DiscoverFresh AirAfter A Friend's Suicide, A Writer Inherits His Grieving Dog
After A Friend's Suicide, A Writer Inherits His Grieving Dog

After A Friend's Suicide, A Writer Inherits His Grieving Dog

Update: 2025-03-282
Share

Description

Sigrid Nunez's 2018 novel The Friend won the National Book Award. It's now a film, starring Naomi Watts and Bill Murray, about a woman who inherits a dog after her friend's suicide. She spoke with Terry Gross about the book in 2019.

Also, Justin Chang reviews the new French film thriller Misericordia.

Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NPR Privacy Policy
Comments 
00:00
00:00
1.0x

0.5x

0.8x

1.0x

1.25x

1.5x

2.0x

3.0x

Sleep Timer

Off

End of Episode

5 Minutes

10 Minutes

15 Minutes

30 Minutes

45 Minutes

60 Minutes

120 Minutes

After A Friend's Suicide, A Writer Inherits His Grieving Dog

After A Friend's Suicide, A Writer Inherits His Grieving Dog