Sigrid Nunez’s latest novel, The Friend, won the 2018 National Book Award in Fiction. She is author of the novels Salvation City, The Last of Her Kind, A Feather on the Breath of God, and For Rouenna, among others. She is also the author of Sempre Susan: A Memoir of Susan Sontag. She has been the recipient of several awards, including a Whiting Award, the Rome Prize in Literature, and a Berlin Prize Fellowship. Nunez lives in New York City.
In this excerpt from The Friend, the protagonist recalls teaching a writing workshop at a center for victims of human trafficking.
In this excerpt from The Friend, the protagonist recalls teaching a writing workshop at a center for victims of human trafficking.