In the final part of my discussion with Hanya Yanagihara on her (now) Man Booker shortlisted novel A Little Life, we continue our discussion of male repression. ----more----From there we take in:
- the 'wolflike' character of Caleb
- money as salvation
- why JB and Malcolm recede in the novel
- friendship and imagination
- Yangihara's own childhood in Hawaii
- 'My parents thought I might be a cartoonist'
- rebellion, careers and lax parents
- New York and restlessness
- 'I want to live in Asia'
- Yanagihara on Japan and her Japanese heritage
- Yanagihara on writing A Little Life
- readers' response to the novel
- A Little Life on television?
- the importance of work
- Hanya and the future
