The Vulnerables

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The Vulnerables
by Sigrid Nunez

ISBN: 9780593715529
Softcover, new

Brief Description:
NATIONAL BESTSELLER 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 Times–bestselling, National Book Award–winning author
of The Friend and What Are You Going Through brings her singular voice to a
story about modern life and connection “I am committed, until one of us
dies, to Nunez’s novels. I find them ideal. They are short, wise,
provocative, funny — good and strong company.” —Dwight Garner, The New York
Times “With the intimacy and humor of a great conversation, this novel
makes you feel smarter and more alive.” —People Magazine “An 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.” —NPR Elegy plus comedy is the
only way to express how we live in the world today, says a character in
Sigrid Nunez’s 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
another’s distress. A search for understanding about some of the most
critical matters of our time, Nunez’s new novel is also an inquiry into the
nature and purpose of writing itself.