Sigrid Nunez

By the bestselling, National Book Award-winning author of THE FRIEND The story of a woman's search for self-knowledge, for understanding of others, and for an answer to the imperative question: How should she live? Nona longs for a life of purpose, order and dignity. But despite all her aspirations, this ideal constantly eludes her. At an artists' retreat, where she plans to finally get down to writing a book, she meets a man who she intuitively mistrusts - and yet begins an intense affair with him. Despite being happily married, she then flies across the country to pursue him, and this sets of a series of events which will force her to examine everything she believed she wanted. Never before published in the UK, Naked Sleeper is about the inescapable and sometimes unendurable complexities of love and family. 'A terrific novel' DWIGHT GARNER, NEW YORK TIMES 'Once you discover Sigrid Nunez, you don't look back' ANNE ENRIGHT 'A story that abounds in vivid moments and moods' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW 'An enlightening literary adventure' PEOPLE

The new book from the New York Times bestselling and National Book Award winner Sigrid Nunez: a collection of stories that take us from an inappropriate teenage crush to a therapist's second chance at love, all with Nunez's signature combination of wit, intelligence and compassion.

The new novel from the bestselling, award-winning author of THE FRIEND

NATIONAL BESTSELLER NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR, HARPER'S BAZAAR, VOGUE, THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICE, THE IRISH TIMES, NEW REPUBLIC AND KIRKUS REVIEWS The New York Times-bestselling, National Book Award-winning author of The Friend and What Are You Going Through brings her singular voice to a story about modern life and connection "I am committed, until one of us dies, to Nunez's novels. I find them ideal. They are short, wise, provocative, funny -- good and strong company." --Dwight Garner, The New York Times "With the intimacy and humor of a great conversation, this novel makes you feel smarter and more alive." --People Magazine "An ode to our basic need to connect with other beings, be they human or animal, even in a global crisis that told us to stay apart." --NPR Elegy plus comedy is the only way to express how we live in the world today, says a character in Sigrid Nunez's ninth novel. The Vulnerables offers a meditation on our contemporary era, as a solitary female narrator asks what it means to be alive at this complex moment in history and considers how our present reality affects the way a person looks back on her past. Humor, to be sure, is a priceless refuge. Equally vital is connection with others, who here include an adrift member of Gen Z and a spirited parrot named Eureka. The Vulnerables reveals what happens when strangers are willing to open their hearts to each other and how far even small acts of caring can go to ease another's distress. A search for understanding about some of the most critical matters of our time, Nunez's new novel is also an inquiry into the nature and purpose of writing itself.

En kvinde fortæller, hun besøger en veninde som ligger for døden med kræft. Afklaret, stædigt og ud af det blå kommer veninden med et forslag der skal vise sig at få en afgørende betydning. For hun har besluttet sig for at ende sit liv på sine egne betingelser, og hun vil have fortælleren til at hjælpe sig. – Opfordringen accepteres tøvende. ’Jeg lover’, siger den kræftsyge, ’at arrangere det hele så sjovt som muligt’. Hvad der følger, er en usædvanlig beretning om et venskab udsat for den ultimative test: at være vidne til dets afslutning. Begivenhederne giver også et portræt af den måde vi lever på nu i en verden med endeløse bekymringer – i en tid hvor menneskelige relationer forandrer sig dramatisk. Den amerikanske forfatter Sigrid Nunez vandt National Book Award for romanen En ven (Café Monde, foråret 2023), og flere kritikere vurderer opfølgeren hvad går du igennem som endnu bedre (Café Monde, sommeren 2024).

Naisen paras ystävä menehtyy yllättäen, ja hän saa hoitaakseen tämän valtavan tanskandoggin. Hänen omaa suruaan värittää isäntänsä menettäneen koiran sanaton murhe ja hämmennys. Kaiken yllä häilyy häädön uhka, naisen asunnossa kun ei sallita lemmikkejä. Nainen eristäytyy koiran kanssa kotiinsa, ja ystävät epäilevät surun hämärtäneen hänen arvostelukykynsä. Hän pohtii pakonomaisesti koiran hyvinvointia, koska hän on päättänyt voittaa sen rakkauden ja oppia ymmärtämään uuden ystävänsä mietteitä. Ajan myötä nainen ja koira löytävät sen sanattoman ja rikkaan yhteyden, jonka vain koiranomistaja voi ymmärtää. Paras ystävä on paitsi haikea ja viisas romaani surusta ja menettämisen tuskasta myös syvä kumarrus ihmisen ja koiran väliselle ystävyydelle. Sigrid Nunez on yhdysvaltalainen kirjailija. Hänen seitsemäs romaaninsa Paras ystävä sai ilmestyessään National Book Award for Fiction -palkinnon.

'A sharp-eyed and tender novel about human connection' (PAULA HAWKINS) from the bestselling, National Book Award-winning author of The Friend'Layered and thoughtful ... it's plainly written, but has beautiful depths' TELEGRAPH - THE 75 HOTTEST BOOKS OF 2024 SO FAR'A must-read about unlikely friendships' SUNDAY TIMES STYLE'One of my favourite authors' NATALIE PORTMAN'A novel that truly, truly speaks to the soul' GLAMOUR'Makes you feel smarter and more alive' PEOPLEThree strangers are thrown together in one Manhattan apartment: a solitary writer; a Gen Z college drop-out; and a spirited parrot named Eureka. As the world outside descends into turmoil, the three of them must learn how to live with and care for one another - and discover what happens when strangers are willing to open their hearts to each other.'Compulsively readable' ELLE'A gorgeous, funny novel about connection' iPAPER'A breath of fresh air for a time when it still sometimes feels there isn't any' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING'Beautiful and profound' MEG MASON'Infused with moments of hilarity and wisdom. Beautiful' WOMAN'S WEEKLY'Filled with moments of the sublime' CAROLINE O'DONOGHUE'Once you discover Sigrid Nunez, you don't look back' ANNE ENRIGHT'Cracks open windows and offers a reassuring breeze, reminding us that it's OK - and perhaps even necessary - to need each other; it's only human' SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE'I am committed, until one of us dies, to Nunez's novels. They are short, wise, provocative, funny' NEW YORK TIMES

The New York Times-bestselling, National Book Award-winning author of The Friend and What Are You Going Through brings her singular voice to a story about modern life and connection "I am committed, until one of us dies, to Nunez's novels. I find them ideal. They are short, wise, provocative, funny - good and strong company." -Dwight Garner, The New York Times "Cracks open windows and offers a reassuring breeze, reminding us that it's OK - and perhaps even necessary - to need each other; it's only human." -San Francisco ChronicleElegy plus comedy is the only way to express how we live in the world today, says a character in Sigrid Nunez's ninth novel. The Vulnerables offers a meditation on our contemporary era, as a solitary female narrator asks what it means to be alive at this complex moment in history and considers how our present reality affects the way a person looks back on her past. Humor, to be sure, is a priceless refuge. Equally vital is connection with others, who here include an adrift member of Gen Z and a spirited parrot named Eureka. The Vulnerables reveals what happens when strangers are willing to open their hearts to each other and how far even small acts of caring can go to ease another's distress. A search for understanding about some of the most critical matters of our time, Nunez's new novel is also an inquiry into the nature and purpose of writing itself.