The Vulnerables Av Sigrid Nunez

<p><b>The new novel from the bestselling, award-winning author of THE FRIEND</b><br><b><br>''When I open one of Sigrid Nunez''s novels, I almost always know immediately: This is where I want to be'' <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i><br><br>''I just adore Sigrid Nunez'' PAULA HAWKINS</b><br><br>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. <i>The Vulnerables </i>completes a meditation on our contemporary era that Nunez began with <i>The Friend </i>and continued with <i>What Are You Going Through</i>. 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.<br><br>Humour, 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. <i>The Vulnerables </i>reveals what happens when strangers are willing to open