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The Friend: Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction and a New York Times bestseller
Sigrid Nunez
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Dogs as pets
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Virago
- Paperback Jun 13, 2023 | 9780349018133 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Paperback Jan 8, 2019 | 9780349012810 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Dec 13, 2018 | 9781405543453 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
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Virago
- Paperback Jun 13, 2023 | 9780349018133 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Paperback Jan 8, 2019 | 9780349012810 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Dec 13, 2018 | 9781405543453 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
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Little, Brown Audio
- Paperback Jun 13, 2023 | 9780349018133 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Paperback Jan 8, 2019 | 9780349012810 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Dec 13, 2018 | 9781405543453 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
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WINNER OF THE 2018 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD and a NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER: a moving story of love, friendship, grief, healing, and the magical bond between a woman and her dog.
A moving story of love, friendship, grief, healing, and the magical bond between a woman and her dog - now in a stunning new edition as part of Virago's 50th anniversary Five Gold Reads series
WINNER OF THE 2018 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD * A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD
'A true delight: I genuinely fear I won't read a better novel this year' FINANCIAL TIMES
'Loved this. A funny, moving examination of love, grief, and the uniqueness of dogs' GRAHAM NORTON
'Delicious' SUNDAY TIMES 100 BEST SUMMER READS
When a woman unexpectedly loses her lifelong best friend and mentor, she finds herself burdened with the unwanted dog he has left behind. Her own battle against grief is intensified by the mute suffering of the dog, a huge Great Dane, and by the threat of eviction: dogs are prohibited in her apartment building.
Isolated from the rest of the world, increasingly obsessed with the dog's care, determined to read its mind and fathom its heart, she comes dangerously close to unravelling. But while troubles abound, rich and surprising rewards lie in store for both of them.
'Very, very clever. Mature. Entertaining. Eminently readable and re-readable. Absolutely delightful' IRISH TIMES
'I loved it . . . It's one of my favourite books and it moved me' WHOOPI GOLDBERG
A New York Times Notable Book of 2018 * A Financial Times 2018 Best Book: Critics Pick * A Buzzfeed Best Book of 2018 * A Bustle Best Fiction Book of 2018 * An NPR Best Book of 2018
Celebrating five decades of the feminist publisher, each of the Five Gold Reads represents an iconic moment in Virago's history, from the 1970s to today.
Praise for The Friend: Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction and a New York Times bestseller
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The contemplation of writing and the loss of integrity in our literary life form the heart of the novel . . . Nunez's prose itself comforts us. Her confident and direct style uplifts - the music in her sentences, her deep and varied intelligence. She addresses important ideas unpretentiously and offers wisdom for any aspiring writer who, as the narrator fears, may never know this dear, intelligent friend - or this world that is dying. But is it dying? Perhaps. But with The Friend, Nunez provides evidence that, for now, it survives - New York Times Book Review
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Charming ... the comedy here writes itself... The snap of her sentences sometimes puts me in mind of Rachel Cusk - New York Times
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In crystalline prose, Nunez creates an impressively controlled portrait of the 'exhaustion of mourning' - New Yorker
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A beautiful book . . . crammed with a world of insight into death, grief, art, and love - Wall Street Journal
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Sigrid Nunez
Sigrid Nunez is the New York Times bestselling author of The Friend, winner of the 2018 National Book Award, and of seven other novels, including Salvation City, The Last of Her Kind, and What Are You Going Through. She is also the author of Sempre Susan: A Memoir of Susan Sontag. Her books have been translated into over thirty languages.
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