A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Four friends confront the lasting weight of the past

Good Condition - with cover rubbing, minor edge/corner creases and a curled rear cover. Page edges are slightly uneven. Text spread appears clean.

Four college friends move to New York hoping to make lives for themselves: aspiring actor Willem, artist JB, architect Malcolm, and Jude, a brilliant man whose past remains largely unspoken. Across decades, their friendships change as careers develop, relationships deepen, and old wounds resist the comfort of success. Jude’s hidden history becomes central to the people who love him, raising difficult questions about care, trust, and the limits of what friendship can repair. Hanya Yanagihara’s novel follows the intimate bonds that hold these lives together while confronting profound suffering. A Little Life is an expansive story of affection, ambition, and the enduring consequences of experiences that cannot easily be left behind.