, tone, and substance of the novel to that of other writers in the American and British Isles 20th-century tradition like William Faulkner, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, and Joan Didion; and the novel was also pronounced a product of Jane Austen's heritage. Many reviewers considered it a modern masterpiece and artful. It became one of the most widely-reviewed and honored books of the year.
It was a finalist for the 2021 Booker Prize, was one of The New York Times' "10 Best Books of 2021", and won the 2022 Dylan Thomas Prize. In 2024, The Atlantic added it as one of 136 books since 1925 to be named a "Great American Novel".