Here is an epic study of trauma and friendship written with such intelligence and depth of perception that it will be one of the benchmarks against which all other novels that broach those subjects (and they are legion) will be measured.' - Wall Street Journal announces her, as decisively as a second work can, as a major American novelist.

'One of the pleasures of fiction is how suddenly a brilliant writer can alter the literary landscape. An astonishing achievement: a novel of grand drama and sentiment, but it's a canvas Yanagihara has painted with delicate, subtle brushstrokes.' - Independent ' A Little Life makes for near-hypnotically compelling reading, a vivid, hyperreal portrait of human existence that demands intense emotional investment. It's not often that you read a book of this length and find yourself thinking 'I wish it was longer' but Yanagihara takes you so deeply into the lives and minds of these characters that you struggle to leave them behind.' - Fiona Wilson, The Times Publisher: Pan Macmillan ISBN: 9781529077216 Number of pages: 752 Weight: 524 g Dimensions: 196 x 134 x 54 mm MEDIA REVIEWS Yet their greatest challenge, each comes to realize, is Jude himself, by midlife a terrifyingly talented litigator yet an increasingly broken man, his mind and body scarred by an unspeakable childhood, and haunted by what he fears is a degree of trauma that he'll not only be unable to overcome - but that will define his life forever. Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success, and pride. There is kind, handsome Willem, an aspiring actor JB, a quick-witted, sometimes cruel Brooklyn-born painter seeking entry to the art world Malcolm, a frustrated architect at a prominent firm and withdrawn, brilliant, enigmatic Jude, who serves as their centre of gravity. When four graduates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they're broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition. The million copy bestseller, A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, is an immensely powerful and heartbreaking novel of brotherly love and the limits of human endurance. Shortlisted for the Baileys Prize for Women's Fiction 2016.įinalist for the National Book Awards 2015. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2015.

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