· From the start, [Yanagihara] sets her narrative dial to creepy, and challenges to the extreme the notion that a protagonist needs to be "likable." Yet thanks to her rich, masterly prose, it's hard to turn away from Dr. Norton Perina, her antihero Provocative and bleak, The People in the Trees might leave readers conflicted. It is exhaustingly inventive and almost defiant in its refusal to offer Edition description: Reprint. · The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara – review Power and its abuses are at the heart of Yanagihara's beautifully written debut, the fictional memoirs of a Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins. Hanya Yanigahara’s The People in the Trees is the most disturbing novel I’ve read in years, and simultaneously one of the most beautiful. The People in the Trees Seeing the look on my face when I was most of the way through the novel, my husband asked, “Are you reading horror?” “No,” I said, “but it’s pretty frightening.” “Well, the title is creepy.”/5.
The People in the Trees. By Hanya Yanagihara. Posted on . You might know this author with the unspeakable name from her more recent book, A Little Life, published in This last novel was on the shortlist of the Man Booker Prize. The People in the Trees Quotes Showing of "All ethics and morals are culturally relative. And Esme's reaction taught me that while cultural relativism is an easy concept to process intellectually, it is not, for many, an easy one to remember.". ― Hanya Yanagihara, The People in the Trees. The People in the Trees is a Nabokovian phantasmagoria, bound to raise serious, interesting, troubling questions. Hanya Yanagihara is a writer to watch." Anthony Doerr, author of Four Seasons in Rome and The Shell Collector.
The People in the Trees — Yanagihara, Hanya, — Joining an anthropologist's expedition to discover a lost tribe on a remote Micronesian island, a young doctor investigates and proves a theory that the tribe's considerable longevity is linked to a rare turtle, a finding that brings worldwide fame and unexpected consequence. From the start, [Yanagihara] sets her narrative dial to creepy, and challenges to the extreme the notion that a protagonist needs to be "likable." Yet thanks to her rich, masterly prose, it's hard to turn away from Dr. Norton Perina, her antihero Provocative and bleak, The People in the Trees might leave readers conflicted. It is exhaustingly inventive and almost defiant in its refusal to offer redemption or solace—but that is arguably one of its virtues. The People in the Trees Quotes Showing of “All ethics and morals are culturally relative. And Esme's reaction taught me that while cultural relativism is an easy concept to process intellectually, it is not, for many, an easy one to remember.”. ― Hanya Yanagihara, The People in the Trees.
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