BABEL | Sigrid Nunez

Join Just Buffalo Literary Center’s BABEL Author Series for an evening with Sigrid Nunez. 

Sigrid Nunez is the author of nine novels, including the critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling novel, The Friend, which was listed on The New York Times “100 Best Books of the 21st Century,” and What Are You Going Through, a novel about the surprising ways one person can help another through hardship and friendship, especially toward the end of life. What Are You Going Through was recently adapted into a film by Pedro Almodóvar, titled The Room Next Door, starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton. Other books include The Vulnerables; Sempre Susan: A Memoir of Susan Sontag; A Feather on the Breath of God; and For Rouenna among others.

With her sincere, clever, and witty voice, Sigrid Nunez has won many honors and awards, including the National Book Award, the Whiting Award, a Berlin Prize Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a Windham-Campbell Prize. Her work has been translated into thirty-five languages. In her honest and compelling talks, she speaks to audiences about her craft and her path to a career in writing.

Doors open 6:30pm