Sigrid Nunez is the author of the novels A FEATHER ON THE BREATH OF GOD, THE LAST OF HER KIND, THE FRIEND and WHAT ARE YOU GOING THROUGH, among others. She is also the author of SEMPRE SUSAN: A Memoir of Susan Sontag. She has been the recipient of several awards, including the National Book Award, the Rome Prize in Literature, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Her books have been translated into 30 languages. She lives in New York City.

Books by Sigrid Nunez

The Last of Her Kind

by Sigrid Nunez

Ann Drayton and Georgette George meet as freshmen roommates at Barnard College in 1968. Ann, who comes from a wealthy New England family, is brilliant and idealistic. Georgette, who comes from a bleak town in upstate New York, is mystified by Ann's romanticization of the underprivileged class. An intense and difficult friendship is born.