{"product_id":"the-vulnerables-9780593715529","title":"The Vulnerables","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sigrid Nunez\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Riverhead Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Riverhead Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Friendship\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR, \u003ci\u003eHARPER'S BAZAAR, VOGUE, THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICE, THE IRISH TIMES, NEW REPUBLIC\u003c\/i\u003e AND KIRKUS REVIEWS \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling, National Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Friend\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhat Are You Going Through \u003c\/i\u003ebrings her singular voice to a story about modern life and connection \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eDwight Garner, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"With the intimacy and humor of a great conversation, this novel makes you feel smarter and more alive.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePeople Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eNPR\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eThe Vulnerables\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eThe Vulnerables\u003c\/i\u003e 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.","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45117970546839,"sku":"9780593715529","price":1226.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780593715529.webp?v=1769199019","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-vulnerables-9780593715529","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}