A Little Life: A Novel by Hanya Yanagihara (English) Hardcover Book

Description: A Little Life by 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 Yanagiharas stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves.Look for Hanya Yanagiharas latest bestselling novel, To Paradise. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography HANYA YANAGIHARA lives in New York City. Review Praise for A Little Life:NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTSHORT-LISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZEFINALIST FOR THE 2015 KIRKUS PRIZE FOR FICTION"Yanagiharas immense new book, A Little Life, announces her, as decisively as a second work can, as a major American novelist. 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." —Sam Sacks, The Wall Street Journal"With her sensitivity to everything from the emotional nuance to the play of light inside a subway car, Yanagihara is superb at capturing the radiant moments of beauty, warmth and kindness that help redeem the bad stuff. In A Little Life, its lifes evanescent blessings that maybe, but only maybe, can save you."—John Powers, NPR"…A Little Life becomes a surprisingly subversive novel—one that uses the middle-class trappings of naturalistic fiction to deliver an unsettling meditation on sexual abuse, suffering, and the difficulties of recovery. And having upset our expectations once, Yanagihara does it again, by refusing us the consolations we have come to expect from stories that take such a dark turn…. Yanagiharas novel can also drive you mad, consume you, and take over your life. Like the axiom of equality, A Little Life feels elemental, irreducible—and, dark and disturbing though it is, there is beauty in it." —Jon Michaud, The New Yorker"This exquisite, unsettling novel follows four male friends from their meeting as students at a prestigious Northeastern college through young adulthood and into middle age.... The book shifts from a generational portrait to something darker and more tender: an examination of the depths of human cruelty, counterbalanced by the restorative powers of friendship."—The New Yorker (Briefly Noted)"Hanya Yanagiharas second novel asks for a kind of immersion at odds with the practices of contemporary attention-deficit culture. A Litle Life is epic in scope, riveting on every page, and frequently stomach-churning in its explorations of pain and loss... [It] brought me to tears more than once; it is a book that asks the reader to feel as fully as Jude does, with a deep aesthetic and ethical purpose of observing and witnessing the pain of others."—Jenny Davidson, Bookforum"Springs must-read novel... If [Yanagiharas] assured 2013 debut, The People in the Trees, a dark allegory of Western hubris, put her on the literary map, her massive new novel...signals the arrival of a major new voice in fiction."—Megan OGrady, Vogue"Astonishing... Its not hyperbole to call this novel a masterwork—if anything that word is simply just too little for it."—Caroline Leavitt, San Francisco Chronicle"[The] book has so much richness in it—great big passages of beautiful prose, unforgettable characters, and shrewd insights into art and ambition and friendship and forgiveness."—Leah Greenblatt, Entertainment Weekly"Through insightful detail and her decade-by-decade examination of these peoples lives, Yanagihara has drawn a deeply realized character study that inspires as much as devastates. Its a life, just like everyone elses, but in Yanagiharas hands, its also tender and large, affecting and transcendent; not a little life at all."—Nicole Lee, The Washington Post"There are truths here that are almost too much to bear—that hope is a qualified thing, that even love, no matter how pure and freely given, is not always enough. This book made me realize how merciful most fiction really is, even at its darkest, and its a testament to Yanagiharas ability that she can take such ugly material and make it beautiful. Its a testament to Yanagiharas ability that she can take such ugly material and make it beautiful."—Steph Cha, Los Angeles Times"A Little Life floats all sorts of troubling questions about the responsibility of the individual to those nearest and dearest and the sometime futility of playing brothers keeper. Those questions, accompanied by Yanagiharas exquisitely imagined characters, will shadow your dreamscapes."—Jan Stuart, The Boston Globe"[A] monument of empathy, and that alone makes this novel wondrous."—Claire Fallon, The Huffington Post"A Little Life is a harrowing novel with no happy ending, yet Yanagihara writes so well that its difficult to put it down, even in the midst of sobbing. Somehow, its an ordeal to read and a transformative experience, not soon forgotten."—Anna Andersen, Minneapolis Star-Tribune"Yanagiharas most impressive trick is the way she glides from scenes filled with those terrifying hyenas to moments of epiphany. Wasnt it a miracle to have survived the unsurvivable? Wasnt friendship its own miracle, the finding of another person who made the entire lonely world seem somehow less lonely? Wasnt this house, this beauty, this comfort, this life a miracle? A Little Life devotes itself to answering those questions, and is, in its own dark way, a miracle."—Marion Winik, Newsday"[A] stunning work of fiction."—Sherryl Connelly, The New York Daily News"Yanagiharas novel is a remarkable feat."—Ilana Masad, Bustle.com"A modern-day epic… This book will make you feel." —Isaac Fitzgerald, Buzzfeed"The phrase tour de force could have been invented for this audacious novel." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review"This is a novel that values the everyday over the extraordinary, the push and pull of human relationships—and the books effect is cumulative. There is real pleasure in following characters over such a long period, as they react to setbacks and successes, and, in some cases, change. By the time the characters reach their 50s and the story arrives at its moving conclusion, readers will be attached and find them very hard to forget."—Publishers Weekly Review Quote Praise for A Little Life : "Yanagiharas immense new book, A Little Life , Excerpt from Book 1 The eleventh apartment had only one closet, but it did have a sliding glass door that opened onto a small balcony, from which he could see a man sitting across the way, outdoors in only a T-shirt and shorts even though it was October, smoking. Willem held up a hand in greeting to him, but the man didnt wave back. In the bedroom, Jude was accordioning the closet door, opening and shutting it, when Willem came in. "Theres only one closet," he said. "Thats okay," Willem said. "I have nothing to put in it anyway." "Neither do I." They smiled at each other. The agent from the building wandered in after them. "Well take it," Jude told her. But back at the agents office, they were told they couldnt rent the apartment after all. "Why not?" Jude asked her. "You dont make enough to cover six months rent, and you dont have anything in savings," said the agent, suddenly terse. She had checked their credit and their bank accounts and had at last realized that there was something amiss about two men in their twenties who were not a couple and yet were trying to rent a one-bedroom apartment on a dull (but still expensive) stretch of Twenty-fifth Street. "Do you have anyone who can sign on as your guarantor? A boss? Parents?" "Our parents are dead," said Willem, swiftly. The agent sighed. "Then I suggest you lower your expectations. No one who manages a well-run building is going to rent to candidates with your financial profile." And then she stood, with an air of finality, and looked pointedly at the door. When they told JB and Malcolm this, however, they made it into a comedy: the apartment floor became tattooed with mouse droppings, the man across the way had almost exposed himself, the agent was upset because she had been flirting with Willem and he hadnt reciprocated. "Who wants to live on Twenty-fifth and Second anyway," asked JB. They were at Pho Viet Huong in Chinatown, where they met twice a month for dinner. Pho Viet Huong wasnt very good--the pho was curiously sugary, the lime juice was soapy, and at least one of them got sick after every meal--but they kept coming, both out of habit and necessity. You could get a bowl of soup or a sandwich at Pho Viet Huong for five dollars, or you could get an entr Details ISBN0385539258 Author Hanya Yanagihara Year 2015 ISBN-10 0385539258 ISBN-13 9780385539258 Media Book Publication Date 2015-03-10 Short Title LITTLE LIFE Pages 736 Language English DEWEY 813.6 Subtitle A Novel Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2015-03-10 NZ Release Date 2015-03-10 US Release Date 2015-03-10 UK Release Date 2015-03-10 Place of Publication New York Publisher Random House USA Inc Format Hardcover Imprint Doubleday & Co Inc. Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:138003542;

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