I’m not sure I’ve ever missed the world of a book as much as I miss To Paradise now I’ve left it. ‘Prepare to weep in public and be utterly transformed’ - StylistĪfter the painfully affecting A Little Life, To Paradise gives us 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. 'I’m not sure I’ve ever missed the world of a book as much' - Observer 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. 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. 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 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). 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. The No.1 Sunday Times bestseller from the author of A Little Life.
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