The Friend -

Sigrid Nunez

Riverhead Books

2018

224 páginas

7h 28m

ISBN-10: 0735219443

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.

Resenhas (4)

4 (Muito bom)

Oh, my friend, my friend…

Um livro com belas reflexões sobre a vida, sobre escolhas e sobre relações. Apesar de achar lento em alguns momentos, me encantei pela história e pela escrita da Sigrid e pretendo ler outros livros da autora. O “plot twist” foi uma boa surpresa no final na minha opinião.