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The Number One Sunday Times Bestseller and one of Barack Obama's
Favorite Books of 2022. From Hanya Yanagihara, author of the modern
classic A Little Life, To Paradise is a bold, brilliant novel
spanning three centuries and three different versions of the
American experiment, about lovers, family, loss and the elusive
promise of utopia. 'Three stories far apart in space and time but
each unique in their power to summon the joy and complexity of
love, the pain of loss . . . It's rare that you get the opportunity
to review a masterpiece, but To Paradise, definitively, is one.' -
The Observer 'Awe-inspiring . . . The characters are so well drawn
and the plot so well paced, I couldn't put it down.' - Daily
Telegraph In an alternate version of 1893 America, New York is part
of the Free States, where people may live and love whomever they
please (or so it seems). The fragile young scion of a distinguished
family resists betrothal to a worthy suitor, drawn to a charming
music teacher of no means. In a 1993 Manhattan besieged by the AIDS
epidemic, a young Hawaiian man lives with his much older, wealthier
partner, hiding his troubled childhood and the fate of his father.
And in 2093, in a world riven by plagues and governed by
totalitarian rule, a powerful scientist's damaged granddaughter
tries to navigate life without him - and solve the mystery of her
husband's disappearances. These three sections are joined in an
enthralling and ingenious symphony, as recurring notes and themes
deepen and enrich one another: A townhouse in Washington Square
Park in Greenwich Village; illness, and treatments that come at a
terrible cost; wealth and squalor; the weak and the strong; race;
the definition of family, and of nationhood; the dangerous
righteousness of the powerful, and of revolutionaries; the longing
to find a place in an earthly paradise, and the gradual realization
that it can't exist. What unites not just the characters, but these
Americas, are their reckonings with the qualities that make us
human: Fear. Love. Shame. Need. Loneliness. To Paradise is a
fin-de-siecle novel of marvellous literary effect, but above all it
is a work of emotional genius. The power of this novel is driven by
Yanagihara's understanding of the aching desire to protect those we
love - partners, lovers, children, friends, family and even our
fellow citizens - and the pain that ensues when we cannot. 'This
magisterial follow-up to A Little Life offers three books in one .
. . Yanagihara weighs up damage and privilege - social, emotional,
political, colonial in a gripping, immersive ride through
alternative Americas.' - The Guardian 'Best Reads For Summer'
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF PICADOR BOOKS Shortlisted for the Booker
Prize 2015 Shortlisted for the Baileys Prize for Women's Fiction
2016 Winner of Fiction of the Year at the British Book Awards 2016
Finalist for the National Book Awards 2015 The million-copy
bestseller, A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara is an immensely
powerful and heartbreaking novel of brotherly love and the limits
of human endurance. When four graduates from a small Massachusetts
college move to New York to make their way, they're broke, adrift,
and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition. There is kind,
handsome Willem, an aspiring actor; JB, a quick-witted, sometimes
cruel Brooklyn-born painter seeking entry to the art world;
Malcolm, a frustrated architect at a prominent firm; and withdrawn,
brilliant, enigmatic Jude, who serves as their centre of gravity.
Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by
addiction, success, and pride. Yet their greatest challenge, each
comes to realize, is Jude himself, by midlife a terrifyingly
talented litigator yet an increasingly broken man, his mind and
body scarred by an unspeakable childhood, and haunted by what he
fears is a degree of trauma that he'll not only be unable to
overcome - but that will define his life for ever. Part of the
Picador Collection, a new series showcasing the best of modern
literature.
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2015 Shortlisted for the Baileys
Prize for Women's Fiction 2016 Winner of Fiction Book of the Year
at the British Book Awards 2016 Finalist for the US National Book
Awards 2015 The million copy bestseller, A Little Life by Hanya
Yanagihara, is an immensely powerful and heartbreaking novel of
brotherly love and the limits of human endurance. When four
graduates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to
make their way, they're broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their
friendship and ambition. There is kind, handsome Willem, an
aspiring actor; JB, a quick-witted, sometimes cruel Brooklyn-born
painter seeking entry to the art world; Malcolm, a frustrated
architect at a prominent firm; and withdrawn, brilliant, enigmatic
Jude, who serves as their centre of gravity. Over the decades,
their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction,
success, and pride. Yet their greatest challenge, each comes to
realize, is Jude himself, by midlife a terrifyingly talented
litigator yet an increasingly broken man, his mind and body scarred
by an unspeakable childhood, and haunted by what he fears is a
degree of trauma that he'll not only be unable to overcome - but
that will define his life forever.
The No.1 Sunday Times bestseller from the author of A Little Life.
To Paradise is a bold, brilliant novel spanning three centuries and
three different versions of the elusive idea of utopia; driven by
Hanya Yanagihara’s understanding of our desire to protect those
we love – lovers, children, friends, family and even our fellow
citizens – and the pain that ensues when we cannot. In an
alternate version of 1893 America, New York is part of the Free
States, where people may live and love as they please (or so it
seems). In a 1993 Manhattan besieged by the AIDS epidemic, a young
Hawaiian man lives with his much older, wealthier partner, hiding
his troubled childhood and the fate of his father. In 2093, in a
world riven by plagues and governed by totalitarian rule, a
powerful scientist’s damaged granddaughter tries to navigate life
without him – and solve the mystery of her husband’s
disappearance. What unites these characters, and these Americas,
are their reckonings with the qualities that make us human –
fear, love, shame, need, loneliness – and the longing to find a
place in an earthly paradise. 'I’m not sure I’ve ever missed
the world of a book as much' - Observer ‘Not only rare . . .
revolutionary’ - Michael Cunningham ‘Prepare to weep in public
and be utterly transformed’ - Stylist
The million copy bestseller, Hanya Yanagihara's A little Life is an
immensely powerful and heartbreaking novel of brotherly love and
the limits of human endurance.
When four graduates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they're broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition. There is kind, handsome Willem, an aspiring actor; JB, a quick-witted, sometimes cruel Brooklyn-born painter seeking entry to the art world; Malcolm, a frustrated architect at a prominent firm; and withdrawn, brilliant, enigmatic Jude, who serves as their
centre of gravity.
Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success, and pride. Yet their greatest challenge, each comes to realize, is Jude himself, by midlife a terrifyingly talented litigator yet an increasingly broken man, his mind and body scarred by an unspeakable childhood, and haunted by what he fears is a degree of trauma that he'll not only be unable to overcome - but that will define his life forever.
Living Histories: Queer Views and Old Masters is an exciting volume
featuring the work of four New York based artists, each presenting
a single new work in conversation with celebrated paintings in The
Frick Collection, with particular emphasis on issues of gender and
queer identity typically excluded from narratives of early modern
European art. The idea of commissioning four works to display at
Frick Madison emerged when four masterpieces by Vermeer, Holbein,
and Rembrandt were loaned to exhibitions. Works by Jenna Gribbon,
Doron Langberg, Toyin Ojih Odutola and Salman Toor were
commissioned to replace them, alongside other works by these
artists. This book is the result of the four New York artists'
responses to the Frick's collection, and the conversations their
work engendered. Written contributions are provided by Jonathan
Anderson, Jessica Bell Brown, Christopher Lew, Jason Reynolds,
Legacy Russell, and Russell Tovey. SELLING POINTS: . Queer art for
the Old Masters . Ties in with a series of ongoing installations of
works by contemporary LGBTQ+ artists produced in response to
selected works at the Frick . Contributions by artists, writers and
curators bring a diverse and rich perspective . Featured artists
Jenna Gribbon, Doron Langberg, Toyin Ojih Odutola, and Salman Toor
allow us to see long-familiar works in the Frick's collection in
new ways . Doron Langberg's Lover is paired with Hans Holbein's Sir
Thomas More;; Jenna Gribbon's What Am I Doing Here? I Should Ask
You the Same with Holbein's Thomas Cromwell Salman Toor's Museum
Boys with Johannes Vermeer's Officer and Laughing Girl and Toyin
Ojih Odutola's The Listener with Rembrandt's Self-Portrait 45
colour illustrations
Published to accompany the major exhibition at the Musee des Arts
Decoratifs, Paris, this book is destined to become a must-have work
of reference for all fashion lovers. The couturiere Elsa
Schiaparelli (1890-1973) was a key figure in Paris fashion between
the two World Wars. Following in the footsteps of her mentor Paul
Poiret, she designed her first knitwear collection in January 1927.
Decorated with trompe-l'oeil motifs in black and white, her
sweaters were an immediate success in both France and the USA. In
1935, the Maison Schiaparelli opened in the Place Vendome in Paris,
selling collections designed for sports, city and evening wear.
Like her arch-rival Gabrielle Chanel, Schiaparelli also worked
closely with artists, including Man Ray, Jean Cocteau and Salvador
Dali, with whom she created a lobster dress. Taking a cue from
Surrealism, her creations were hugely imaginative and made use of
innovative new materials. The 'Schiap' style continued to develop
through the 1930s. Her most famous collections had themes including
the circus (summer 1938) and astrology (winter 1938-39). In 1937,
Schiaparelli launched the fragrance Shocking, named after shocking
pink, which had become her signature colour. Alongside vintage
photographs, sketches and contemporary features from Harper's
Bazaar and Vogue, this volume presents specially photographed
masterpieces from the collection of the Musee des Arts Decoratifs
in Paris. All 120 garments and accessories from the Schiaparelli
archive are illustrated, along with a selection of her drawings
dating from 1933 to 1953.
A Best Book of the Year
"The Wall Street Journal * Publishers Weekly * Huffington Post *
Cosmopolitan"
A "Chicago Tribune" and "San Francisco Chronicle" Notable Book
It is 1950 when Norton Perina, a young doctor, embarks on an
expedition to a remote Micronesian island in search of a rumored
lost tribe. There he encounters a strange group of forest dwellers
who appear to have attained a form of immortality that preserves
the body but not the mind. Perina uncovers their secret and returns
with it to America, where he soon finds great success. But his
discovery has come at a terrible cost, not only for the islanders,
but for Perina himself. Disquieting yet thrilling, "The People in
the Trees" is an anthropological adventure story with a profound
and tragic vision of what happens when cultures collide. It marks
the debut of a remarkable new voice in American fiction.
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To Paradise (Paperback)
Hanya Yanagihara
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A bold, brilliant novel spanning three centuries and three different versions of the American experiment, about lovers, family, loss and the elusive promise of utopia.
In an alternate version of 1893 America, New York is part of the Free States, where people may live and love whomever they please (or so it seems). The fragile young scion of a distinguished family resists betrothal to a worthy suitor, drawn to a charming music teacher of no means. In a 1993 Manhattan besieged by the AIDS epidemic, a young Hawaiian man lives with his much older, wealthier partner, hiding his troubled childhood and the fate of his father. And in 2093, in a world riven by plagues and governed by totalitarian rule, a powerful scientist’s damaged granddaughter tries to navigate life without him—and solve the mystery of her husband’s disappearances.
These three sections are joined in an enthralling and ingenious symphony, as recurring notes and themes deepen and enrich one another: A townhouse in Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village; illness, and treatments that come at a terrible cost; wealth and squalor; the weak and the strong; race; the definition of family, and of nationhood; the dangerous righteousness of the powerful, and of revolutionaries; the longing to find a place in an earthly paradise, and the gradual realization that it can’t exist. What unites not just the characters, but these Americas, are their reckonings with the qualities that make us human: Fear. Love. Shame. Need. Loneliness.
To Paradise is a fin de siecle novel of marvelous literary effect, but above all it is a work of emotional genius. The great power of this remarkable novel is driven by Yanagihara’s understanding of the aching desire to protect those we love—partners, lovers, children, friends, family and even our fellow citizens—and the pain that ensues when we cannot.
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The Novels (Paperback)
Bruce Chatwin; Introduction by Hanya Yanagihara
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A collected edition of Bruce Chatwin's acclaimed, captivating
novels - On the Black Hill, Utz and The Viceroy of Ouidah - with an
introduction by Hanya Yanagihara While Bruce Chatwin is best known
as a master of travel literature, his three acclaimed novels must
not be overlooked. Here we see a writer exploring human life, from
its freedoms to its limits, in ever more exhilarating and
unexpected ways. In On the Black Hill, twin brothers begin to
realise that the world beyond their familiar fields is changing. In
Utz, a scholar visits a communist state to meet an eccentric
porcelain collector. And in The Viceroy of Ouidah, an ambitious
slave trader makes a choice that could threaten his ultimate dream.
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The Roommates (Paperback)
Stephanie Wu; Edited by Hanya Yanagihara
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THE SECOND ENTRY IN THE PICADOR TRUE TALES SERIES: ONE OF LIFE'S
TRICKIEST RITES OF PASSAGE COLLECTED INTO AN UNFORGETTABLE VOLUME
OF STORIES
The fraught relationship between roommates is a true cultural
obsession. Shows like "Friends," "The Golden Girls," "The Odd
Couple," and "New Girl" have held us rapt for decades,
simultaneously delighting and disconcerting us with their
depictions of mismatched couples' cringe-worthy awkwardness and
against-all-odds friendship. Maybe it's that uniquely unnatural
experience of living with a total stranger that ignites our
curiosity, or just that almost all of us, for better or worse, have
had one of our own.
In Stephanie Wu's "The Roommates," people of all ages reveal their
disastrous, hilarious, and sometimes moving stories of making their
best friend for life or lifelong nemesis. Learn what it's like to
share a room in places as unusual as a thirty-person beach house, a
billionaire's yacht, a reality show mansion, and a retirement
hotel, and those as familiar as sleepaway camps, boarding schools,
and college dorms. Put down your roommate's dirty dishes and
passive-aggressive Post-it's for this eye-opening glimpse into how
people live together in the modern age.
You'll meet: The Amateur Taxidermist ∙ The Alcoholic Genius ∙ The
Kleptomaniac ∙ The Rent Stiffer ∙ The Naked Nanna ∙ The Serial
Roommate ∙ The Top Chef ∙ The Recovered Addict ∙ The Russian
Missionary ∙ The Obsessive Lesbian ∙ The Impersonator ∙ The Party
Poopers...and many more
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