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NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR, HARPER'S BAZAAR, VOGUE, THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICE, THE IRISH TIMES, NEW REPUBLIC AND KIRKUS REVIEWS
The New York TimesтАУbestselling, National Book AwardтАУwinning author of The Friend and What Are You Going Through brings her singular voice to a story about modern life and connection
тАЬI am committed, until one of us dies, to NunezтАЩs novels. I find them ideal. They are short, wise, provocative, funny тАФ good and strong company.тАЭ тАФDwight Garner, The New York Times
тАЬWith the intimacy and humor of a great conversation, this novel makes you feel smarter and more alive.тАЭ тАФPeople Magazine
тАЬAn ode to our basic need to connect with other beings, be they human or animal, even in a global crisis that told us to stay apart.тАЭ тАФNPR
Elegy plus comedy is the only way to express how we live in the world today, says a character in Sigrid NunezтАЩs ninth novel. The Vulnerables offers a meditation on our contemporary era, as 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.
Humor, 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. The Vulnerables reveals what happens when strangers are willing to open their hearts to each other and how far even small acts of caring can go to ease anotherтАЩs distress. A search for understanding about some of the most critical matters of our time, NunezтАЩs new novel is also an inquiry into the nature and purpose of writing itself.