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WINNER OF THE 2018 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018 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 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 unravelling. 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. 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 TimesProduct Identifiers
PublisherLittle, Brown Book Group
ISBN-139780349012810
eBay Product ID (ePID)18046565198
Product Key Features
Publication Year2019
TopicLifestyle, Books
Book TitleThe Friend: Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction and a New York Times Bestseller
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
AuthorSigrid Nunez
Dimensions
Item Height196 mm
Item Weight200 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorSigrid Nunez