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Hanya Yanagihara’s critically-acclaimed, bestselling novel A Little Life—ranked 96th on the Guardians list of 100 best books of the 21st century—portrays a group of friends who have been broken and bonded by the tragedy of their friend Jude’s death.
When the novel opens, we meet JB, Malcolm, Willem, and Jude, four young me who—having met in college—are now living in New York trying to start their careers. As the story continues, it shifts its focus to the enigmatic Jude. The reader is met with harrowing, graphic descriptions of what Jude suffered as a child in the form of flashbacks interspersed throughout the novel, and he must reckon with the long term consequences of this trauma. A Little Life is a gut-wrenching read which not only explores the nature of tragedy but also that of love and friendship—making it the perfect read for a lover of The Secret History.
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