![]() But while troubles abound, rich and surprising rewards lie in store for both of them.Įlegiac and searching, The Friend is both a meditation on loss and a celebration of human-canine devotion.Ġ.7" H x 7.9" L x 5. ![]() 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. 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. 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. She went on to write six more novels, including THE LAST OF HER KIND (2006), SALVATION CITY (2010), THE FRIEND (2018), and WHAT ARE YOU GOING THROUGH. When a woman unexpectedly loses her lifelong best friend and mentor, she finds herself burdened with the unwanted dog he has left behind. Sigrid Nunez was born in New York City, the daughter of a German mother and a Chinese-Panamanian father, whose lives she drew on for part of her first novel, A FEATHER ON THE BREATH OF GOD (1995). WINNER OF THE 2018 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTIONĪ moving story of love, friendship, grief, healing, and the magical bond between a woman and her dog. ![]()
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