Sigrid Nunez Libros

By 2018 National Book Award-winning author Sigrid Nunez, Mitz is an intimate portrait of the life and marriage of Leonard and Virginia Woolf, as refracted through their small, sickly, pampered, affectionate pet marmoset, Mitz

A young woman looks back to the world of her immigrant parents: a Chinese-Panamanian father and a German mother. Growing up in a housing project in the 1950s and 1960s, she escapes into dreams inspired both by her parents' stories and by her own reading and, for a time, into the otherworldly life of ballet. A yearning, homesick mother, a silent and withdrawn father, the ballet--these are the elements that shape the young woman's imagination and her sexuality. It is a story about displacement and loss, and about the tangled nature of relationships between parents and children, between language and love.

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

Seeking refuge in the home of an evangelical pastor after a flu pandemic decimates the planet's populations, thirteen-year-old orphan Cole witnesses the community's preparations for a prophesied religious cataclysm and struggles with memories of a very different world.

The unforgettable new novel about the enduring power of connection in a world of increasing distance, from the bestselling, National Book Award-winning author of The Friend[Bokinfo].

Ein großer Roman über Nähe und Innigkeit in unwägbaren Zeiten Als eine gute Freundin der namenlosen Erzählerin in Kalifornien strandet, erklärt sie sich bereit, sich um deren Wohnung in New York zu kümmern – samt temperamentvollem Papagei. In der Wohnung trifft sie auf einen jungen Mann, der noch ganz am Anfang seines Lebens steht. Gemeinsam gehen die beiden mit dem Papagei durch eine bewegte Zeit. Sigrid Nunez’ neuer Roman erzählt davon, was passiert, wenn Fremde bereit sind, ihr Herz füreinander zu öffnen. Ein großes Buch über Nähe und ein hinreißender Roman über die Kunst des Schreibens selbst. »Mit ihrem Witz, ihrer stilistischen Brillanz und ihrer Furchtlosigkeit, mit der sie die großen Fragen unseres Lebens adressiert, hat sich Sigrid Nunez eine große Leserschaft erschrieben.« Denis Scheck

In ihren autobiografischen Erinnerungen beschreibt Sigrid Nunez ihre prägende Zeit mit Susan Sontag in New York City. Als junge Schriftstellerin hilft sie Sontag bei der Korrespondenz und lernt die komplexe Denkerin sowie deren Sohn David kennen. Ein intimes Porträt über eine bedeutende Beziehung und Inspiration.