The Friend
- Author Sigrid Nunez
- Narrator Hillary Huber
- Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
- Run Time 6 hours
- Format Audio
- Genre Dogs as pets, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss.
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What to expect
'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
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
Critics Review
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A true delight: I genuinely fear I won’t read a better novel this year
Financial Times -
A beautiful book . . . crammed with a world of insight into death, grief, art, and love
Wall Street Journal -
Very very clever. Mature. Entertaining. Eminently readable and re-readable. In short, absolutely delightful.
Irish Times -
Delicious … An intensely pleasurable read because it is so accessible, capacious and clever
Sunday Times -
A pitch-perfect novel … Wry and moving, The Friend is a love story, a mania story and a recovery story
Vanity Fair -
Loved this. A funny, moving examination of love, grief, and the uniqueness of dogs
Graham Norton
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