Little Life ( eng. A Little Life , 2015) - a novel by the American writer Chania Yanagihara about the lives of four friends in New York. He entered the short list of the Booker Prize [1] and the final of the US National Book Award [2] .
| Little life | |
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| A little life | |
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| Genre | novel |
| Author | Chania Yanagihara |
| Original language | English |
| Date of first publication | 2015 |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
Content
Story
The book is about the lives of four friends - the lawyer Jude, the actor Willem, the artist JB, and the architect Malcolm. Beginning as the usual life story of four friends, the plot gradually focuses on Jude’s life, on the psychological traumas he received as a child, and on his relationship with Willem and his acquired family.
Ratings
In the US, the novel received positive reviews from The New Yorker [3] , The Wall Street Journal [4] , The New York Times [4] , Los Angeles Times [5] and other publications. [6] Chania Yanagihara appeared on the television show “Late Night. Literary Salon ” [7] .
In 2015, the book entered the short list of the Booker Prize , reached the final of the US National Book Award. Also “Little Life” was awarded the “Art Book of the Year” award by Kirkus magazine [8] .
In Russia
In Russia, the novel was released on November 24, 2016 in the Corpus publishing house with a circulation of 5,000 copies (translators by Alexander Borisenko, Anastasia Zavozova and Viktor Sonkin ) [9] . He received wide publicity in the Runet : Internet journal Gorky [10] , Meduza [11] and other publications [12] [13] [14] wrote about him, and Afisha.Daily publication called the book the most important novel of the year [15] .
Notes
- ↑ The Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2015 shortlist is revealed | The Man Booker Prizes (English) . themanbookerprize.com. The appeal date is April 7, 2017.
- ↑ 2015 National Book Awards . www.nationalbook.org. The appeal date is April 7, 2017.
- ↑ The Subversive Brilliance of “A Little Life” . The New Yorker (April 28, 2015). The appeal date is April 7, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 Sacks, Sam . Fiction Chronicle: Jude the Obscure , Wall Street Journal (March 6, 2015). The appeal date is April 7, 2017.
- A 'A Little Life' a darkly beautiful tale of love and friendship (eng.) , Los Angeles Times (March 19, 2015). The appeal date is April 7, 2017.
- A 'A Little Life': An Unforgettable Novel About Grace Of Friendship . NPR.org. The appeal date is April 7, 2017.
- ↑ Hollander, Sophia . Seth Meyers 'Late Night' Literary Salon , Wall Street Journal (July 16, 2015). The appeal date is April 7, 2017.
- ↑ 2015 Finalists: fiction | Kirkus Reviews (Neopr.) . Kirkus Reviews. The appeal date is April 7, 2017.
- ↑ Little Life (rus.) , Corpus Publishing . The appeal date is April 7, 2017.
- ↑ gorky.media . Waiting for "Little Life" (Russian) , "Bitter" (October 3, 2016). The appeal date is April 7, 2017.
- ↑ “Little Life” by Yanagihara and “Number 11” Kou: Galina Yuzefovich - about two translated novels (hard and satirical) - Meduza (Russian) , Meduza . The appeal date is April 7, 2017.
- ↑ The inevitability of the finale: “Little Life” by Chania Yanagihara . The appeal date is April 7, 2017.
- ↑ Chania Yanagihara: what you need to know about the author of the main book of the year (Rus.) . The appeal date is April 7, 2017.
- ↑ Dmitry Ivanov. “The novel is not about that” . nplus1.ru. The appeal date is April 7, 2017.
- ↑ “Little Life” by Chania Yanagihara: the most important novel of the year (Rus.) , Poster . The appeal date is April 7, 2017.