Best not to forget the dangers of illness — which is to say the advantages. There are real advantages to getting sick and staying sick. You get all the attention. People dote. People care. They bring food and gifts. And all of this is easily confused with love. But… It’s a trap! A person can soon become easily committed to […]
Tag: Courage
A Little Life and Complete Abandon
In a Guardian interview some years ago, Hanya Yanagihara has this to say about Jude in A Little Life: I wanted my character Jude to feel to the reader like a self-taught human: someone who had to study and attempt as a young adult the sensations and feelings — trust, love, anger – that are most effectively learned in childhood. […]
