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以 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥《摯友》獲得 2018年美國國家圖書獎，Nunez Sigrid 最新作品
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙑𝙪𝙡𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙨
【融合哀歌與喜劇，當代人的寂寞孤獨考】
疫情期間的曼哈頓如荒涼空城，居民要嘛躲去其他地方，要嘛回不來，不然就是把自己關在家裡，這位中年女作家的朋友也一樣，被困在加州回不了家，於是她被委託擔負起照顧寵物金剛鸚鵡尤瑞卡的重責大任。
尤瑞卡彷彿感知主人不在身邊，顯得有些鬱鬱寡歡，女作家原本預想簡單的照護，卻因為疫情變得更加艱鉅，無法外出採買生活日用品，加上自己年紀也大，活動起來都很耗費心神，這時突然有一個大學生來敲門，宣稱他是尤瑞卡的「保姆」─一個Z世代的素食主義男大生，女作家這下面對的不只是沒精神的鸚鵡，還必須跟有代溝的年輕人和平相處，兩人一鳥彷彿被隔離於世界之外，並試著學習與孤獨和自我共存，同時也令讀者思考，在當代社會，人與人之間如何產生真正的聯繫。
The New York Times –bestselling, National Book Award–winning author of The Friend and What Are You Going Through brings her singular voice to a story about modern life and connection
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.
