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<p><b>From the National Book Award-winning author of <i>The Friend, </i>one of the most celebrated novelists of her generation, the story of a woman's experiences in the Vietnam War</b> <br><br>"After my first book was published, I received some letters." So begins Sigrid Nunez's haunting novel about the poignant and unusual friendship between a writer and a retired army nurse who seeks her out decades after their childhood in the same housing project. Among the letters the narrator receives is one from a Rouenna Zycinski, recalling their old connection and asking if they can meet.Though fascinated by the stories Rouenna tells about her life as a combat nurse in Vietnam, the narrator flatly declines her request that they collaborate on a memoir. It is only later, in the aftermath of Rouenna's shocking death, that the narrator is drawn to write about her friend--and her friend's war. Writing Rouenna's story becomes all-consuming, at once a necessity and the only consolation.<br><br><i>For Rouenna</i>, an unforgettable novel about truth, memory, and unexpected heroism by one of the most gifted writers of her generation, is also a remarkable and surprising new look at war.</p>

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Author

Sigrid Nunez

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780374254308

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Fantasy, Literary Fiction

Rating

4.4 / 5 (162 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14