From the New York Times bestselling author of The Friend comes a life-affirming novel about choosing to die.
A woman visits a friend who is dying of cancer. Brilliant and stubborn, her friend makes a momentous request. She wishes to end her life on her own terms - and she wants
the narrator's help. Stricken, she agrees. 'I promise,' says the friend, 'to make it as much fun as possible.'
What follows is an extraordinary tale of a friendship given the greatest test: to witness, unflinching, its end. It is also a portrait of the way we live now, in a world endlessly troubled by crises, and the dramatically changing nature of human relationships in our time.
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Praise for The Friend
'A true delight: I genuinely fear I won't read a better novel this year'
Financial Times
'A beautiful book . . . crammed with a world of insight into death, grief, art and love' Wall Street Journal
'Delicious . . . An intensely pleasurable read because it is so accessible, capacious and clever'
Sunday Times
Biografie
Sigrid Nunez ist eine der beliebtesten Autorinnen der amerikanischen Gegenwartsliteratur. Für ihr viel bewundertes Werk wurde sie mehrfach ausgezeichnet. Für "Der Freund" erhielt sie 2018 den National Book Award und erreichte international ein großes Publikum. Sie lebt in New York City. Bei Aufbau außerdem lieferbar: "Was fehlt dir" und "Sempre Susan". Sigrid Nunez lebt in New York City. Mehr zur Autorin unter sigridnunez.com