Nunez, Sigrid

March 28, 2025

42:58

Sigrid Nunez's 'The Friend' tells a story of friendship and despair

Nunez's 2018 novel won the National Book Award. It's now a film, starring Naomi Watts and Bill Murray, about a woman who inherits a dog after her friend's suicide. Originally broadcast in 2019.

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October 21, 2020

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Novelist Sigrid Nunez On Climate Change, Mortality And Life In A Pandemic

Nunez's latest novel, What Are You Going Through, is about facing the possible death of our planet from climate change — while also dealing with our mortality as individuals.

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January 24, 2019

42:50

'The Friend' Novelist Grapples With Suicide, Grief And Student-Teacher Relationships

Sigrid Nunez's National Book Award-winning novel is narrated by a woman grieving the suicide of her longtime friend and former writing professor, whom she slept with once.

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Sigrid Nunez's 'The Friend' tells a story of friendship and despair

Novelist Sigrid Nunez On Climate Change, Mortality And Life In A Pandemic

'The Friend' Novelist Grapples With Suicide, Grief And Student-Teacher Relationships

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