A Little Life

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When four classmates 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cruel Brooklyn born painter seeking entry to the art world Malcolm, a frustrated architect at a prominent firm and withdrawn, brilliant, enigmatic Jude, who serves as their center of gravity Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success, and pride 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. Download A Little Life author Hanya Yanagihara – kino-fada.fr Some believe that this is The Great Gay Novel That couldn t bewrong There are only two recognizable gay men in this work, JB and Caleb A creative queen and a violent, probably psychopathic, sadist All the other possibilities are pedophiles categorically not gay that s a sickness, an evil, that has nothing to do with being gay or so hopelessly confused and impotent that you can t know what they are JB and Willem The take on gay men here is antediluvian a dangerous and discred Some believe that this is The Great Gay Novel That couldn t bewrong There are only two recognizable gay men in this work, JB and Caleb A creative queen and a violent, probably psychopathic, sadist All the other possibilities are pedophiles categorically not gay that s a sickness, an evil, that has nothing to do with being gay or so hopelessly confused and impotent that you can t know what they are JB and Willem The take on gay men here is antediluvian a dangerous and discredited brand of heteronormative delusion in which all gay men, no matter the glittering surface of their lives, are fated only to die a lonely, miserable death Caleb dies an excruciating death so we re told from pancreatic cancer JB, the witty, flamboyant, unstable, creative queen is merely a plot point His happines...5 THINGS I LIKED ABOUT A LITTLE LIFE AND 5 THINGS I DIDN T Everyone s talking about Hanya Yanagihara s Booker and National Book Award nominated blockbuster novel There are lots of 5 star raves on this site Many people are saying it s one of the most incredible books they ve ever read I hate to be the outlier or considered cold hearted I m not I cry over books and movies ALL THE TIME The book took me just under 2 weeks to finish, and I m glad I read it I liked it, I really liked it B 5 THINGS I LIKED ABOUT A LITTLE LIFE AND 5 THINGS I DIDN T Everyone s talking about Hanya Yanagihara s Booker and National Book Award nominated blockbuster novel There are lots of 5 star raves on this site Many people are saying it s one of the most incredible books they ve ever read I hate to be the outlier or considered cold hearted I m not ...A Little Life is a strong contender for the award for the most depressing book I ve ever read I swear I m not even exaggerating.At this point, I m not certain whether this is a positive or negative review There s no doubt that this book is beautifully written and contains some of the most raw and honest prose I ve ever had the pleasure or misfortune of reading, but it s a long very lo...I can t, with a clear conscience, give this book anything less than 5 stars It s a book that kept me reading long into the night, made me turn each page with vigor and curiosity, gave me chills and shivers over the joys and sorrows of each character, and ultimately left me feeling a bit older and tortured and yet at peace with the deeply complicated nature of humanity What Hanya Yanagihara does with A Little Life is nothing nearly as pretentious as that paragraph above Somehow in 720 pages, s I can t, with a clear conscience, give this book anything less than 5 stars It s a book that kept me reading long into the night, made me turn each page with vigor and curiosity, gave me chills and shivers over the joys and sorrows of each character, and ultimately left me feeling a bit older and tortured and yet at peace with the deeply complicated nature of humanity What Hanya Yanagihara does with A Little Life ...It may sound presumptuous to say in January that I ve read the best book I ve read all year, but reading is a lot like love Sometimes you just know.A LITTLE LIFE is a title with 3 meanings First, it refers to its protagonist, Jude, a man who cannot ever accept that his life is worthwhile Second, it refers to the act of reading it, spending time in this book is really like living a version of life.There is a third meaning, one that you don t discover until around halfway through the book when It may sound presumptuous to say in January that I ve read the best book I ve read all year, but reading is a lot like love Sometimes you just know.A LITTLE LIFE is a title with 3 meanings First, it refers to its protagonist, Jude, a man who cannot ever accept that his life is worthwhile Second, it refers to the act of reading it, spending time in this book is really like living a version of life.There is a third meaning, one that you don t discover until around halfway through the book when the title s words are used in a context that is like a punch to the gut When you read them you may find yourself having a physical reaction, your stomach may flip, your skin may go cold, you may gasp for breath And that is a lot of what the experience of reading this book is like You can call th...I slept with this book after I read it I kid you not I held its bulking, hardcover bound 700 pages in my arms as I fell asleep amid a raging storm I refused to let A Little Life leave me Its brilliant writing, its broken characters, and its bleak, unforgiving story dug into my heart, into the very pores of my skin As a twenty year old, I fe...Brilliant, devastating, heartbreaking Fucking hatefully sad at times There are places that are overwrought and overwritten but this is an amazing, engrossing novel Just wow.Brace yourself for the most melodramatic, pretentious, dull, dumb, overwritten, repetitive, laughable, cringe inducing, self indulgent, unbelievable, stereotypical, voyeuristic, contrived piece of fiction After pushing through and trying to motivate myself to finish this book just to see if there sto it or some kind of message there I m putting this book down for good 90% in Normally, I would have kept going just to find out what happens to the characters, but honestly I care so litt Brace yourself for the most melodramatic, pretentious, dull, dumb, overwritte...You get a first read only once I don t know what to say It s the book of my life Not that it mirrors my life, but that it s the literary love of my life I know I get hyperbolic about this kind of stuff, but it is what it is ...Note I received an ebook copy of this book from the publisher for review consideration.Around page 150 of Hanya Yanagihara s second novel, A Little Life, which follows four friends from their college years into their fifties, I wrote the following in my notes I amexcited about Hanya Yanagihara and her work and her career than I have been about any author in a really long time.Around page 200 I wrote this Is Jude s suffering perhaps a tad overwrought It is starting to seem like everything Note I received an ebook copy of this book from the publisher for review consideration.Around page 150 of Hanya Yanagihara s second novel, A Little Life, which follows four friends from their college years into their fifties, I wrote the following in my notes I amexcited about Hanya Yanagihara and her work and her career than I have been about any author in a really lon...

A Little Life
  • English
  • 18 February 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 720 pages
  • 0385539258
  • Hanya Yanagihara
  • A Little Life