A Little Life: A Novel
Mar 2015 · Vintage
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century.
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE
A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves.
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE
A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century.
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • WINNER OF T...
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255 reviews
Giovanni Venturi
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August 12, 2026
A book too long, a book full of self killing desire. The concept "show don't tell" is not applied at all ti this book. The author describes the teenager rape without going into details but later she shows with full details the rape scenes already mentioned. Lots of horror scenes. Strange sense of love. If I had known how horribile was this book I never started reading all this cruel book. The world could live without this disturbing and invasive kind of writing. I don't suggest to read this thing called book, specially for sensible people.
Bartley Gilliard
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May 13, 2024
College. A time to stumble, fumble and try on adult behaviors; while still under the guidance of distant parents. Then death and suicide enter the privileged students. Forcing a change. I would tell you more, but that would require my purchasing the book. The SAMPLE, however, was well written and engrossing. BUY IT! Let me know how it ends,😀
Love Music
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September 20, 2026
Cloning is identity theft duplicating accounts, bank fraud, credit card fraud, copyright infringement, and duplicating debits. It is also illegal in the United States 🇺🇸 🇺🇲
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HANYA YANAGIHARA lives in New York City.
HANYA YANAGIHARA lives in New York City.
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