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The Friend
A Novel
Taschenbuch von Sigrid Nunez
Sprache: Englisch

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WINNER OF THE 2018 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD

NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018

"A beautiful book … a world of insight into death, grief, art, and love." -Wall Street Journal

"A penetrating, moving meditation on loss, comfort, memory...Nunez has a wry, withering wit." -NPR

"Dry, allusive and charming…the comedy here writes itself." The New York Times

A moving story of love, friendship, grief, healing, and the magical bond between a woman and her dog.

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 traumatized by the inexplicable disappearance of its master, and by the threat of eviction: dogs are prohibited in her apartment building.

While others worry that grief has made her a victim of magical thinking, the woman refuses to be separated from the dog except for brief periods of time. 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 unraveling. But while troubles abound, rich and surprising rewards lie in store for both of them.

Elegiac and searching, The Friend is both a meditation on loss and a celebration of human-canine devotion.
WINNER OF THE 2018 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD

NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018

"A beautiful book … a world of insight into death, grief, art, and love." -Wall Street Journal

"A penetrating, moving meditation on loss, comfort, memory...Nunez has a wry, withering wit." -NPR

"Dry, allusive and charming…the comedy here writes itself." The New York Times

A moving story of love, friendship, grief, healing, and the magical bond between a woman and her dog.

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 traumatized by the inexplicable disappearance of its master, and by the threat of eviction: dogs are prohibited in her apartment building.

While others worry that grief has made her a victim of magical thinking, the woman refuses to be separated from the dog except for brief periods of time. 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 unraveling. But while troubles abound, rich and surprising rewards lie in store for both of them.

Elegiac and searching, The Friend is both a meditation on loss and a celebration of human-canine devotion.
Über den Autor
Sigrid Nunez
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 224 S.
ISBN-13: 9780735219458
ISBN-10: 0735219451
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Nunez, Sigrid
Hersteller: Penguin LLC US
Riverhead Books
Maße: 200 x 128 x 16 mm
Von/Mit: Sigrid Nunez
Erscheinungsdatum: 05.02.2019
Gewicht: 0,182 kg
Artikel-ID: 113775717
Über den Autor
Sigrid Nunez
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 224 S.
ISBN-13: 9780735219458
ISBN-10: 0735219451
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Nunez, Sigrid
Hersteller: Penguin LLC US
Riverhead Books
Maße: 200 x 128 x 16 mm
Von/Mit: Sigrid Nunez
Erscheinungsdatum: 05.02.2019
Gewicht: 0,182 kg
Artikel-ID: 113775717
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