A Little Life

By Hanya Yanagihara

Four friends seek success in New York, bound by secrets and a haunting past.

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816 pages· 303,358 words

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Bookroo's summary

In New York, four college friends chase dreams of fame, but their bond is tested by addiction, pride, and the enigmatic Jude's dark past. As they navigate life's challenges, their friendship becomes a lifeline. What secrets bind them, and can they overcome the shadows of their past? Discover a tale of love, ambition, and the families we choose.

From the publisher

NATIONAL 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. Look for Hanya Yanagihara’s bestselling new novel, To Paradise, available now.

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