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After A Friend's Suicide, A Writer Inherits His Grieving Dog

Mar 28, 2025 · 45m
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  • Sigrid Nunez's 2018 National Book Award-winning novel The Friend, about a woman who inherits a dog after her friend's suicide, is adapted into a film starring Naomi Watts and Bill Murray
  • Nunez discusses the novel's exploration of grief, friendship, and loss in a 2019 interview
  • Film critic Justin Chang reviews French thriller Misericordia

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Sigrid Nunez
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