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A little life author5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() Whilst I admire the author for not shying away from lesser explored topics, I cannot understand why these topics were explored in such detail and why Yanagihara felt the need to subject her characters and thus the reader to such pain and trauma. ‘A Little Life’ explores trauma, mental illness and the worst of humanity on a level I have never before seen in fiction. The positives of the book, of which there are many, do outweigh the negatives. Over the course of the book, those around Jude discover that his trauma is everlasting and something he has never really escaped from. The most aloof and mysterious of the four, Jude himself has endured great trauma to forge the life he now has as a successful lawyer. ![]() Throughout their respective careers, trials and tribulations, they each face individual troubles, but come to realise that what binds them together is one of the four, Jude. It is a book of monumental contrasts: heart-breaking and tragic, yet loving and familiar.įor those who do not know, A Little Life follows a group of four men – JB, Jude, Willem and Malcolm - who become friends at university and form a bond that endures for the rest of their lives. ![]() ![]() I have just finished reading A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, and I feel a great sense of accomplishment in being able to write this sentence. ![]()
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