He will sit and wait and breathe and he will be grateful that it is so early, that there is no chance of Willem discovering him and having to save him once again. He will (though he won’t be able to remember how later) somehow work himself into a standing position, get himself out of the tub, take some aspirin, go to work. At work, the words will blur and dance on the page, and by the time Andy calls, it will only be seven a.m., and he will tell Marshall he’s sick, refuse Marshall’s offer of a car, but let him - this is how bad he feels - help him into a cab. He will make the ride uptown that he had stupidly walked just the previous day. And when Andy opens the door, he will try to remain composed. “Judy,” Andy will say, and he will be in his gentle mode, there will be no lectures from him today, and he will allow Andy to lead him past his empty waiting room, his office not yet open for the day, and help him onto the table where he has spent hours, days of hours, will let Andy help undress him even, as he closes his eyes and waits for the small bright hurt of Andy easing the tape off his leg, and pulling away from the raw skin the sodden gauze beneath. My life, he will think, my life. But he won’t be able to think beyond this, and he will keep repeating the words to himself - part chant, part curse, part reassurance - as he slips into that other world that he visits when he is in such pain, that world he knows is never far from his own but that he can never remember after: My life.
Gosh, this is definitely my favourite part in the whole book. Well, apart from all those happy little moments they have until everything crashes (again).
hanya yanagihara is truly one of the most genuine and well spoken humans i’ve ever listened to. i’m so excited to read to paradise next week and immersive myself into what she has to say.
One of the best interviews I have seen! The interviewer was so eloquent and easygoing. Hanya gave so many interesting and beautiful points of view from the book.
The interviewer, Andy Kahan, IS SOOO GOOD!!!!! I watched many Hanya Yanagihara interviews and those interviewers didn’t prepare at all the just spoiled everything they read on Wikipedia.
As a writer, she actually inspired me to write about trauma as well. She said something like you don't need to go through everything the characters go through in order to write about it-and that's true. I love her already, will be buying all of her books. Also, someone should think of a tv-series about Jude. I'd love to see that concept come to life on screen.
"But now he thinks: Why didn’t I quit? Why did I let Willem go away from me for all those months, for all those years, when I could have been traveling with him? Why have I spent more hours at Rosen Pritchard than I spent with Willem? But now the choice has been made for him, and Rosen Pritchard is all he has. Then he thinks: Why did I never give Willem what I should have? Why did I make him go elsewhere for sex? Why couldn’t I have been braver?"
If you haven't read it then why are you here? Yes i know she wrote another book before but that's not what the interview is on. So if you get spoiled its on you.
I don't believe it is for young people at all, at least not teenagers. The book is quite heavy, it follows the life of Jude and his friends beginning from their 20-30s (i think) to their 50s. It's quite heavy and hard-hitting, you'd have to be old enough to read it. I assume the age rating would be 18+. I went to watch the recorded play in the cinemas and most of the audience was way over 40. Hope this helps! I'd also check the trigger warnings before beginning the book if you haven't read it yet, there are many graphic scenes and themes that can be a lot.
@@leoesguerra5710 she mentioned a reason from another interview actually. there has been a conversation about it, but in the end, it never happened. but i guess we will wait in the future. because i can imagine when i am already old, there will be an adaptation for it
He leído su libro recientemente. Además de alargarse muchísimo,pues yo no he tenido la sensación de que se me hiciera corto, como dices sus buenísimas críticas, se me ha hecho interminable. Me lo leí, aunque me costó, pues lo compre y lo quería acabar y ver hasta dónde llegaba esta historia que se me hizo interminable. Escribe bien? Si, solo faltaría, pero sin más, no es ningún fenómeno. Realmente el libro es sumamente desagradable y no aporta nada que no sea hasta ver cuánto puede dar de sí algo tan cruel y retorcido.
En el lenguaje corporal de esta entrevista, se ve a nuestra protagonista bastante tímida, tiene un punto entre matrona de pueblo y mojigata. Quién lo diría, con lo que escribe, eh?
it isn't as if she just imagined it. because if you look at other interview like the one she did for the Guardian she says she looked at friends, specially male friends that had undergone this, and were able to discuss this topic after they were therapized. SO she says she didn't do any research regarding this because she didn't do it in the same way she did with law, math and architecture: getting people on the phone etc.. Because she didn´t need to, she already had plenty of first hand knowledge provided by close friends on her social group by having conversations and beign close to them. She did´nt did any reasearch on it while writting the book, because she already had previous knowledge by reliable sources
everyone's experience with suicide is different. she could have gone through this herself (which i am not stating, it is just an assumption), and thought that she didn't need to research. suicide and sexual assault cannot be objectified into one singular categories; no two experiences are the same
Yanagihara may well have done some research, but the abuse perpetrated on Jude in A Little Life is on such an epic scale that it almost becomes a joke, and it eventually dwarfs any actual abuse that real people in the real world might suffer. Jude is abused by the brothers in the monastery, by Brother Luke who runs away with him (and pimps him out), by the counsellors who care for him when he's "rescued", by various punters when he runs away again and prostitutes himself with truckers, by "Doctor Traynor" who kidnaps and holds him captive, then later by his sadistic lover, Caleb. It's ultimately almost comic. It's a wonder Jude can go to the supermarket for a loaf of bread without being sexually abused by a shelf stacker. Yanagihara's tale of abuse strays into the territory of torture porn before you even get halfway through her endless tome. If you don't think this is exploiting the experiences of real abuse victims for somewhat sick entertainment, you should probably give it some more thought. Yanagihara also writes exhaustively about gay men and gay relationships (her book is even marketed as gay literature), yet she has not even the faintest understanding of, or interest in the real sexuality of gay men (the sex part she can't even bring herself to write about without becoming vague and coy). It is a straight cis woman's fantasy of gay men. The only difference between A Little Life and the now hundreds of tacky "M/M romances" marketed to horny women who get off on men getting it on is that it's better written. But that doesn't make it any less creepy.
the explanation that Jude gives for cutting himself and the overall theme of dealing with trauma in the book is 1000000% more convincing and realistic than whatever shitty internet article says anyway.
SHE IS A LEGEND. AN ICON. BEST OF THE BEST.
when he said "I hope you're happy" I felt that hahaha
whats the timestap??
He will sit and wait and breathe and he will be grateful that it is so early, that there is no chance of Willem discovering him and having to save him once again. He will (though he won’t be able to remember how later) somehow work himself into a standing position, get himself out of the tub, take some aspirin, go to work. At work, the words will blur and dance on the page, and by the time Andy calls, it will only be seven a.m., and he will tell Marshall he’s sick, refuse Marshall’s offer of a car, but let him - this is how bad he feels - help him into a cab. He will make the ride uptown that he had stupidly walked just the previous day. And when Andy opens the door, he will try to remain composed. “Judy,” Andy will say, and he will be in his gentle mode, there will be no lectures from him today, and he will allow Andy to lead him past his empty waiting room, his office not yet open for the day, and help him onto the table where he has spent hours, days of hours, will let Andy help undress him even, as he closes his eyes and waits for the small bright hurt of Andy easing the tape off his leg, and pulling away from the raw skin the sodden gauze beneath. My life, he will think, my life. But he won’t be able to think beyond this, and he will keep repeating the words to himself - part chant, part curse, part reassurance - as he slips into that other world that he visits when he is in such pain, that world he knows is never far from his own but that he can never remember after: My life.
Gosh, this is definitely my favourite part in the whole book. Well, apart from all those happy little moments they have until everything crashes (again).
what page of the book is this from? i cant seem to remember
@@sprout6789 176. It’s the end of chapter 1 of part II.
hanya yanagihara is truly one of the most genuine and well spoken humans i’ve ever listened to. i’m so excited to read to paradise next week and immersive myself into what she has to say.
One of the best interviews I have seen! The interviewer was so eloquent and easygoing. Hanya gave so many interesting and beautiful points of view from the book.
I could listen to her forever
The interviewer, Andy Kahan, IS SOOO GOOD!!!!!
I watched many Hanya Yanagihara interviews and those interviewers didn’t prepare at all the just spoiled everything they read on Wikipedia.
In love we float..in pain we relate. There is nothing more relatable than pain perhaps.
As a writer, she actually inspired me to write about trauma as well. She said something like you don't need to go through everything the characters go through in order to write about it-and that's true. I love her already, will be buying all of her books. Also, someone should think of a tv-series about Jude. I'd love to see that concept come to life on screen.
feeling emotions is not 'damaging'
I wish I had her talent
"But now he thinks: Why didn’t I quit? Why did I let Willem go away from me for all those months, for all those years, when I could have been traveling with him? Why have I spent more hours at Rosen Pritchard than I spent with Willem? But now the choice has been made for him, and Rosen Pritchard is all he has.
Then he thinks: Why did I never give Willem what I should have? Why did I make him go elsewhere for sex? Why couldn’t I have been braver?"
She's a genius
love her so much ugh
lovely, learned a lot. thanks forr sharring
If you haven't read it then why are you here?
Yes i know she wrote another book before but that's not what the interview is on. So if you get spoiled its on you.
This seems a good book indeed !
Just wondering if it’s kind of just for younger people ?
Thanks for those who can tell us 🙏🏻
I don't believe it is for young people at all, at least not teenagers. The book is quite heavy, it follows the life of Jude and his friends beginning from their 20-30s (i think) to their 50s. It's quite heavy and hard-hitting, you'd have to be old enough to read it. I assume the age rating would be 18+. I went to watch the recorded play in the cinemas and most of the audience was way over 40. Hope this helps!
I'd also check the trigger warnings before beginning the book if you haven't read it yet, there are many graphic scenes and themes that can be a lot.
Could someobe plz list the writers she mentioned that she likes? Im not a native speaker andi cant make it out
Kazo Ishiguro, Hilary Mantel, John Banville
!!!!, peter rock, jonathan coe, Peter Cameron, Anita Brookner, Steven Millhauser!
When was this event?
March 31, 2016
@@AuthorEvents do you think she has a recent interview like this? Was always wondering why her book isn't a movie or series yet. Lol
@@leoesguerra5710 she mentioned a reason from another interview actually. there has been a conversation about it, but in the end, it never happened. but i guess we will wait in the future. because i can imagine when i am already old, there will be an adaptation for it
i don't know if she has explained it here. have forgotten about this interview already
He leído su libro recientemente. Además de alargarse muchísimo,pues yo no he tenido la sensación de que se me hiciera corto, como dices sus buenísimas críticas, se me ha hecho interminable. Me lo leí, aunque me costó, pues lo compre y lo quería acabar y ver hasta dónde llegaba esta historia que se me hizo interminable. Escribe bien? Si, solo faltaría, pero sin más, no es ningún fenómeno. Realmente el libro es sumamente desagradable y no aporta nada que no sea hasta ver cuánto puede dar de sí algo tan cruel y retorcido.
En el lenguaje corporal de esta entrevista, se ve a nuestra protagonista bastante tímida, tiene un punto entre matrona de pueblo y mojigata. Quién lo diría, con lo que escribe, eh?
Pues por cómo habla y lo que dice no parece muy tímida... todo lo contrario.
im
ew she didnt research anything about sa survivors or cutting wth
it isn't as if she just imagined it. because if you look at other interview like the one she did for the Guardian she says she looked at friends, specially male friends that had undergone this, and were able to discuss this topic after they were therapized.
SO she says she didn't do any research regarding this because she didn't do it in the same way she did with law, math and architecture: getting people on the phone etc.. Because she didn´t need to, she already had plenty of first hand knowledge provided by close friends on her social group by having conversations and beign close to them.
She did´nt did any reasearch on it while writting the book, because she already had previous knowledge by reliable sources
everyone's experience with suicide is different. she could have gone through this herself (which i am not stating, it is just an assumption), and thought that she didn't need to research. suicide and sexual assault cannot be objectified into one singular categories; no two experiences are the same
she literally said that she did. that the way sa survivors express their trauma is not the same but conveys to her in a similar manner. Get lost hater
Yanagihara may well have done some research, but the abuse perpetrated on Jude in A Little Life is on such an epic scale that it almost becomes a joke, and it eventually dwarfs any actual abuse that real people in the real world might suffer. Jude is abused by the brothers in the monastery, by Brother Luke who runs away with him (and pimps him out), by the counsellors who care for him when he's "rescued", by various punters when he runs away again and prostitutes himself with truckers, by "Doctor Traynor" who kidnaps and holds him captive, then later by his sadistic lover, Caleb. It's ultimately almost comic. It's a wonder Jude can go to the supermarket for a loaf of bread without being sexually abused by a shelf stacker. Yanagihara's tale of abuse strays into the territory of torture porn before you even get halfway through her endless tome. If you don't think this is exploiting the experiences of real abuse victims for somewhat sick entertainment, you should probably give it some more thought. Yanagihara also writes exhaustively about gay men and gay relationships (her book is even marketed as gay literature), yet she has not even the faintest understanding of, or interest in the real sexuality of gay men (the sex part she can't even bring herself to write about without becoming vague and coy). It is a straight cis woman's fantasy of gay men. The only difference between A Little Life and the now hundreds of tacky "M/M romances" marketed to horny women who get off on men getting it on is that it's better written. But that doesn't make it any less creepy.
the explanation that Jude gives for cutting himself and the overall theme of dealing with trauma in the book is 1000000% more convincing and realistic than whatever shitty internet article says anyway.