The People in the Trees
11 January 2024Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
A strikingly original first novel, from the author of A Little Life.
‘The world Yanagihara conjures up, full of dark pockets of mystery, is magical.’ – The Times
In 1950 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...
Details
11 January 2024384 pages
9781035038527Imprint: Picador
Reviews
The world Yanagihara conjures up, full of dark pockets of mystery, is magical.The Times
Impossible to resistDaily Mail
Absorbing, intelligent and uncompromisingIndependent
Power and its abuses are at the heart of this richly imagined novel . . . In structure and subject, The People in the Trees pays tribute to Vladimir Nabokov's two masterpieces: Pale Fire and Lolita . . . Perina's voice – wry, superior, unthinkingly cruel – is one of the key triumphs of the book.Katie Kitamura, The Guardian
