A Little Life
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Narrated by:
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Oliver Wyman
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Written by:
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Hanya Yanagihara
About this listen
'I'm not exaggerating when I say this novel challenged everything I thought I knew about love and friendship. It's one of those books that stays with you forever.' – Dua Lipa
The million-copy bestseller, Hanya Yanagihara's A Little Life, by the author of To Paradise, is an immensely powerful and heartbreaking novel of brotherly love and the limits of human endurance.
Winner of Fiction of the Year at the British Book Awards
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize
Shortlisted for the Women's Prize
Finalist for the US National Book Award for Fiction
When four graduates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they're broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition. There is kind, handsome Willem, an aspiring actor; JB, a quick-witted, sometimes cruel Brooklyn-born painter seeking entry to the art world; Malcolm, a frustrated architect at a prominent firm; and withdrawn, brilliant, enigmatic Jude, who serves as their centre of gravity.
Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success, and pride. Yet their greatest challenge, each comes to realize, is Jude himself, by midlife a terrifyingly talented litigator yet an increasingly broken man, his mind and body scarred by an unspeakable childhood, and haunted by what he fears is a degree of trauma that he'll not only be unable to overcome – but that will define his life forever.
'Yanagihara takes you so deeply into the lives and minds of these characters that you struggle to leave them behind.' – The Times
Critic Reviews
"In person Yanagihara is breezily intellectual; all bright red lipstick, sparkly jewellery and cobalt-blue heels. And yet A Little Life has at its heart a darkness so profound you wonder both where it came from and how she mustered the courage to confront it…She is, she says, very much the sort of person who walks past strangely located doors or evocatively seedy windows and immediately wonders what lives exist behind them. For Yanagihara, you feel, they’re more likely to be damaged than not." (Alison Roberts, Evening Standard)
"The English language novel that affected me most this year. It’s long and unrelenting but completely compelling - and it tells you, as no other novel I know does, that there are harms and injuries in life from which no recovery is possible." (David Sexton, Evening Standard)
"Unlike anything I’ve read before." (Alex Preston, The Observer)
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- Anonymous User
- 20-02-23
Great book!
My first audiobook! What an experience listening to this book! The narrator did a great job and it is strange that now if I think of the story or the characters I will hear their voices
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- Anonymous User
- 18-06-24
Can make a dead serious man cry
Excellent writing style and a full filling read
Makes you feel more grateful for your own life and all its luxuries
Amazing narration 💟
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- Anonymous User
- 30-06-24
it's supposed to be sad, but if you immerse yourself, you'll love the book
the story was written to break your heart, but as i knew it was a book meant to break your heart, it didn't affect me as such, especially in the big scenes where we get to know more about how the main character became the main character, but the little parts, especially where it's Harold's pov Or willam's pov, that really moved me. overall a good listen
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- Anonymous User
- 25-11-23
You will cry!
a very sad fiction made real by the amazing voice of Oliver Wyman. this book cuts deep in your heart.
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- Anonymous User
- 27-07-24
Must read book
I can't recommend this book enough.. it has had a tremendous impact on me.. the characters .. the story.. the agony that they go through.. it's really intense.. it gives u an insight into the mind of someone who needs help.. but can't accept it.. kudos to the narrator for bringing each character to life <3
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- Anonymous User
- 15-04-23
Can be nominated for the most depressing book ever
A long and difficult read. Reminds you how lucky you are, to have the life you have.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-06-24
An Ironic Little Life
The title of the book, in a sense, is pretty ironic. “A Little Life” but his life is anything but "little". His life is a tale of enduring and living through unimaginable and inhumane adversities. His life is about people who were so kind and so cruel that it makes you gasp. His life is a miracle. He is a miracle.
P.S. More than anything, Oliver Wyman (the narrator) stole my heart.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-04-22
Beautifully narration of a powerful and difficult book
The narrator did a beautiful job reading it. I couldn’t stop listening to it.
The story itself is so devastating, it broke my heart so many times.
Overall had an unforgettable experience listening to this. Thank you
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- Anonymous User
- 05-05-22
Heartbreaking & Hopeful
I've cried & I've smiled countlessly at the courage this book represents. Of how swiftly it digs deeper into a person's life & unravel the darkness, the chaos, the past. I'm grateful that this book exists because I've felt so much of every emotion while listening to it.
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- Anonymous User
- 16-12-20
Won't regret reading this
Such an amazing book ...I would not be able to articulate this properly but it just takes you to a different world,and the narration is splendid.
Please do listen or read this book it is worth your time.
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