A Little Life is a 2015 novel by American novelist Hanya Yanagihara. The novel was written over the course of eighteen months. Despite the length and difficult subject matter, it became a bestseller.
- Harm to children
- Sexual violence
- Graphic violence
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Earnest, contemporary, overwhelming and grave.
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
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- amara.readsThe Empath★★★★½
Seven hundred pages of suffering arranged for maximum effect. It works, and I resent that it works. Three stars for craft, minus one for manipulation, plus one because I finished it at 4am.
About the book
- Author
- Hanya Yanagihara
- First published
- 2008
- Pages
- 800
- Publisher
- Ast, W.A.B. / GW Foksal, Doğan Kitap
- Editions
- 38
- Language
- fin, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese
- ISBN
- 9782253100560
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Hanya K Yanagihara (born September 20, 1974)[3] is an American novelist, editor, and travel writer. She grew up in Hawaii.[4] Photo by SamLevyPhoto2020 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=93126610
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