To Paradise

The No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller from the author of A Little Life.<BR><BR>'I'm not sure I've ever missed the world of a book as much' - The Observer<BR>'Prepare to weep in public and be utterly transformed' - Stylist<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>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).<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>In 2093, in a world torn apart 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.<BR><BR>What unites these characters, and these Americas, are their reckonings with the qualities that make us human - fear, love, shame, loneliness - and the longing to find a place in an earthly paradise.<BR><BR>'For those captivated by Yanagihara's A Little Life, her next is equally gripping' - Telegraph<BR>'Not only rare . . . revolutionary' - Michael Cunningham, author of The Hours