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Hanya Yanagihara

Hanya Yanagihara (born September 20, 1974) is an American novelist and travel writer. She grew up in Hawaii.

Yanagihara's A Little Life was published in March 2015, again receiving predominantly favorable reviews, and defying expectations by its editor, Yanagihara's agent, and the author herself that it would not sell well. One notable exception was Daniel Mendelsohn for The New York Review of Books, who sharply critiqued A Little Life′s technical execution, its depictions of violence, which Mendelsohn found ethically and aesthetically gratuitous, and its position with respect to the representation of queer life or issues by a presumed-heterosexual author. Mendelsohn's review prompted a response from Gerald Howard, the book's publisher, in a letter to which Mendelsohn responded in turn. On September 15, 2015, the book was shortlisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize for fiction. Yanagihara was also selected as a finalist for the 2015 National Book Award in Fiction for A Little Life.

Quotes

Мариhas quoted2 years ago
So why would he want to bring a baby into it? Who would want a child to grow up in this time, in this place? It takes a special kind of cruelty to make a baby now, knowing that the world it’ll inhabit and inherit will be dirty and diseased and unjust and difficult. So why would you? What kind of respect for life is that?
se0enahas quoted8 months ago
“Well, the hardest thing about being a parent is recalibration. The better you are at it, the better you will be.”
se0enahas quoted8 months ago
He hoped they would forgive him; he hoped they would see that this was his apology to them. He was releasing them—he loved them most of all, and this was what you did for people you loved: you gave them their freedom.

Impressions

Letícia Russoshared an impression2 years ago
🔮Hidden Depths
🎯Worthwhile
👍Worth reading

We all knew how it would end. I definitely wasn’t ready for it anyways.
Really beautiful story… it’s one of those books that stick with you. 😩❤️

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    A Little Life
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  • aicirtaPshared an impression5 months ago
    👍Worth reading

    Qué libro tan difícil.

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    A Little Life
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  • Мариshared an impression2 years ago
    🔮Hidden Depths
    🎯Worthwhile
    💞Loved Up
    👍Worth reading

    I did not want this book to end, it was that good. Just like her other two, it was a literary masterpiece. Definitely recommend!

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    Hanya Yanagihara
    To Paradise
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