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A Little Life
Written by Hanya Yanagihara
- Shortlisted
- The Man Booker Prize 2015
- Published by Picador
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Hanya Yanagihara’s deft depiction of heartbreak becomes a dark examination of the tyranny of memory and the limits of human endurance
By degrees, an enigmatic, brilliant and terrifyingly talented litigator becomes an increasingly broken man. Despite his successful career, his mind and body remain deeply scarred by an unspeakable childhood. He becomes progressively more haunted by what he suspects is a history of trauma he cannot overcome, and that he fears will define his life forever.
Hanya Yanagihara
Hanya Yanagihara is an American novelist, editor, and travel writer. Her novel A Little Life was shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2015
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