A Worthless Life

Back Cover Text (From the Promotional Bulletin)

Four male friends who met at university: Willem, who is kind, handsome and wants to make a career in acting. JB, who wants to quickly enter the art world and is intelligent but can sometimes be heartless. Malcolm, an architect with a rich family who could not realize his dreams. At the center of this group of friends is Jude, a lawyer who is a complete black box. Over the years, the friendship of the four transforms and deepens with addiction, fame and arrogance. The biggest challenge the three friends face is to stand by their friend Jude, who is badly wounded both physically and emotionally. Jude's childhood traumas that he could not overcome will affect his entire life and his friends will do their best to keep him alive. A moving, stunning story of friendship, love, heartbreak...

“Exquisite... To call this novel a masterpiece would be an understatement. In fact, the word would be an understatement.” - San Francisco Chronicle -

“Marvelous... It deals with trauma and friendship with such astuteness and depth of understanding that it will be the benchmark for all novels on the subject.” The Wall Street Journal

“A Life Without Traces is like no other. It crosses the line, goes off the rails, and is simply unforgettable.” - The Independent -

“It gets to you. Yanagihara is a writer who has a gift for probing the low and high extremes of human behavior with searing intensity.” - The Times Literary Supplement -

Pulp Type: 2. Dough

Number of Pages : 864

Dimensions : 13.5 x 19.5

Year of First Printing : 2018

Number of Prints : 1st Edition