The Friend

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Beschreibung

<p>'A beautifulbook . . . crammed with a world of insight into death, grief, art and love'<i> WallStreet Journal</i> <br><br>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. <i>TheFriend</i> is both a meditation on friendship, loss andbereavement, and a celebration of the wonder and healing power of thehuman-canine bond.<br><br>'A pitch-perfectnovel . . . Wry and moving, <i>The Friend</i> is a love story, amania story, and a recovery story' <i>Vanity Fair </i><br><br><i>'</i>An intimate, beautiful thing, humming withinsight' <i>The Economist</i> <br><br>'Dry, allusive,charming . . . Nunez has an interesting mind, and she shakes the dust fromevery topic - grief, writing, academia, sexual politics - she picks up' <i>New York Times </i>Critics' Top Books of2018<br><br>'A sneaky gutpunch of a novel . . . a consummate example of the human-animal tale' <i>Harper'sMagazine</i></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780349012810

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

198 x 128 x 25 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Verlag / Hersteller

Little, Brown Book Group