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Photo by Ralph Small/Library of Congress. By Library of Congress Life - 20190831RS0155.jpg, CC0, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=82899232" rel="nofollow" target="_top">https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=82899232</a></div></span></section><section class="w_a_section" id="section_mainworks" ><h2 class="lt_turndown" id="u_6116" data-caret-id="tdc_u_6116" data-hidden-id="tdh_u_ae8d" data-visible="1" onclick="lt.newauthor.saveSticky("mainworks", event);;lt.turndown_toggle(this, event);" href="javascript:void(0);" data-duration="200" data-name="mainworks" data-group="worksections" ><i class="fa-solid fa-chevron-up turndown_indicator" id="tdc_u_6116" data-turndown-style="chevron" ></i>Works by Sigrid Nunez</h2><span id="tdh_u_ae8d" ><a name="mainworks"></a><div class="section_controls"><div data-value="0" class="lt_pillbox lt_blend_nav small lt_small" id="recent_pillbox" ><a data-value="0" data-onclick="lt.newauthor.sortWorks('nunezsigrid', 0);" role="button" class="selected" ><span 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src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0593715519.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0593715519.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0593715519.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"><div class="postinfo"><a href="/work/29902614" data-workid="29902614" data-title="The-Vulnerables-A-Novel" class="" >The Vulnerables: A Novel</a> by <a href="/author/nunezsigrid">Sigrid Nunez</a></div></div><div class="" >I didn't enjoy this as much as I anticipated. Possibly it hit too close to the bone. Will have to let it steep for awhile.</div class="" ><span id="rate-u_18266ab1" title="3.5 Stars" aria-title="3.5 Stars" class="rating rating-style-306 " data-fn="ratingWidget_fromSettingsA" ><span class="rw"><input type="hidden" value="7" name="form_rating" id="form_rating"/></span><i data-rating_value="2" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="4" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="6" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="0" class="ratehalf selected" >½</i><i data-rating_value="10" class=" fas fa-star empty" ></i></span></div><div id="rfd_274450951" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_274450951"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"><div id="reviewflags_given_274450951" class="reviewflags_given hideme">Flagged<span id="rfi1_274450951" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as not a review" class="fas fa-flag-alt reviewflags_notreview"></i></span><span id="rfi2_274450951" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as abuse" class="fas fa-flag-alt reviewflags_abuse"></i></span></span></div><span id="rfrf_274450951"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/kgabriel" target="_top">kgabriel</a> | <a href="/work/29902614/reviews" data-workid="29902614" data-title="The-Vulnerables-A-Novel" class="" >11 other reviews</a> | Nov 3, 2024 | <a href="/review/274450951"><i class="fas fa-link"></i></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_269826636" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/20642030" data-workid="20642030" data-title="The-Friend-A-Novel" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0735219451.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0735219451.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0735219451.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"><div class="postinfo"><a href="/work/20642030" data-workid="20642030" data-title="The-Friend-A-Novel" class="" >The Friend: A Novel</a> by <a href="/author/nunezsigrid">Sigrid Nunez</a></div></div><div class="showmore" id="u_186b167a" >This book is supposed to be about a dog and a woman grieving and moving forward in life, together. Maybe the last 50 pages were. I wouldn't know because I couldn't finish the book. There was so much NYC literary world nonsense it was a distraction. It was also incoherent, like the author had a notebook she wrote witty things down in and then just dumped them all into the novel with no purpose or editing. I just got disgusted at the very tired and overdone thing of NYC writers writing on <u class="showmore_hide">writing like they invented the idea.</u><span class="showmore_showlink">… (<a href="#" onclick="showMore('u_186b167a');">more</a>)</span></div class="" ><span id="rate-u_4eb4454f" title="1.5 Stars" aria-title="1.5 Stars" class="rating rating-style-306 " data-fn="ratingWidget_fromSettingsA" ><span class="rw"><input type="hidden" value="3" name="form_rating" id="form_rating"/></span><i data-rating_value="2" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="0" class="ratehalf selected" >½</i><i data-rating_value="6" class=" fas fa-star empty" ></i><i data-rating_value="8" class=" fas fa-star empty" ></i><i data-rating_value="10" class=" fas fa-star empty" ></i></span></div><div id="rfd_269826636" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_269826636"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"><div id="reviewflags_given_269826636" class="reviewflags_given hideme">Flagged<span id="rfi1_269826636" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as not a review" class="fas fa-flag-alt reviewflags_notreview"></i></span><span id="rfi2_269826636" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as abuse" class="fas fa-flag-alt reviewflags_abuse"></i></span></span></div><span id="rfrf_269826636"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/technodiabla" target="_top">technodiabla</a> | <a href="/work/20642030/reviews" data-workid="20642030" data-title="The-Friend-A-Novel" class="" >96 other reviews</a> | Oct 19, 2024 | <a href="/review/269826636"><i class="fas fa-link"></i></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_273523937" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/20642030" data-workid="20642030" data-title="The-Friend-A-Novel" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0735219451.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0735219451.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0735219451.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"><div class="postinfo"><a href="/work/20642030" data-workid="20642030" data-title="The-Friend-A-Novel" class="" >The Friend: A Novel</a> by <a href="/author/nunezsigrid">Sigrid Nunez</a></div></div><div class="showmore" id="u_71f878c2" >I really wanted to like this book. I really tried. I didn't like it, but more than that, I don't think it's well-written. I'm not sure, but I think this might be the worst book I ever read—not only in terms of my enjoyment, but even just as a thing unto itself, and in terms of its technical execution, this really disappoints.<br><br>However, I can see that a lot of people really like this one. Clearly I'm in the minority. Maybe I'm missing something. So first of all, before you read any <u class="showmore_hide">further, please recognize that these are only my own opinions. That said, here are my thoughts:<br><br>As I was reading it, I thought, "Somebody's full of herself, but I don't know whether it's the character or the author." This novel is written in the first person from the point of view of an elitist author, and I'm trying like heck to make sure that I'm not conflating the author (the character) with the author (the real one). The character is an awful hypocrite, but since flawed characters are interesting and often necessary, I'm leaving that aside for a little bit. But I found even the writing to be lacking. The style is vaguely reminiscent of Woolfe, only more watered down. The pacing is nonexistant. The characters are not nuanced or complex. There aren't really a lot of characters here, since most of the people talked about in the story are real people. The more I read, the more I got the impression that by throwing in so many oblique references to such a vast host of real people, Sigrid Nunez wouldn't need to be bothered to come up with fictional characters for her novel. And how they're used! A quick sentence or two expressly misquoting Flannery O'Connor, and maybe a line here or there that misrepresents Toni Morrison, and—hey, why not?—throw in a random comment about Ted Bundy. The more the merrier! The bulk of the narrative seems to be designed around that classic Creative Writing adage, "Tell, don't show." (Oh, wait! Did someone get that backward?) Even the main character, for all her mental chatter, doesn't really become introspective until about the last third of the book, and it's still pretty lacking. How can we have 200 pages of first-person narration and still never reach a personality? (I mean, a nuanced personality. She has character traits, but not much complexity.)<br><br>Another problem: I have read many books that told powerful stories, and for the most part, those books' power lies in the strength of their storytelling: their plot, cadence, style, characters. I have also found that most of the really good books don't rely on gruesome bits for shock value. (Maybe it's necessary in a horror novel, or if you're trying to show the grisly nature of war, or something.) But all too often, scenes that pass the threshold of decency are often used to disguise a lack of content. What is the point of the graphic description of the man keeping his intact, female dog cooped up inside while she's in heat, and then using his hand on her genitalia while she "thrusts"? Is that necessary to the plot? Or is it just there to distract me from the fact that this book isn't very good?<br><br>I have a theory. I think it’s the latter.<br><br>It gets worse.<br><br>I remember when I was an undergrad, and one of the professors was trying to explain the importance of research, saying that we will always have more research than that which gets used in our papers. We can't just look up a bunch of facts and then attempt to shoehorn them all into the essay. They won't all fit. This book kind of has that vibe, as though there were so many random historical authors and suicides, and the author had Wikipedia'd them all and didn't want those 20 minutes to be wasted.<br><br>Okay, I admit, that was harsh of me.<br><br>But please, try to consider how you'd feel if you grew up loving these authors mentioned here, and then you read a novel whose plot intertwines the lives and writings of so many of them . . . and gets the facts wrong. Is it the character being too lazy fact-check herself? If so, it's a character trait that never goes anywhere or leads to anything interesting. Or is it the author who wasn't being careful? (I know, right? It's fiction, so research is optional, right? Please.) <br><br>Some of this, I am sure, is deliberate. The main character loathes all writing that doesn't follow correct grammar and punctuation, and yet this novel, told from that character's POV, doesn't use correct grammar and punctuation. Okay, so she's a bit of a hypocrite. That's almost interesting, potentially. But then she talks about other authors (real authors) whose works didn't follow the rules of punctuation, but it's not clear whether she likes these authors or not. She's talking about <i>Toni Morrison</i>, and it's not clear whether the main character is a fan or not. Or maybe Nunez just didn't know that Morrison sometimes didn't always follow the standard textbook rules? (Has she read her books? Or maybe just one, so that she can say she’s read something by Morrison? Maybe she just doesn't think Morrison counts as literature? Is Nunez crazy?)<br><br>On top of all this, I found the main character’s whiny, self-pitying tone to be off-putting. She goes on and on about how much writers suffer. She teaches a writing course for therapy for sex-trafficking victims, and she whines about how much writers suffer. Writers write, and sometimes—the horror, the horror!—the readers aren’t smart enough to make the writer feel understood. Or worse, readers will dare to criticize the writer. Did I mention that there are some rape victims and human trafficking victims in this book? I’m pretty sure any one of them would have happily traded places with her.<br><br>This problem is further complicated by the plot twist. **minor spoiler** Okay, still with me? Good. There is a plot twist near the end in which there is a second first-person narrator who reveals that the one narrator is merely a character written by the other. This is similar to <spoiler>Ian McEwan’s twist in Atonement</spoiler>, except that HIS book has such richly detailed characters that when the twist happens, readers are invested. They care about the characters and the plot, and the twist changes everything. It hits them right in the feels—it is a moving, poignant moment. Not so here. Here, it felt almost like an afterthought, and it didn’t change anything, really. I’m not sure why Nunez stuck it in. The generous side of me is saying that she did it to make the book more interesting, which I grudgingly admit it does. That chapter, the next-to-last, is my favorite chapter of the book. It’s also a warmer perspective: up to that point, the friend is dead, and the dog is dying, and now suddenly, they’re both alive and healthy. It’s almost as if the author is saying that real life is often not quite as bleak as fiction. It’s the only sunbeam in a cloudy, dismal story. On the other hand, my cynical side is telling me that the author only wrote that into the story so that she wouldn’t have to spend time fact-checking any of her “facts.” Now, the main character’s abysmal mistakes with regard to the real lives of actual authors don’t matter so much: she’s not really a character; she’s only a character’s made-up character. I’m not buying it. Regardless of how she’s framed, she’s still the main voice of the story, and the story is still severely wanting in terms of characters and plot, and if the only interesting thing in most of the novel is a series of (real) author quotes, then those quotes—regardless of the character quoting them—should be legit. My cynical side is also telling me that Nunez knew that plot twists sell, and that she couldn’t resist the cliché.<br><br>But come on! Even if your main character is written by another one of your characters, that doesn’t excuse lazy writing!<br><br>Another example of this author not letting facts get in the way of a good story comes in the main character’s constant references to suicide. The theme of suicide runs through this book, which makes sense, since it the friend's death by suicide that prompts the rest of the story. But here, too, the examples of suicides in history feel crammed in, as though they don't all quite fit right. For example, the main character states, “. . . despite Christianity’s absolute prohibition against committing suicide . . . nowhere in the Bible is there any explicit condemnation of it” (p. 153). It sounds as though the author threw this in to make her character sound smart, or deep, or heck, at this point, I’d settle for interesting. But here’s the thing: There IS explicit condemnation of it in the Bible. Off the top of my head, I can think of a few examples, including Scripture from both the Old Testament and the New. So here are some things: #1) There is someone in the New Testament who says he wants to die and be with Christ. If Nunez were trying to appeal to Christians by bringing the Bible into an otherwise secular novel, why didn’t she do something with this? The apostle wasn’t suicidal, but Nunez might have still been able to drop a quote or two imply more depth for her main character. #2) The main character references “Heaven” a few times. Then she says she doesn’t believe in it, but she still finds herself thinking about it. Is this supposed to be introspection? Am I supposed to feel something? Is this a character who is struggling with spirituality? Here, too, Nunez failed, since I’m I’m not really sure how to respond to this. I mean, this character doesn’t seem to have a solid handle on any religion. She is so poorly developed that I don’t know what she believes. Okay, so she’s not religious. Fine. But she also seems to lack even a basic understanding of what it is she’s denying, which is the result of either an ignorant character or a lazy author. And this ties into my next point: #3) This main character, who is “explaining” how centuries of Christianity have gotten the Bible wrong, has never actually read the Bible herself. Or else, perhaps, it is the author who has never read it. (Or both! Why not?) Misrepresenting texts that are central to major religions for the sake of selling a novel seems cheap to me. Having a character criticize one of these religions out of her own ignorance seems even worse. If Nunez had used this for character development, there might have been potential. Something, perhaps, along the lines of a prejudiced, cantankerous person who gradually learns to think more carefully before judging others. Ebenezer Scrooge is that way; he is selfish and uncaring in the beginning, but he learns from it. No one reads <i>A Christmas Carol</i> and thinks that the book is condoning the character traits of early Scrooge. But people <i>do</i> read it and think that the book is condoning kindness and generosity. So it’s clear that a book can have a message. What does that say about the message of this book? How should readers react when great authors like Toni Morrison are misquoted, or classic authors like Flannery O’Connor are twisted to the point of misrepresenting their original claim, or personal tragedies in authors’ private lives are repurposed here to create some pseudo-drama. What is the message? You can have a character who is too lazy to do research, but the fact remains that this character is still a character in a novel written by a human, and at some point, Sigrid Nunez has to take ownership of that.<br><br>I’m going to end this review with a quote from the novel. In this scene, the main character (an author) is complaining about people who criticize books. This main character has shown herself to be elitist, even racist. She is self-centered. She mourns for her friend the way she’d mourn an extension of herself, as if she is the only real thing in her universe, and the rest of the world only exists as it relates to her. She misses him because he was one of the few people as intelligent as she, at least in her eyes. She can’t bear the thought of lesser people who don’t understand their work criticizing it. She even goes so far as to imply the only way their work <i>could</i> be criticized is if the ignorant readers don’t understand it. (Truly, this is character. I’m not directing this at the author.) The character says, “Even those aspiring writers your students seemed never to judge a book on how well it fulfilled the author’s intentions but solely on whether it was the kind of book that they liked. And so you got papers stating things like ‘I hate Joyce, he’s so full of himself,’ or ‘I don’t see why I should have to read about white people problems’” (p. 118). This is the single most intelligent thing that this author does in the entire book. Here, she foresees all the criticism that could be leveled against her own book. She doesn’t counter it, probably because there is no way to do so. She knows that the readers are right, and that her tone IS pretentious, and that her main character IS boring, and rather than make the effort to write better, she decides to distract her would-be critics. Now, all of a sudden, it is they who have the problem, not she. (Again, there’s no real reason for this. She simply says that it isn’t a fair argument. She doesn’t explain why. She doesn’t counter this legit criticism. She seems to rest secure in the fact that she predicted it, as though that makes it any less true.) Manipulative, to be sure.<br><br>I am not a famous writer. I am not a great teacher. But I <i>am</i> a reader, and as such, my opinion isn’t any less valid than that of any other reader. As I said, lots of people loved this book, and that’s fine. I have no quarrel with them. But I am entitled to my opinion. Incidentally, when I judge a book, I do so in two ways. First is my enjoyment, which is, believe it or not, an incredibly small criterion. (I read a lot of nonfiction, and some of the best stuff out there is painful to read.) The main thing I look at is how well-written it is. How does it stand on its own? Authorial intent never enters into it, nor should it. An author creates a story, but then that story must be able to stand alone, or else there’s no point. Reader-response criticism has been around a while, so this isn’t anything new. I read a book once that perfectly met every intention of the author, both in content and clarity. It was the phone book. It fulfilled the intent, but it was hardly great literature. I read <i>The Friend</i> by Sigrid Nunez. I didn’t like it. (No kidding, right?) But more than that, I think it just doesn’t hold up. It’s too contrived, too poorly-written, too insubstantial to be any good. Again, that’s all my opinion. But I’m posting it here on Goodreads, and maybe someone else might see it. I would have loved it if someone had warned me off this one. I can’t think of a single good thing about it.<br><br>So, for whatever my opinion is worth, there it is. Run fast. 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The theme of grief is gently explored as she takes on the dog of her friend who died. 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href="/list/9578/all/Religious-Fiction">Religious Fiction</a> <span class="note">(1)</span></div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/list/44251/all/Books-Read-in-2023">Books Read in 2023</a> <span class="note">(4)</span></div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/list/44037/all/Entertainment">Entertainment</a> <span class="note">(1)</span></div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/list/16140/all/Kirkus-Starred-Fiction-Reviews-of-Books-Published-in-2018">Kirkus Starred Fiction Reviews of Books Published in 2018</a> <span class="note">(1)</span></div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/list/17855/all/Amazon-best-fictional-genre-picks-monthly-for-2018">Amazon best fictional genre picks monthly for 2018</a> <span class="note">(1)</span></div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/list/17355/all/Books-Read-in-2018">Books Read in 2018</a> <span class="note">(1)</span></div><div id="u_465e5224" class="rolldown" data-action="slide" data-more="show more" data-less="show less" data-all="show all 27" ><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/list/20276/all/Top-Five-Books-of-2018">Top Five Books of 2018</a> <span class="note">(1)</span></div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/list/20449/all/National-Book-Award-Fiction">National Book Award - Fiction</a> <span class="note">(1)</span></div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/list/20335/all/Books-Read-in-2019">Books Read in 2019</a> <span class="note">(1)</span></div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/list/10440/all/National-Book-Award-winners">National Book Award winners</a> <span class="note">(1)</span></div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/list/43687/all/Favorite-Animal-Fiction">Favorite Animal Fiction</a> <span class="note">(2)</span></div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/list/42790/all/Books-Read-in-2021">Books Read in 2021</a> <span class="note">(3)</span></div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/list/43734/all/Pleasant-Surprises-Books-That-Exceeded-Our-Expectations">Pleasant Surprises: Books That Exceeded Our Expectations</a> <span class="note">(1)</span></div></div></div></span></section><section class="w_a_section" id="section_awards" ><h2 class="lt_turndown" id="u_8568" data-caret-id="tdc_u_8568" data-hidden-id="tdh_u_c193" data-visible="1" onclick="lt.newauthor.saveSticky("awards", event);;lt.turndown_toggle(this, event);" href="javascript:void(0);" data-duration="200" data-name="awards" data-group="worksections" ><i class="fa-solid fa-chevron-up turndown_indicator" id="tdc_u_8568" data-turndown-style="chevron" ></i>Awards</h2><span id="tdh_u_c193" ><a name="awards"></a><div class="section_controls"><div data-value="0" class="lt_pillbox lt_blend_nav small lt_small" ><a data-value="0" data-onclick="lt.newauthor.groupAwards('nunezsigrid', 0);" role="button" class="selected" ><span class="ltp_txt">By Award</span></a class="" ><a data-value="1" data-onclick="lt.newauthor.groupAwards('nunezsigrid', 1);" role="button" class="" ><span class="ltp_txt">By Work</span></a class="" ></div class="" ></div><div class="card_list" rows="2"><div class="card"><div class="card_picbox"><a href="/pic/10218317"><img name="picture" border="1" src="https://pics.cdn.librarything.com//picsizes/8a/ec/8aec614bd593499636a67426d77424c41457341_v5.jpg"></a> </div><div class="card_infobox"><div class="card_title"><a href="/award/238/National-Book-Award" class="" >National Book Award</a></div><div class="description smalltext"><div id="u_cd430f36" class="lt_itemlist list"><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/20642030" data-workid="20642030" data-title="The-Friend" target="_top" class="" >The Friend</a> (<a href="/award/238.1.5.2018/National-Book-Award-Winner-Fiction-2018">Winner – Fiction – 2018</a>)</div></div></div></div></div><div class="card"><div class="card_picbox"><a href="/pic/10218774"><img name="picture" border="1" src="https://pics.cdn.librarything.com//picsizes/56/6e/566ea4338d99b4763742b306d77424c41457341_v5.jpg"></a> </div><div class="card_infobox"><div class="card_title"><a href="/award/945/International-Dublin-Literary-Award" class="" >International Dublin Literary Award</a></div><div class="description smalltext"><div id="u_26885fe4" class="lt_itemlist list"><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/24427996" data-workid="24427996" data-title="What-Are-You-Going-Through" target="_top" class="" >What Are You Going Through</a> (<a href="/award/945.3.0.2022/International-Dublin-Literary-Award-Longlist-2022">Longlist – 2022</a>)</div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/20642030" data-workid="20642030" data-title="The-Friend" target="_top" class="" >The Friend</a> (<a href="/award/945.4.0.2020/International-Dublin-Literary-Award-Shortlist-2020">Shortlist – 2020</a>)</div></div></div></div></div><div class="card"><div class="card_picbox"><a href="/pic/10442924"><img name="picture" border="1" src="https://pics.cdn.librarything.com//picsizes/e0/b7/e0b7e94889b90e26374706d3641424c41457341_v5.jpg"></a> </div><div class="card_infobox"><div class="card_title"><a href="/award/15142/NPR-Books-We-Love" class="" >NPR: Books We Love</a></div><div class="description smalltext"><div id="u_b61906bd" class="lt_itemlist list"><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/29902614" data-workid="29902614" data-title="The-Vulnerables" target="_top" class="" >The Vulnerables</a> (<a href="/award/15142.0.0.2023/NPR-Books-We-Love-2023">2023</a>)</div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/24427996" data-workid="24427996" data-title="What-Are-You-Going-Through" target="_top" class="" >What Are You Going Through</a> (<a href="/award/15142.0.0.2020/NPR-Books-We-Love-2020">2020</a>)</div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/562706" data-workid="562706" data-title="Mitz-The-Marmoset-of-Bloomsbury" target="_top" class="" >Mitz: The Marmoset of Bloomsbury</a> (<a href="/award/15142.0.0.2019/NPR-Books-We-Love-2019">2019</a>)</div><div id="u_542d04ae" class="rolldown" data-action="slide" data-more="show more" data-less="show less" data-all="show all 4" ><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/20642030" data-workid="20642030" data-title="The-Friend" target="_top" class="" >The Friend</a> (<a href="/award/15142.0.0.2018/NPR-Books-We-Love-2018">2018</a>)</div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="card"><div class="card_picbox"><a href="/pic/10218868"><img name="picture" border="1" src="https://pics.cdn.librarything.com//picsizes/64/14/6414cf18e1b1151636768356f67424c41457341_v5.jpg"></a> </div><div class="card_infobox"><div class="card_title"><a href="/award/1145/PEN%25252FHemingway-Award" class="" >PEN/Hemingway Award</a></div><div class="description smalltext"><div id="u_06c0ea51" class="lt_itemlist list"><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/469244" data-workid="469244" data-title="A-Feather-on-the-Breath-of-God" target="_top" class="" >A Feather on the Breath of God</a> (<a href="/award/1145.2.0.366412/PEN%25252FHemingway-Award-Nominee-Alternate-1996">Nominee – 366412</a>)</div></div></div></div></div><div class="card"><div class="card_picbox"><a href="/pic/10218191"><img name="picture" border="1" src="https://pics.cdn.librarything.com//picsizes/9c/e3/9ce3edbd4599d7d6372734c6d77424c41457341_v5.jpg"></a> </div><div class="card_infobox"><div class="card_title"><a href="/award/94/The-New-York-Times-Notable-Books-of-the-Year" class="" >The New York Times Notable Books of the Year</a></div><div class="description smalltext"><div id="u_e971da6e" class="lt_itemlist list"><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/20642030" data-workid="20642030" data-title="The-Friend" target="_top" class="" >The Friend</a> (<a href="/award/94.0.5.2018/The-New-York-Times-Notable-Books-of-the-Year-Fiction-2018">Fiction – 2018</a>)</div></div></div></div></div><div class="card"><div class="card_picbox"><a href="/pic/10218263"><img name="picture" border="1" src="https://pics.cdn.librarything.com//picsizes/66/b0/66b0ca885f0d6ef63766f6d6d77424c41457341_v5.jpg"></a> </div><div class="card_infobox"><div class="card_title"><a href="/award/175/Kirkus-Reviews-Best-Book-of-the-Year" class="" >Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year</a></div><div class="description smalltext"><div id="u_28ea4b30" class="lt_itemlist list"><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/29902614" data-workid="29902614" data-title="The-Vulnerables" target="_top" class="" >The Vulnerables</a> (<a href="/award/175.0.2777.2023/Kirkus-Reviews-Best-Book-of-the-Year-Fictional-Voices-2023">Fictional Voices – 2023</a>)</div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/24427996" data-workid="24427996" data-title="What-Are-You-Going-Through" target="_top" class="" >What Are You Going Through</a> (<a href="/award/175.0.2755.2020/Kirkus-Reviews-Best-Book-of-the-Year-Fiction-for-Quarantine-Reading-2020">Fiction for Quarantine Reading – 2020</a>)</div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/20642030" data-workid="20642030" data-title="The-Friend" target="_top" class="" >The Friend</a> (<a href="/award/175.0.2717.2018/Kirkus-Reviews-Best-Book-of-the-Year-Fiction-to-Get-Your-Book-Club-Talking-2018">Fiction to Get Your Book Club Talking – 2018</a>)</div><div id="u_b6ab0aec" class="rolldown" data-action="slide" data-more="show more" data-less="show less" data-all="show all 4" ><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/10001016" data-workid="10001016" data-title="Salvation-City" target="_top" class="" >Salvation City</a> (<a href="/award/175.0.2686.2010/Kirkus-Reviews-Best-Book-of-the-Year-Fiction-The-Top-25-2010">Fiction: The Top 25 – 2010</a>)</div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="card"><div class="card_picbox"><a href="/pic/10218593"><img name="picture" border="1" src="https://pics.cdn.librarything.com//picsizes/63/26/6326296104099ed6367612b7377424c41457341_v5.jpg"></a> </div><div class="card_infobox"><div class="card_title"><a href="/award/608/BuzzFeed-Best-Books" class="" >BuzzFeed Best Books</a></div><div class="description smalltext"><div id="u_e72c22e7" class="lt_itemlist list"><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/20642030" data-workid="20642030" data-title="The-Friend" target="_top" class="" >The Friend</a> (<a href="/award/608.0.5.2018/BuzzFeed-Best-Books-Fiction-2018">Fiction – 2018</a>)</div></div></div></div></div><div class="card"><div class="card_picbox"><a href="/pic/10264070"><img name="picture" border="1" src="https://pics.cdn.librarything.com//picsizes/b9/6e/b96e5cd30ecab79636775693551424c41457341_v5.jpg"></a> </div><div class="card_infobox"><div class="card_title"><a href="/award/2518/Joyce-Carol-Oates-Literary-Prize" class="" >Joyce Carol Oates Literary Prize</a></div><div class="description smalltext"><div id="u_6c199736" class="lt_itemlist list"><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/20642030" data-workid="20642030" data-title="The-Friend" target="_top" class="" >The Friend</a> (<a href="/award/2518.5.0.2019/Joyce-Carol-Oates-Literary-Prize-Finalist-2019">Finalist – 2019</a>)</div></div></div></div></div><div class="card"><div class="card_picbox"><a href="/pic/10218284"><img name="picture" border="1" src="https://pics.cdn.librarything.com//picsizes/68/53/6853ae72d0c57466376596d6d77424c41457341_v5.jpg"></a> </div><div class="card_infobox"><div class="card_title"><a href="/award/202/San-Francisco-Chronicle-Best-Book-of-the-Year" class="" >San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year</a></div><div class="description smalltext"><div id="u_d4709020" class="lt_itemlist list"><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/29902614" data-workid="29902614" data-title="The-Vulnerables" target="_top" class="" >The Vulnerables</a> (<a href="/award/202.0.5.2023/San-Francisco-Chronicle-Best-Book-of-the-Year-Fiction-2023">Fiction – 2023</a>)</div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/487610" data-workid="487610" data-title="The-Last-of-Her-Kind" target="_top" class="" >The Last of Her Kind</a> (<a href="/award/202.0.5.2006/San-Francisco-Chronicle-Best-Book-of-the-Year-Fiction-2006">Fiction – 2006</a>)</div></div></div></div></div><div class="card"><div class="card_picbox"><a href="/pic/10218435"><img name="picture" border="1" src="https://pics.cdn.librarything.com//picsizes/90/1c/901c74179f880c06367362b7377424c41457341_v5.jpg"></a> </div><div class="card_infobox"><div class="card_title"><a href="/award/388/Yasnaya-Polyana-Literary-Award-Foreign-Literature" class="" >Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award - Foreign Literature</a></div><div class="description smalltext"><div id="u_d8cfb58f" class="lt_itemlist list"><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/20642030" data-workid="20642030" data-title="The-Friend" target="_top" class="" >The Friend</a> (<a href="/award/388.0.0.2021/Yasnaya-Polyana-Literary-Award-Foreign-Literature-2021">2021</a>)</div></div></div></div></div><div class="card"><div class="card_picbox"></div><div class="card_infobox"><div class="card_title"><a href="/award/7198/AAAS-Book-Awards" class="" >AAAS Book Awards</a></div><div class="description smalltext"><div id="u_840f90d9" class="lt_itemlist list"><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/469244" data-workid="469244" data-title="A-Feather-on-the-Breath-of-God" target="_top" class="" >A Feather on the Breath of God</a> (<a href="/award/7198.1.2161.1996/AAAS-Book-Awards-Winner-Literature-1996">Winner – Literature – 1996</a>)</div></div></div></div></div><div class="card"><div class="card_picbox"><a href="/pic/10218312"><img name="picture" border="1" src="https://pics.cdn.librarything.com//picsizes/49/46/494632016fcb1e26376636d6d77424c41457341_v5.jpg"></a> </div><div class="card_infobox"><div class="card_title"><a href="/award/229/Christian-Science-Monitor-Best-Book" class="" >Christian Science Monitor Best Book</a></div><div class="description smalltext"><div id="u_249c579f" class="lt_itemlist list"><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/487610" data-workid="487610" data-title="The-Last-of-Her-Kind" target="_top" class="" >The Last of Her Kind</a> (<a href="/award/229.0.2712.2006/Christian-Science-Monitor-Best-Book-General-Fiction-2006">General Fiction – 2006</a>)</div></div></div></div></div><div class="card"><div class="card_picbox"><a href="/pic/10481638"><img name="picture" border="1" src="https://pics.cdn.librarything.com//picsizes/91/b3/91b3f0de8560293636a6f413651424c41457341_v5.jpg"></a> </div><div class="card_infobox"><div class="card_title"><a href="/award/15255/Los-Angeles-Public-Library-Best-of-the-Year" class="" >Los Angeles Public Library Best of the Year</a></div><div class="description smalltext"><div id="u_fb7a66ae" class="lt_itemlist list"><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/20642030" data-workid="20642030" data-title="The-Friend" target="_top" class="" >The Friend</a> (<a href="/award/15255.0.5.2018/Los-Angeles-Public-Library-Best-of-the-Year-Fiction-2018">Fiction – 2018</a>)</div></div></div></div></div><div class="card"><div class="card_picbox"><a href="/pic/10218893"><img name="picture" border="1" src="https://pics.cdn.librarything.com//picsizes/e6/b9/e6b917d85652b40636f6d4b6d77424c41457341_v5.jpg"></a> </div><div class="card_infobox"><div class="card_title"><a href="/award/1210/Dayton-Literary-Peace-Prize" class="" >Dayton Literary Peace Prize</a></div><div class="description smalltext"><div id="u_9c18fd36" class="lt_itemlist list"><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/10001016" data-workid="10001016" data-title="Salvation-City" target="_top" class="" >Salvation City</a> (<a href="/award/1210.5.0.2011/Dayton-Literary-Peace-Prize-Finalist-2011">Finalist – 2011</a>)</div></div></div></div></div><div class="card"><div class="card_picbox"><a href="/pic/10218379"><img name="picture" border="1" src="https://pics.cdn.librarything.com//picsizes/b9/5b/b95bca95ba55033637473356d77424c41457341_v5.jpg"></a> </div><div class="card_infobox"><div class="card_title"><a href="/award/307/Village-Voice-Favorite-Books" class="" >Village Voice Favorite Books</a></div><div class="description smalltext"><div id="u_741bdfca" class="lt_itemlist list"><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/487610" data-workid="487610" data-title="The-Last-of-Her-Kind" target="_top" class="" >The Last of Her Kind</a> (<a href="/award/307.0.0.2006/Village-Voice-Favorite-Books-2006">2006</a>)</div></div></div></div></div><div class="card"><div class="card_picbox"><a href="/pic/10290842"><img name="picture" border="1" src="https://pics.cdn.librarything.com//picsizes/07/66/0766fef7549d8cd6375494c3567424c41457341_v5.jpg"></a> </div><div class="card_infobox"><div class="card_title"><a href="/award/14074/BookTube-Prize" class="" >BookTube Prize</a></div><div class="description smalltext"><div id="u_bea1bb05" class="lt_itemlist list"><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/29902614" data-workid="29902614" data-title="The-Vulnerables" target="_top" class="" >The Vulnerables</a> (<a href="/award/14074.378.5.2024/BookTube-Prize-Octofinalist-Fiction-2024">Octofinalist – Fiction – 2024</a>)</div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/24427996" data-workid="24427996" data-title="What-Are-You-Going-Through" target="_top" class="" >What Are You Going Through</a> (<a href="/award/14074.378.5.2021/BookTube-Prize-Octofinalist-Fiction-2021">Octofinalist – Fiction – 2021</a>)</div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/20642030" data-workid="20642030" data-title="The-Friend" target="_top" class="" >The Friend</a> (<a href="/award/14074.378.5.2019/BookTube-Prize-Octofinalist-Fiction-2019">Octofinalist – Fiction – 2019</a>)</div></div></div></div></div><div class="card"><div class="card_picbox"><a href="/pic/10218643"><img name="picture" border="1" src="https://pics.cdn.librarything.com//picsizes/bf/3b/bf3b6dfe7aa68d56368432b7377424c41457341_v5.jpg"></a> </div><div class="card_infobox"><div class="card_title"><a href="/award/701/The-A-V-Club-best-books" class="" >The A.V. Club best books</a></div><div class="description smalltext"><div id="u_e6422cdc" class="lt_itemlist list"><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/24427996" data-workid="24427996" data-title="What-Are-You-Going-Through" target="_top" class="" >What Are You Going Through</a> (<a href="/award/701.0.0.2020/The-A-V-Club-best-books-2020">2020</a>)</div></div></div></div></div><div class="card"><div class="card_picbox"><a href="/pic/10305930"><img name="picture" border="1" src="https://pics.cdn.librarything.com//picsizes/3d/d0/3dd08e825ff884a63724a483567424c41457341_v5.jpg"></a> </div><div class="card_infobox"><div class="card_title"><a href="/award/279/Chicago-Public-Library-Best-of-the-Best-Adults" class="" >Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Adults</a></div><div class="description smalltext"><div id="u_a81b90bb" class="lt_itemlist list"><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/29902614" data-workid="29902614" data-title="The-Vulnerables" target="_top" class="" >The Vulnerables</a> (<a href="/award/279.106.22049.2023/Chicago-Public-Library-Best-of-the-Best-Adults-Selection-Favorite-Books-2023">Selection – Favorite Books – 2023</a>)</div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/24427996" data-workid="24427996" data-title="What-Are-You-Going-Through" target="_top" class="" >What Are You Going Through</a> (<a href="/award/279.106.0.2020/Chicago-Public-Library-Best-of-the-Best-Adults-Selection-2020">Selection – 2020</a>)</div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/work/20642030" data-workid="20642030" data-title="The-Friend" target="_top" class="" >The Friend</a> (<a href="/award/279.106.0.2018/Chicago-Public-Library-Best-of-the-Best-Adults-Selection-2018">Selection – 2018</a>)</div></div></div></div></div><div class="card"><div class="card_picbox"><a href="/pic/10219766"><img name="picture" border="1" src="https://pics.cdn.librarything.com//picsizes/65/81/6581782f4b267d9636f4c437377424c41457341_v5.jpg"></a> </div><div class="card_infobox"><div class="card_title"><a 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