Was fehlt dir

The new novel by the bestselling author of "The Friend."

"A gifted writer."

"Full of presence of mind and tenderness."

"You follow her eagerly until the last page and feel comforted in a very civilized way."

"Love, loss, friendship, empathy - and so much wisdom. I adore Sigrid Nunez."

"A profound book."

"A heartfelt book of comfort about the art of living and dying."

"The novel has a deeply comforting effect in its quiet, graceful, and pleasantly intelligent way."

"A hopelessly cheerful novel that effortlessly and weightlessly addresses the heavy questions of farewell, death, and the end of all things."

"A graceful novel."

"An overwhelming book of comfort and life. Nunez is a magician; her book is wonderfully light and cheerful."

Few people penetrate the meaning of being alive as deeply as American author Sigrid Nunez. In her new novel "What Are You Missing," she writes about how we are connected to one another, in happiness and sorrow, comfort and hope - and how compassion can change our perspective on life. What does the fate of others have to do with our own? The New York narrator in Sigrid Nunez's new novel finds answers to this question in encounters with very different people, their sadness, their courage, their hope: whether with a past love, an insecure hostess, or a childhood friend who is terminally ill and asks her for a big favor. "What Are You Missing" is a book about empathetic understanding and about how much more we can do for one another than we might think: by truly listening. A novel that also provides a portrait of what it means to be alive right now. Poetic and feather-light.