Rec | THE PEOPLE IN THE TREES

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THE PEOPLE IN THE TREES - HANYA YANAGIHARA

debut novel from the author of “A Little Life”, this book is written from the perspective of an obnoxious, morally questionable, but undeniably brilliant doctor/scientist who goes to a small island to study a society in which the inhabitants have discovered a form of immortality— with the drawback that the body is preserved while the mind continues to age and deteriorate, making them perhaps more animal than human. i’m halfway through and the book is grotesquely detailed and multilayered— we are introduced to the “author” of the memoir first by the announcement of his imprisonment for abusing one or some of his 43 adopted children from the island that he studied. the writing is so creative and the premise is so insane, i’m excited to see where it goes!

@sophiadlynn

May 21, 2025

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@evie

super interesting concept!! Have never forayed because “A Little Life” seems too sad for me (if you read and liked it or her other recent book, lmk!) but this sounds great 😳😳

May 22, 2025

@sophiadlynn

@EVIE i also haven’t read “A Little Life”, this book was gifted to me and i honestly had never heard of it, but i would guess that they are very different! i knew this would be good because of how acclaimed her other work is, but i am impressed at how nuanced the topics in the book are, it is so creative i highly recommend!!

May 22, 2025

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