Once you discover Sigrid Nunez, you don't look back * Anne Enright *
A sharp-eyed and tender novel about human connection in a time of crisis. As compassionate as it is disquieting, and as funny as it is painfully honest * Paula Hawkins *
Sigrid Nunez has a talent for slim, companionable novels that have both delicacy and power * Vogue *
The Vulnerables is full of alive, curious poetry on the chaotic times we live in * Sheena Patel, author of I'm a Fan *
A breath of fresh air for a time when it still sometimes feels like there isn't any * Good Housekeeping *
Smart and sad and funny * Sarah Moss *
It is exciting to read a book that manages to be so honest and serious, and at the same time so playful and witty * Natasha Walter *
It's fresh, it's funny and it's very now. It has humour and honesty in spades, both wielded in self-defence against a world that feels off-kilter and almost absurd in its terribleness, from the gig economy to the Trump 'phenomenon', from creative frustration to urban burnout. I love Sigrid's clarity and quick expression, along with her quirky range of interests, her economy and lightness of touch * Bidisha *
Sigrid Nunez is a beautiful storyteller: there's beauty, depth, lightness and whimsy in her writing. But what I most admired was her confidence to be playful and inventive. The Vulnerables is clever, refreshing and fulfilling to read * Claire Kohda, author of Woman, Eating *
Hilarious and deeply reflective * Time *
Nunez has a wry compassion, and an eye for the kind of detail only grown-ups can catch. The books feel lived-in rather than hard-earned, the voice is smart and kind * Anne Enright, The Times *
Sigrid Nunez is on a roll. She's tapped into a smart, wry voice which feels right for our times, as do her concerns with friendship, empathy, loss, and loneliness * NPR *
When I open one of Nunez's novels, I almost always know immediately: This is where I want to be * Dwight Garner, New York Times *
Nunez's voice is unflinching and intimate * Entertainment Weekly *
One of my favourite authors * Natalie Portman *
New work from Sigrid Nunez is always a cause for celebration-and I'm thrilled to dive into her latest, The Vulnerables, a book about pandemic isolation, the pursuit of art, and the importance of connection in a turbulent reality * Elle *
Nunez's prose itself comforts us. Her confident and direct style uplifts-the music in her sentences, her deep and varied intelligence. She addresses important ideas unpretentiously and offers wisdom for any aspiring writer * New York Times Book Review *
Long live Sigrid Nunez * Laura Marling *
What's consistent across Nunez's books is their searching tone about the biggest of life's questions * Washington Post *
Spare and understated and often quite funny, the experience is less like reading fiction than like eavesdropping on someone else's brain . . . despite the grimness of the setting, the novel itself is strangely, sweetly hopeful; there is, it seems, a reason to go on. Sharp-and surprisingly tender. * Kirkus, STARRED REVIEW *
Funny and thoughtful ... Nunez manages to make a story of mortality go down easy * Publishers Weekly *
