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The Friend: Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction and a New York Times bestseller: Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction and a New ... International Dublin Literary Award 2020 (originale 2018; edizione 2019)
A moving story of love, friendship, grief, healing, and the magical bond between a woman and her dog. When a woman unexpectedly loses her lifelong best friend and mentor, she finds herself burdened with the unwanted dog he has left behind. Her own battle against grief is intensified by the mute suffering of the dog, a huge Great Dane traumatized by the inexplicable disappearance of its master, and by the threat of eviction: dogs are prohibited in her apartment building. While others worry that grief has made her a victim of magical thinking, the woman refuses to be separated from the dog except for brief periods of time. Isolated from the rest of the world, increasingly obsessed with the dog's care, determined to read its mind and fathom its heart, she comes dangerously close to unraveling. But while troubles abound, rich and surprising rewards lie in store for both of them. Elegiac and searching, The Friend is both a meditation on loss and a celebration of human-canine devotion.… (altro)
The Friend: Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction and a New York Times bestseller: Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction and a New ... International Dublin Literary Award 2020
Il libro ha ricevuto il National Book Award, però mi è sembrato fondato su un esile raccontino, con moltissime divagazioni di ogni genere e con saltuarie spruzzatine di citazioni di letteratura ( )
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You have to realize that you cannot hope to console yourself for your grief by writing. Natalia Ginzburg, “My Vocation” — You will see a large chest, standing in the middle of the floor, and upon it a dog seated, with a pair of eyes as large as teacups. But you need not be at all afraid of him. Hans Christian Andersen, “The Tinderbox” — The question any novel is really trying to answer is, Is life worth living? Nicholson Baker, “The Art of Fiction No. 212,” The Paris Review
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A moving story of love, friendship, grief, healing, and the magical bond between a woman and her dog. When a woman unexpectedly loses her lifelong best friend and mentor, she finds herself burdened with the unwanted dog he has left behind. Her own battle against grief is intensified by the mute suffering of the dog, a huge Great Dane traumatized by the inexplicable disappearance of its master, and by the threat of eviction: dogs are prohibited in her apartment building. While others worry that grief has made her a victim of magical thinking, the woman refuses to be separated from the dog except for brief periods of time. Isolated from the rest of the world, increasingly obsessed with the dog's care, determined to read its mind and fathom its heart, she comes dangerously close to unraveling. But while troubles abound, rich and surprising rewards lie in store for both of them. Elegiac and searching, The Friend is both a meditation on loss and a celebration of human-canine devotion.