The Vulnerables: A Novel by Sigrid Nunez fiction and those that we make

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One of her subjects is their enigmatic neighbor Miss Dawn

Matthew is everything Lily is not: easygoing and effortlessly attractive

James is well traveled and well read

The Vulnerables: A Novel by Sigrid Nunez fiction and those that we makeElegy plus comedy is the only way to express how we live in the world today, says a character in Sigrid Nunezs 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