A Little Life audiobook cover - An Epic Novel About Queer Life, Friendship & Human Endurance

A Little Life

An Epic Novel About Queer Life, Friendship & Human Endurance

Hanya Yanagihara

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Description

A Little Life (2015) follows the lives of four friends in New York City: aspiring actor Willem, moody painter JB, quiet architect Malcolm, and the brilliant, mysterious litigator Jude. Over the years, the four friends grow together, drift apart, find love and success, and struggle with loss and addiction. As enigmatic Jude gradually moves into the center of the narrative, the full extent of his unbearable burden begins to reveal itself. 

Who Should Listen

  • People who enjoy character-driven literature
  • Fans of stories about complex relationships 
  • Anyone in need of a good cry

About the Authors

Hanya Yanagihara is a US-American journalist and author with Japanese, Korean, and Hawaiian roots. Her first novel, The People in the Trees, is a fictional autobiographical account of the controversial life of anthropologist Daniel Carleton Gajdusek. Her latest novel, To Paradise, deals with questions of family, disease, and nationhood and became a #1 New York Times best seller.