The Friend

You didn't think it was possible for a woman to wander the streets in the same spirit and manner as a man. A female pedestrian was subject to constant disruptions: stares, comments, catcalls, gropes.
Of course, a woman has only to wait until she's a certain age, when she becomes invisible, and - problem solved.
'Nunez shakes the dust from every topic - grief, writing, academia, sexual politics - she picks up' New York Times
'I loved it . . . It's one of my favourite books' Whoopi Goldberg
'Intensely pleasurable' Sunday Times
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Sigrid Nunez is the New York Times bestselling author of The Friend, winner of the 2018 National Book Award, and of seven other novels, including Salvation City, The Last of Her Kind, and What Are You Going Through. She is also the author of Sempre Susan: A Memoir of Susan Sontag. Her books have been translated into over thirty languages.