In Book III, fear trumps love for a mimesis of reality, hitting close to home for all of us right now. Themes of love and belonging reign in Book I and Book II. Her perceptive eye is evident in the three separate settings, placing the reader in each time frame through multiple narratives, which she orchestrates with great acuity. Yanagihara writes with elegance, evoking emotion and rendering believable characters who move the plot. "To Paradise" is a novel of the highest order. Bears run wild and people eat horse meat and broiled raccoon. Diseases are manufactured in labs and American scientists report findings to China. Charles Griffith, “one of the architects of the camps” where the sick go to die. The narration alternates between Charlie, a lab tech, and her scientist grandfather, Dr. Yanagihara creates a cloistered society in which human suffering, even the killing of infants, is a daily occurrence. One can’t spend an evening debating an article or a novel, because none of those things is possible any longer. There are no movies, no television, no internet. Several pandemics have spread through New York, and the city is divided into zones: Washington Square Park is located in Zone 8, Harlem falls in Zone 11 and Times Square is situated in Zone 9. A totalitarian regime has a stronghold on New York denizens. Hanya Yanagihara To Paradise Hardcover 11 January 2022 by Hanya Yanagihara (Author) 1,472 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover 38.81 1 Used from 33.97 9 New from 38.81 Print length 720 pages Language English Publisher Doubleday Books Publication date 11 January 2022 Dimensions 16.46 x 4.67 x 24. Yanagihara's unparalleled storytelling skills shine in the dystopia of "Part III: Zone Eight," which opens in 2093 near Washington Square Park.
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