A Little Life

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2015

'A singularly profound and moving work . . . It's not often that you read a book of this length and find yourself thinking "I wish it was longer" but Yanagihara takes you so deeply into the lives and minds of these characters that you struggle to leave them behind.' The Times

'A Little Life is unlike anything else out there . . . Quite simply unforgettable.' Independent on Sunday

'Utterly compelling . . . an extraordinary novel. It is impossible to put down . . . And it is almost impossible to forget.' Daily Express

'A devastating read that will leave your heart, like the Grinch's, a few sizes larger.' Observer

'A Little Life makes for near-hypnotically compelling reading . . . An astonishing achievement: a novel of grand drama and sentiment, but it's a canvas Yanagihara has painted with delicate, subtle brushstrokes.' Independent

'How often is a novel so deeply disturbing that you might find yourself weeping, and yet so revelatory about human kindness that you might also feel touched by grace? . . . It's not hyperbole to call this novel a masterwork - if anything that word is simply just too little for it.' San Francisco Chronicle