The Friend
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The Friend by Sigrid Nunez
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 traumatised 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.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 | 9780735219441 |
| ISBN 10 | 0735219443 |
| Title | The Friend |
| Author | Sigrid Nunez |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Prentice Hall Press |
| Year published | 2018-02-06 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Prizes | Winner of National Book Awards (Fiction) 2018 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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