A Little Life
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(21.7K)
Hanya Yanagihara
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 PRIZEA 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.
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Author
Hanya Yanagihara
Pages
832
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published Date
2016-01-26
ISBN
0804172706 9780804172707
Ratings
Google: 2
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"Finally finished it… gonna need a few weeks to process this one. But oh my god I loved every minute of this depression-filled behemoth "
Narwhal
"I Dont Think There Are Even Words To Properly Rate This Book Which I May Even Argue Is A Work Of Art I Found Myself Highlighting Taking Pauses To Soak In What I Just Read Tears Streaming Down My Face Highly Recommend But It Is Not An Easy Read Or For The Faint Hearted"
Amy Santi
"Honestly? Tried to start it and couldn’t finish. I got bored😭😭 Maybe I need to try again?"
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"How can something be so beautiful and so utterly heartbreaking? This book gutted me over and over and over, but I was just so connected to each of the characters. I have put off reading it for years knowing it was long and HEAVY, but it was worth it."
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Sarah Henderson
"Very moving, incredibly sad, and with so many life lessons. Teaches appreciation for life and relationships; need to demonstrate sympathy to people and using that with interactions as you may not know what others have lived (living) or their experiences. Great representation."
Daniella (she/her)
"I want to start by saying this is a really heavy book. I had to take a few breaks to process the absolute devastation I was reading. I have never read a book as sad and heartbreaking as this one.
It’s so beautifully well written. Highly, highly recommended this if you’re looking for a book to turn you into an emotional mess."
Catelyn Hunter
"What a beautiful and tragic story. I fell in love with all the characters, trauma and all. If you want a happy story this isn’t it… but if you have this on your list to read, put itat the top."
Kelli Jean
"Doesn't live up to the hype. Over-dramatic, overblown, meandering story of improbable relationships & every type of gratuitous child abuse you can imagine. EVERY single type. Interminable. Terrible. Too many other books that successfully weave tragedy into the plot to waste time on these 800+ pages."
Anne G
"So here’s the thing, this book is fine. The story is fine, the characters are fine. The abuse in the story truly feels gratuitous at points. Rarely does it go toward plot development… It truly feels more like a grasp at the shock factor. I still recommend reading it, if you’re curious about it… but this book is not profound."
Emily Calleja
"I recently came across a quote that said nonfiction is meant to give knowledge through imagination rather than through research. In that light, this book is one of the most illuminating texts I have ever read. Though the content matter of the novel is deeply troubling, I learned immensely about myself, my close friends, and my spouse and family in ways that I hope will be life-altering. This is not an easy read. But the horrors you must endure to take part in the beauty that follows makes it worthwhile in the end."
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