![]() ![]() She's published nine books and her work has been translated into more than twenty languages. She explored this complicated background in her autobiographical first novel, A Feather on the Breath of God. Nunez was born in New York in 1951, to an immigrant Chinese Panamanian father and a German war bride mother. Both novels delve into contemporary human dilemmas with grace and insight. In her latest book, What Are You Going Through, the narrator agrees to support a terminally ill friend as she ends her own life. National Book Award, a woman grieving for her close friend and mentor finds unexpected fulfilment in caring for his Great Dane. You never know where it will take you, but it's always rewarding.Įach of Nunez's two most recent novels takes a simple premise and spins it into something marvellous. In The Friend, winner of the 2018 U.S. Reading Sigrid Nunez is like having an intimate conversation, full of warmth, intelligence and wit. ![]()
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