![]() ![]() 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cruel Brooklyn-born painter seeking entry to the art world Malcolm, a frustrated architect at a prominent firm and withdrawn, brilliant, enigmatic Jude, who serves as their centre of gravity. ![]() 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. The million copy bestseller, A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, is an immensely powerful and heartbreaking novel of brotherly love and the limits of human endurance. We will rebind this book after purchasing from the original Publisher/Distributor. We are bringing this book for our Elite readers in our Unique Premium Leather Bound. It is a Bestselling Title, recommended by many readers around the Globe. 'Yanagihara takes you so deeply into the lives and minds of these characters that you struggle to leave them behind.' - The Times. Yet their greatest challenge, each comes to realize, 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. Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success, and pride. Winner of Fiction of the Year at the British Book Awards Shortlisted for the Booker Prize Shortlisted for the Women's Prize Finalist for the US National Book Award for Fiction 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. ![]() It's one of those books that stays with you forever.' - Dua Lipa The million copy bestseller, Hanya Yanagihara's A Little Life, by the author of To Paradise and The People in the Trees, is an immensely powerful and heartbreaking novel of brotherly love and the limits of human endurance. Signed by the author (Signed by the author) 'I'm not exaggerating when I say this novel challenged everything I thought I knew about love and friendship. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. a triumph of emotional richness and devastation' Telegraph'Utterly compelling' Daily Express'A superb piece of theatre, staged with consummate skill' Evening Standard'Close to Greek tragedy a production of cool temperature, handling atrocity with clinical precision, and moments of grace with an economical elegance leaves its mark like a livid, tender bruise on the imagination' The Stage'Unrelenting but magnificent in the interstices of horror and abuse, there are transcendental moments of love and affection' iNews'Keeps a grip so tight that it is impossible to turn away' WhatsOnStage'Compelling viewing such an emotional and affecting piece of theatre' Gay Times A bruising and beautiful story of love, the limits of human endurance, and the tyranny of memory, adapted for the stage from Hanya Yanagihara's bestselling novel. This English-language version opened in London's West End in 2023, directed by Ivo van Hove and with a cast led by James Norton as Jude.'A masterpiece of modern theatre. Yet their greatest challenge is Jude himself, whose secrets and shame define not just his own life, but that of his friends as well.A bruising and beautiful story of love, the limits of human endurance, and the tyranny of memory, Hanya Yanagihara's novel A Little Life has sold over a million copies and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Women's Prize for Fiction.The stage adaptation conceived by Ivo van Hove, and adapted by Koen Tachelet, van Hove and Yanagihara herself was first performed in a Dutch-language production at Internationaal Theater Amsterdam in the Netherlands in 2018, before transferring to New York in 2022. You just have to survive.'A Little Life follows the complex relationships of four college friends in New York City: Willem, an actor Malcolm, an architect JB, an artist and, at the centre of their group, Jude, a lawyer.Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, changed by ambition, addiction and pride. I promise you less vanity, less selfishness, less complaining, less fear. 'I promise you more patience, more gratitude. ![]()
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