EAN: 9780349012810

SIGRID NUNEZ - GEBRAUCHT THE FRIEND WINNER OF T...

'A beautifulbook . . . crammed with a world of insight into death  grief  art and love'
WallStreet Journal  When a womanunexpectedly loses a lifelong friend and mentor to suicide  she
finds herselfburdened with the unwanted dog he has left behind. Her own battle against griefis
intensified by the mute suffering of the dog  a huge Great Dane that hadbeen devoted to its
suddenly vanished master  and by the threat of eviction:dogs are prohibited in her apartment
building. TheFriend is both a meditation on friendship  loss andbereavement  and a celebration
of the wonder and healing power of thehuman-canine bond. 'A pitch-perfectnovel . . . Wry and
moving  The Friend is a love story  amania story  and a recovery story' Vanity Fair   ' An
intimate  beautiful thing  humming withinsight' The Economist  'Dry  allusive charming . . .
Nunez has an interesting mind  and she shakes the dust fromevery topic - grief  writing 
academia  sexual politics - she picks up' New York Times Critics' Top Books of2018 'A sneaky
gutpunch of a novel . . . a consummate example of the human-animal tale' Harper'sMagazine

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