Nell Freudenberger
Nell Freudenberger is the author of a novel, The Dissident, and Lucky Girls, a collection of stories both published by Picador in the UK and the Ecco Press in the US. She was one of Granta’s Best of Young American Novelists in 2007. She lives in New York.
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In Conversation | The Online Edition
Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Special
Santiago Roncagliolo & Nell Freudenberger
‘Santiago Roncagliolo seems utterly unconcerned with whether we like his two characters, and (as in life) that fact makes them irresistible.’
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Over There
Various Contributors
Americans, speaking of foreign lands, often say, 'It's a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there.'
Fiction | The Online Edition
The Virgin of Esmeraldas
Nell Freudenberger
‘Everything was okay until Marisol accidentally broke a china cup with a rose on it that her stepmother had brought with her from DR.’
Fiction | The Online Edition
Where East Meets West
Nell Freudenberger
‘How can we presume to know what other people's experiences are like?’
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Nell Freudenberger | God and Me
Nell Freudenberger
‘When I was seven, I sat down to draw God. God wore a pirate shirt, purple harem pants and a red fez.’
Fiction | The Online Edition
The Tutor
Nell Freudenberger
‘He hated the idea of learning words from a list; it was like taking vitamin supplements in place of eating.’