A Little Life
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A Little Life is a 2015 novel by American writer Hanya Yanagihara. Lengthy and tackling difficult subject matter, it garnered critical acclaim, was shortlisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize and the National Book Awards, and became a best seller. Set primarily in New York City, the story chronicles the lives of four friends as they grapple with substance abuse, sexual assault and depression.
Infobox
Author
Hanya Yanagihara
Cover artist
Peter Hujar (photo)Cardon Webb (design)
Language
English
Publisher
Doubleday
Publication date
March 10, 2015
Publication place
United States
Pages
814
Awards
Kirkus Prize for Fiction
ISBN
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Dewey Decimal
813/.6
LC Class
PS3625.A674 L58 2015
Tables
· Reception › Awards
2015
2015
Year
2015
Award
Kirkus Prize
Category
Fiction
Result
Won
Man Booker Prize
Man Booker Prize
Year
Man Booker Prize
Award
—
Category
Shortlisted
National Book Award
National Book Award
Year
National Book Award
Award
Fiction
Category
Shortlisted
2016
2016
Year
2016
Award
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence
Category
Fiction
Result
Shortlisted
Women's Prize for Fiction
Women's Prize for Fiction
Year
Women's Prize for Fiction
Award
—
Category
Shortlisted
2017
2017
Year
2017
Award
International Dublin Literary Award
Category
—
Result
Shortlisted
| Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2015 | Kirkus Prize | Fiction | Won | |
| Man Booker Prize | — | Shortlisted | ||
| National Book Award | Fiction | Shortlisted | ||
| 2016 | Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence | Fiction | Shortlisted | |
| Women's Prize for Fiction | — | Shortlisted | ||
| 2017 | International Dublin Literary Award | — | Shortlisted |
References
- A Little Lifehttp://www.vulture.com/2015/04/how-hanya-yanagihara-wrote-a-little-life.html
- A Little Lifehttps://www.wsj.com/articles/a-little-life-racks-up-readers-1441312965
- A Little Lifehttps://post45.org/2016/06/im-so-sorry-a-little-life-and-the-socialism-of-the-rich/
- Sehgal, Parul (January 3 and 10, 2022). "The Key to Me: Fiction writers love it. Filmmakers can't resist it. But the trahttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/01/03/the-case-against-the-trauma-plot
- Rushton, A. (2019). A Bubble in the Vein: Suicide, Community, and the Rejection of Neoliberalism in Hanya Yanagihara's Ahttp://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/41436/1/1382141_Rushton.pdf
- Electric Literaturehttps://electricliterature.com/a-stubborn-lack-of-redemption-an-interview-with-hanya-yanagihara-author-of-a-little-life/
- A Little Lifehttps://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-subversive-brilliance-of-a-little-life
- The Wall Street Journalhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/fiction-chronicle-jude-the-obscure-1425679732
- A Little Lifehttps://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/05/books/review/hanya-yanagiharas-a-little-life.html
- A Little Lifehttps://www.npr.org/2015/03/19/394050118/a-little-life-an-unforgettable-novel-about-the-grace-of-friendship
- A Little Lifehttps://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-ca-jc-hanya-yanagahira-20150322-story.html
- A Little Lifehttps://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/05/a-little-life-definitive-gay-novel/394436/
- A Little Lifehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/book-world-a-little-life-by-hanya-yanagihara-inspires-and-devastates/2015/04/09/de04604c-d573-11e4-a62f-ee745911a4ff_story.html
- A Little Lifehttps://www.vox.com/2015/10/14/9519855/a-little-life
- A Little Lifehttps://www.bustle.com/articles/67533-hanya-yanagiharas-a-little-life-is-far-from-little-in-size-but-its-worth-every-single
- The New York Review of Bookshttp://www.nybooks.com/articles/2015/12/03/striptease-among-pals/
- The New York Review of Bookshttp://www.nybooks.com/articles/2015/12/17/too-hard-take/
- London Review of Books
- A Little Lifehttps://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/01/books/review-a-little-life-hanya-yanagiharas-traumatic-tale-of-male-friendship.html
- Vulturehttps://www.vulture.com/article/hanya-yanagihara-review.html
- www.pulitzer.orghttps://www.pulitzer.org/winners/andrea-long-chu-new-york-magazine
- Late Nighthttps://www.wsj.com/articles/seth-meyerss-late-night-literary-salon-1437072984
- The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/21/best-books-of-the-21st-century
- A Little Lifehttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/21/theater/a-little-life-review.html?searchResultPosition=1
- Reform.news [ru]https://reform.news/v-belarusi-zapretili-knigi-palanika-janagihary-i-zheny-polskogo-glavy-mid
- "Man Booker Prize announces 2015 longlist"https://web.archive.org/web/20150810034212/http://www.themanbookerprize.com/news/man-booker-prize-announces-2015-longlist
- BBC Newshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34255672
- Kirkus Reviewshttps://web.archive.org/web/20180706022219/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/prize/2015/finalists/fiction/
- themanbookerprize.comhttps://web.archive.org/web/20160229150817/http://themanbookerprize.com/man-booker-prize-2015
- www.nationalbook.orghttps://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-2015#.VtPPr4wrIy4
- American Librarieshttp://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/2016-carnegie-medals-shortlist-announced/
- Women's Prize for Fictionhttps://www.womensprizeforfiction.co.uk/reading-room/news/the-2016-shortlist-is-revealed/
- "The 2017 Shortlist"http://www.dublinliteraryaward.ie/
- Een klein levenhttps://tga.nl/en/productions/een-klein-leven
- A Little Lifehttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/21/theater/a-little-life-play-amsterdam-ivo-van-hove.html
- A Little Lifehttps://variety.com/2022/legit/reviews/a-little-life-ivo-van-hove-1235410965/
- A Little Lifehttps://www.ft.com/content/f78fbfc0-c309-11e8-84cd-9e601db069b8
- A Little Lifehttps://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/aug/21/a-little-life-review-festival-theatre-edinburgh-ivo-van-hove-hanya-yanagihara
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/02/theater/bam-next-wave-festival.html
- A Little Lifehttps://www.adelaidefestival.com.au/events/a-little-life/
- New Straits Timeshttps://www.nst.com.my/lifestyle/groove/2020/07/612771/showbiz-cammie-winning-theatre-company-stage-kls-first-post-mco
- A Little Lifehttps://www.broadwayworld.com/article/SONGS-INSPRIED-BY-A-LITTLE-LIFE-Concept-Album-Released-20220104
- A Little Lifehttps://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/a-little-life-to-run-in-the-west-end-and-tour-with_57864.html
- A Little Lifehttps://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/apr/05/a-little-life-review-james-norton-sexually-abused-harold-pinter-theatre-london-hanya-yanagihara
- A Little Lifehttps://www.westendtheatre.com/186667/news/a-little-life-cinema-trailer-released/