{"product_id":"to-paradise","title":"To Paradise","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Hanya Yanagihara, author of the modern classic \u003cem\u003eA Little Life\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTo Paradise\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 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). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe 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 \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e– and solve the mystery of her husband's disappearances.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThese 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShame. Need. Loneliness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTo Paradise\u003c\/em\u003e is a fin-de-siecle novel of marvellous 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 \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e– partners, lovers, children, friends, family and even our fellow citizens \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e– and the pain that ensues when we cannot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hanya Yanagihara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42336689193217,"sku":"9781529077490","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-338.png?v=1701796398","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.pro\/products\/to-paradise","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}