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'A beautifulbook . . . crammed with a world of insight into death, grief, art and love' WallStreet Journal
When a womanunexpectedly loses a lifelong friend and mentor to suicide, she finds herselfburdened with the unwanted dog he has left behind. Her own battle against griefis intensified by the mute suffering of the dog, a huge Great Dane that hadbeen devoted to its suddenly vanished master, and by the threat of eviction:dogs are prohibited in her apartment building. TheFriend is both a meditation on friendship, loss andbereavement, and a celebration of the wonder and healing power of thehuman-canine bond.
'A pitch-perfectnovel . . . Wry and moving, The Friend is a love story, amania story, and a recovery story' Vanity Fair
'An intimate, beautiful thing, humming withinsight' The Economist
'Dry, allusive,charming . . . Nunez has an interesting mind, and she shakes the dust fromevery topic - grief, writing, academia, sexual politics - she picks up' New York Times Critics' Top Books of2018
'A sneaky gutpunch of a novel . . . a consummate example of the human-animal tale' Harper'sMagazine
'A beautifulbook . . . crammed with a world of insight into death, grief, art and love' WallStreet Journal
When a womanunexpectedly loses a lifelong friend and mentor to suicide, she finds herselfburdened with the unwanted dog he has left behind. Her own battle against griefis intensified by the mute suffering of the dog, a huge Great Dane that hadbeen devoted to its suddenly vanished master, and by the threat of eviction:dogs are prohibited in her apartment building. TheFriend is both a meditation on friendship, loss andbereavement, and a celebration of the wonder and healing power of thehuman-canine bond.
'A pitch-perfectnovel . . . Wry and moving, The Friend is a love story, amania story, and a recovery story' Vanity Fair
'An intimate, beautiful thing, humming withinsight' The Economist
'Dry, allusive,charming . . . Nunez has an interesting mind, and she shakes the dust fromevery topic - grief, writing, academia, sexual politics - she picks up' New York Times Critics' Top Books of2018
'A sneaky gutpunch of a novel . . . a consummate example of the human-animal tale' Harper'sMagazine
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2019 |
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Genre: | Importe, Romane & Erzählungen |
Rubrik: | Belletristik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | 212 S. |
ISBN-13: | 9780349012810 |
ISBN-10: | 0349012814 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Herstellernummer: | 719196 |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Nunez, Sigrid |
Hersteller: |
Little, Brown Book Group
Virago Press |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestraße 122 a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com |
Maße: | 198 x 128 x 25 mm |
Von/Mit: | Sigrid Nunez |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 07.02.2019 |
Gewicht: | 0,198 kg |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2019 |
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Genre: | Importe, Romane & Erzählungen |
Rubrik: | Belletristik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | 212 S. |
ISBN-13: | 9780349012810 |
ISBN-10: | 0349012814 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Herstellernummer: | 719196 |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Nunez, Sigrid |
Hersteller: |
Little, Brown Book Group
Virago Press |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestraße 122 a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com |
Maße: | 198 x 128 x 25 mm |
Von/Mit: | Sigrid Nunez |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 07.02.2019 |
Gewicht: | 0,198 kg |