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Nunez blends essay and story into a meditation on friendship, suicide, and animals.
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The Friend
Sigrid Nunez2018 selection · Literary fiction
The Friend
A writer grieving her mentor inherits his enormous Great Dane despite a lease forbidding dogs. Sharing her apartment with Apollo changes the shape of mourning.
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You like reflective, intimate novels that think openly on the page.
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