Sigrid Nunez (Nueva York, 1951) es autora de seis no- velas, de entre las que destacan A Feather on the Breath of God, The Last of Her Kind y Salvation City, y del libro sobre Susan Sontag Sempre Susan: A Memoir of Susan Sontag. Ha colaborado en numerosos medios escritos, como The New York Times, Threepenny Review, Harper’s, McSweeney’s, Tin House, The Believer y O: The Oprah Magazine; ha dado clases en universidades como Princeton, Columbia y la Universidad de Boston, y ha sido escritora visitante en Baruch, Vassar y la Universidad de California, entre otras. Ha obtenido numerosos galardones, entre los que se cuentan cuatro premios Pushcart, el Whiting Writer’s Award, el Premio Roma de Literatura y el American Academy of Arts and Letters Award de la Fundación Rosenthal. En Anagrama ha publicado El amigo, que ha ganado el National Book Award y el New York Public Library Best Book Award, Cuál es tu tormento y Los vulnerables.
WINNER OF THE 2018 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
'A true delight: I genuinely fear I won't read a better novel this year' FINANCIAL TIMES
'Loved this. A funny, moving examination of love, grief, and the uniqueness of dogs' GRAHAM NORTON
'Delicious' SUNDAY TIMES 100 BEST SUMMER READS
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, and by the threat of eviction: dogs are prohibited in her apartment building.
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.
'Very, very clever. Mature. Entertaining. Eminently readable and re-readable. Absolutely delightful' IRISH TIMES
'I loved it . . . It's one of my favourite books and it moved me' WHOOPI GOLDBERG
A New York Times Notable Book of 2018 * A Financial Times 2018 Best Book: Critics Pick * A Buzzfeed Best Book of 2018 * A Bustle Best Fiction Book of 2018 * An NPR Best Book of 2018 * Shortlisted for the 2020 International Dublin Literary Award
Título : The Friend
EAN : 9780349012803
Editorial : Little, Brown Book Group
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