1447294831 
Paperback A little life / Hanya Yanagihara.
Publication year: 2016
Language: English
Media type Paperback
Resource type: Physical
ISBN: 9781447294832 (pbk.) :
Notes: Originally published: New York: Doubleday, 2015.
Extent: 720 pages ; 20 cm
Available: 1
Total number of loans: 2
Loans this year: 0
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Description:
When four graduates 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cruel Brooklyn-born painter seeking entry to the art world; Malcolm, a frustrated architect at a prominent firm; and withdrawn, brilliant, enigmatic Jude, who serves as their centre of gravity. Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success, and pride. Yet their greatest challenge, each comes to realise, 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.
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One of the best books I have read. It is emotional and upsetting, yet there are also joyous moments. It shows how horrendous life can be, but also how strong friendship is.
03/08/22