“Things get broken, and sometimes they get repaired, and in most cases…life rearranges itself to compensate for your loss, sometimes wonderfully. “ A character says this early in A Little Life, a sprawling (700+ pages), heartbreaking, frustrating, indulgent, and accomplished novel. It is a comment by the adoptive father of the protagonist, Jude, who hasContinue reading “A Little (More) Life”
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A Little Life, pt. 1
“We don’t get the family we deserve,” a character says early in A Little Life, Hanya Yanagihara’s hefty, tragic novel. He is being self-effacing: he has had a better family than most, but is trying to show empathy to his friend. The comment, though, is a controlling idea of the sad story. Jude, named afterContinue reading “A Little Life, pt. 1”
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