The People in the Trees

The People in the Trees
ISBN-10
1509892982
ISBN-13
9781509892983
Series
The People in the Trees
Pages
384
Language
English
Published
2018-07-10
Publisher
Picador
Author
Hanya Yanagihara

Description

The stunning debut novel, from the author of A Little Life.It is 1950 when Norton Perina, a young doctor, embarks on an expedition to a remote Micronesian island in search of a rumoured lost tribe. There he encounters a strange group of forest dwellers who appear to have attained a form of immortality that preserves the body but not the mind. Perina uncovers their secret and returns with it to America, where he soon finds great success. But his discovery has come at a terrible cost, not only for the islanders, but for Perina himself.Hanya Yanagihara's The People in the Trees marks the debut of a remarkable new voice in American fiction.

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