The Vulnerables

Resumen del libro

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. 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.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;p x{0026}lt;strong Mercedes Cebriánx{0026}lt;/strong nació en Madrid en 1971. Es narradora, poeta, periodista y traductora. x{0026}lt;em Muchacha de Castillax{0026}lt;/em (La Bella Varsovia, 2019) es su tercer poemario, tras x{0026}lt;em Mercado comúnx{0026}lt;/em (2006, reedición en 2017) y x{0026}lt;em Malgastarx{0026}lt;/em (2016), todos publicados por La Bella Varsovia. Colabora asiduamente con la revista x{0026}lt;em Letras Libresx{0026}lt;/em y con los suplementos x{0026}lt;em El Viajerox{0026}lt;/em y x{0026}lt;em Babeliax{0026}lt;/em del diario x{0026}lt;em El Paísx{0026}lt;/em . Fue becaria de literatura en la Academia de España en Roma y cursó un Máster en Estudios Hispánicos por la Universidad de Pensilvania (Estados Unidos). Su libro más reciente es x{0026}lt;em Cocido y violonchelox{0026}lt;/em (Literatura Random House, 2022).x{0026}lt;/p