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An edition of A Little Life (2008)

Ein wenig Leben

Roman

by

  • ★★★ ★ 4.0 (107 ratings)
  • 3,928 Want to read
  • 254 Currently reading
  • 140 Have read

A Little Life is a 2015 novel by American novelist Hanya Yanagihara. The novel was written over the course of eighteen months. Despite the length and difficult subject matter, it became a bestseller.

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Piper
Language
German
Pages
957

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Subjects

LGBTQ novels Coming of Age Literary Sagas Families Fiction Amerikanisches Englisch child abuse sexual abuse Dysfunctional families Memory FICTION / Coming of Age FICTION / Sagas Male friendship FICTION / Literary Memoria Familias Amistad Ficción Friendship Social life and customs Fiction, family life Fiction, coming of age New york (n.y.), fiction American literature nyt:trade-fiction-paperback=2016-02-14 New York Times bestseller New York Times reviewed Domestic fiction Fiction, family life, general Gay men Familles Romans, nouvelles Homosexuels masculins 18.06 Anglo-American literature Male friendship -- Fiction Dysfunctional families -- Fiction Memory -- Fiction New York (State) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBTQ Fiction Finalist

People

Willem JB Malcom Jude Merritt Flora Ezra Diane Arbus Annika Yvette Christine Silvia Daniel Richard Carolina Henry Young Black Henry Young Asian Henry Young

Places

New York City Lispenard Street Chinatown Upper East Side SoHo Queens Brooklyn the Bronx Manhattan Haiti Brooklyn College Museum of Modern Art New York (State) New York (N.Y.) New York

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Ein wenig Leben: Roman
2018-09, Piper
Taschenbuch in German
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Malenʹkai︠a︡ zhiznʹ
2017, Ast
in Russian
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A Little Life
2016, Picador
Paperback in English
Cover of: Una vita come tante
Una vita come tante
Jan 05, 2016, Sellerio di Giorgianni
paperback in Italian
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Lit'ŭl laip'ŭ: A little life
2016, Sigongsa
in Korean - Ch'op'an
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Małe życie
2016, Grupa Wydawnicza Foksal
Hardcover in Polish
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A Little Life
2015, Doubleday
in English - First Edition (2)
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A Little Life
2015, Doubleday
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A Little Life
2015, Doubleday
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Edition Notes

Series
Piper 30870
Copyright Date
2015; 2018
Translation Of
A Little Life
Translated From
English

Contributors

Translator
Stephan Johann Kleiner

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Format
Taschenbuch
Number of pages
957

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL32799685M
ISBN 13
9783492308700
BookBrainz
b1498d45-fa1d-4458-860c-d17ec374f64d

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Work ID
OL17370186W

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The eleventh apartment had only one closet, but it did have a sliding glass door that opened onto a small balcony, from which he could see a man sitting across the way, outdoors in only a T-shirt and shorts even though it was October, smoking.
added by Lisa.

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