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A Little Life

A Novel

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On sale Feb 04, 2025 | 28 Hours and 39 Minutes | 9780593910689

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century.

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE

A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves.
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  • FINALIST | 2016
    Ferro-Grumley Award
  • SHORTLIST | 2016
    Baileys Women's Prize
  • FINALIST | 2015
    National Book Award
  • SHORTLIST | 2015
    Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction
  • SHORTLIST | 2015
    Carnegie Medal
  • SHORTLIST | 2015
    Man Booker Prize
  • SHORTLIST | 2015
    Man Booker Prize for Fiction
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Hanya Yanagihara lives in New York City.

Hanya Yanagihara is available for select speaking engagements. To inquire about a possible appearance, please contact Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau at speakers@penguinrandomhouse.com or visit www.prhspeakers.com. View titles by Hanya Yanagihara

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century.

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE

A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves.

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Awards

  • FINALIST | 2016
    Ferro-Grumley Award
  • SHORTLIST | 2016
    Baileys Women's Prize
  • FINALIST | 2015
    National Book Award
  • SHORTLIST | 2015
    Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction
  • SHORTLIST | 2015
    Carnegie Medal
  • SHORTLIST | 2015
    Man Booker Prize
  • SHORTLIST | 2015
    Man Booker Prize for Fiction

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Author

Hanya Yanagihara lives in New York City.

Hanya Yanagihara is available for select speaking engagements. To inquire about a possible appearance, please contact Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau at speakers@penguinrandomhouse.com or visit www.prhspeakers.com. View titles by Hanya Yanagihara