![]() To Paradise is a departure from her previous smash hit A Little Life for its more explicit engagement with American history, particularly some of the bleak chapters - namely, how the country has treated immigrants and people of color, the battle for marriage equality, as well as how the country has bungled epidemic diseases. Fans of her work are readers who love books that present a challenge while also being thoroughly immersive. Reading Hanya Yanigahara’s work is a deeply emotional experience. And if you think 2022 is dystopian, wait until you see her pandemic-riddled vision of 2093. 1993 is set at the height of the AIDS epidemic in the U.S. The 1893 portion provides something of an alternate history a different outcome of the Civil War created marriage equality much earlier than actual history. So does the setting, a townhome near Washington Square Park in New York. The names of the characters persist across each of the stories. ![]() To Paradise is a tryptic of novels, each set 100 years apart in 1893, 1993, and 2093. Whether through the themes explored in the book - families, marriage, loss, epidemics, utopia/dystopia - lyrical writing, or meticulously developed characters, there are certainly plenty of books like To Paradise to discover. ![]() ![]() On the other hand, it’s a big world of books out there, and none of them can stand completely alone. It’s sprawling, ambitious, speculative, and devastating. On the one hand, there aren’t a lot of books like To Paradise by Hanya Yanigahara. ![]()
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