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London : Picador , 2022

720 sider

From the author of the modern classic A Little Life, 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 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 - partners, lovers, children, friends, family and even our fellow citizens - and the pain that ensues when we cannot. - I et alternativt USA i 1893 er New York en del av The Free States, hvor mennesker kan leve som de vil og elske hvem de vil - i teorien. En rik ung arving av en prestisjefylt familie motsetter seg et arrangert ekteskap til en verdig ektefelle og blir i stedet forelsket i en ung og sjarmerende musikklærer. I et Manhattan under av AIDS-epidemien i 1993 bor en ung mann fra Hawaii sammen med sin mye eldre partner og skjuler den vanskelige fortiden sin. I 2093 er verden herjet av pandemier og totalitært styre, og barnebarnet til en fremragende forsker forsøker å løse mysteriet om ektemannens forsvinning. Omtalen er utarbeidet av BS.

Dystopiar . - Dystopier . - Historiske forteljingar . - Historiske fortellinger . - Kontrafaktisk litteratur . - Kontrafaktiske historier . - Romanar . - Romaner

New York . - USA . - USA - New York (byen)

813 . - 823.92

978-1-5290-7748-3