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A Little Life

By Hanya Yanagihara
Series: Picador Collection
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A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara follows the lives of four college friends in New York City. As they navigate their careers and relationships, they grapple with their personal traumas and secrets, particularly focusing on the deeply troubled past of one central character. The novel delves into themes of friendship, suffering, and endurance.
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You might enjoy this book if you are drawn to deeply emotional and character-driven stories that explore complex friendships, trauma, and resilience. It's a poignant and intense narrative that delves into the lives of its protagonists with profound empathy.

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A Little Life

A novel of extraordinary intelligence and heart. A masterful depiction of heartbreak, and a dark and haunting examination of the tyranny of experience and memory.

A novel of extraordinary intelligence and heart, a masterful depiction of heartbreak, and a dark and haunting examination of the tyranny of experience and memory.

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Celebrating 50 years of Picador Books

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2015

Shortlisted for the Baileys Prize for Women's Fiction 2016

Winner of Fiction of the Year at the British Book Awards 2016

Finalist for the National Book Awards 2015

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.

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. 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cruel Brooklyn-born painter seeking entry to the art world; Malcolm, a frustrated architect at a prominent firm; and withdrawn, brilliant, enigmatic Jude, who serves as their centre of gravity.

Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success, and pride. Yet their greatest challenge, each comes to realise, 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.

Part of the Picador Collection, a new series showcasing the best of modern literature.

Series: Picador Collection

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A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara has received widespread acclaim for its deep emotional impact and compelling narrative. It is described as an intense, immersive read that profoundly explores themes of trauma, friendship, and the human experience. Critics have praised Yanagihara’s ability to create a vivid portrait of suffering and resilience, with many remarking on the novel’s powerful prose and unforgettable characters. It’s noted for its emotional depth, leaving readers both devastated and moved.

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ISBN: 9781529077216

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 January 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Picador

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 47.0mm

Width: 133.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 502g

Pages: 752

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About the Author

Hanya Yanagihara lives in New York City.

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