{"product_id":"9780349020600","title":"It Will Come Back to You","description":"Author: Sigrid Nunez\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780349020600\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 14 Jul 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 224 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE SUMMER BY \u003ci\u003eVOGUE, HARPER'S BAZAAR, LA TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eBOSTON GLOBE \u003c\/i\u003e- AND ONE OF THE \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN'S \u003c\/i\u003eMOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS FOR 2026\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The first ever collection of short stories from the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling, National Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Friend\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wryly funny and slyly provocative' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sigrid Nunez creates whole lives in fewer than 20 pages' \u003c\/b\u003eJOHN SELF, \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Once you discover Sigrid Nunez, you don't look back' \u003c\/b\u003eANNE ENRIGHT\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eIt Will Come Back to You \u003c\/i\u003etakes in thirteen stories -  never before collected together - from a career spanning three decades, which has seen Nunez become one of contemporary fiction's most distinctive voices. Moving from an inappropriate teenage crush to a therapist's second chance at love, in this collection Nunez maintains her irrepressible humour, bite, and insight, while exploring the philosophical questions we have come to expect from her writing.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Among the most interesting writers of our generation' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eINDEPENDENT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'It Will Come Back to You \u003c\/i\u003eshould make you want to imbibe every word Nunez has ever written' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A strange, perceptive and unsettling look at the lives of ordinary people' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of American fiction's most crisp and realized voices. Like the food in a good restaurant, her prose is excellent but unfussy' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Nunez injects these stories with a deep tenderness and a wry sense of humor, all the while challenging our conceptions of what it means to live an ordinary life' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eHARPERS BAZAAR\u003c\/i\u003e, 'Best Summer Books 2026'\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Nunez [has] a no-nonsense honesty, a matchless intelligence, an unswerving empathy, and a breathtaking intimacy of voice' JENNY MUSTARD\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the great writers of our time . . . Reading [Nunez's] work feels like having lunch with your smartest, wisest, most empathetic friend' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eLOS ANGELES TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The stories show [Nunez's] gift for turning apparently ordinary lives into something stranger, funnier and more searching than they first appear'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eiPAPER, '\u003c\/i\u003eThe best new books to read in July 2026'\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Long live Sigrid Nunez' LAURA MARLING\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Nunez [has] a no-nonsense honesty, a matchless intelligence, an unswerving empathy, and a breathtaking intimacy of voice' \u003c\/b\u003eJENNY MUSTARD\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e'One of the great writers of our time . . . 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