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The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunez

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The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunez

NATIONAL BESTSELER>

NAMED A BEST BOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR, HARPER'S BAZAR, VOGUE, THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICE, THE IRISH TIMES, NEW REPUBLIC AND KIRKUS REVIEWS>

The>New York Times-bestselling, National Book Award-winning author of>The Friend and>What Are You Going Through>brings her singular voice to a story about modern life and connection>

I am committed, until one of us dies, to Nunez's novels. I find them ideal. They are short, wise, provocative, funny -- good and strong company. --Dwight Garner, The New York Times

With the intimacy and humor of a great conversation, this novel makes you feel smarter and more alive. --People Magazine

An ode to our basic need to connect with other beings, be they human or animal, even in a global crisis that told us to stay apart. --NPR

Elegy plus comedy is the only way to express how we live in the world today, says a character in Sigrid Nunez's ninth novel. The Vulnerables offers a meditation on our contemporary era, as a solitary female narrator asks what it means to be alive at this complex moment in history and considers how our present reality affects the way a person looks back on her past.

Humor, to be sure, is a priceless refuge. Equally vital is connection with others, who here include an adrift member of Gen Z and a spirited parrot named Eureka. The Vulnerables reveals what happens when strangers are willing to open their hearts to each other and how far even small acts of caring can go to ease another's distress. A search for understanding about some of the most critical matters of our time, Nunez's new novel is also an inquiry into the nature and purpose of writing itself.

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 9780593715512
ISBN 10 0593715519
Title The Vulnerables
Author Sigrid Nunez
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published 2023-11-07
Number of pages 256
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.