Mar 04, 2020jr3083 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This is only a small book, and it feels as if you are reading a memoir or a diary, rather than a novel. It is addressed to an unnamed, dead friend in the second person "you" throughout, and it is a series of short paragraphs, separated by time and asterisks. The unnamed narrator is a female writer, teaching creative writing at a university as many writers tend to do. Her friend, to whom the book is addressed, was her mentor, a fellow teacher and also a writer and he had committed suicide....
It's only a short book, and it quivers with emotion, making it an uncomfortable and yet compelling read. I finished it wondering "what on earth WAS that book?"
For my longer review, please visit:
https://residentjudge.com/2020/03/04/the-friend-by-sigrid-nunez/
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The Friend