Description
A Manhattan writer grieving the suicide of her best friend and mentor is asked to take in his beloved Great Dane, and the reluctant companionship becomes a strange, tender lifeline. In a voice that directly addresses the absent “you,” she revisits their shared life, the unfinished conversations, and the daily rituals of mourning—while learning, through the dog’s steady presence, how love can outlast certainty. With wit and emotional precision, the novel explores themes of friendship, authorship, guilt, and the ways we try to keep someone close when they’re gone. Sigrid Nunez’s distinctive, essay-like storytelling and intimate second-person perspective turn a simple premise into a moving meditation on care, memory, and the stubborn work of living.
Available Editions
paperback
Riverhead Books
Published Feb 5, 2019
224 pages
ISBN: 9780735219458
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Details
First Published
2018
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Friend by Sigrid Nunez.