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The Friend by Sigrid Nunez

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION

ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING NAOMI WATTS

"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

The New York Times bestselling story of love, friendship, grief, healing, and the magical bond between a woman and her dog--by the author of the highly anticipated book It Will Come Back to You

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.

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Sigrid Nunez is the New York Times bestselling author of many books, including What Are You Going Through and The Last of Her Kind, which won the 2018 National Book Award. Sempre Susan: A Memoir of Susan Sontag is her first book. More than twenty-five languages have been translated into her work.

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ISBN 13 9780735219458
ISBN 10 0735219451
Title The Friend
Author Sigrid Nunez
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Prentice Hall Press
Year published 2019-02-05
Number of pages 224
Prizes Winner of National Book Award 2018
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.