Uma Vida Pequena

Paperback, 784 pages

Portuguese language

Published Dec. 25, 2016 by Editora Record.

ISBN:
978-85-01-07154-5
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4 stars (5 reviews)

Quando quatro amigos de uma pequena faculdade de Massachusetts se mudam para Nova York em busca de uma vida melhor, eles se veem falidos, sem rumo e amparados apenas por sua amizade e por suas ambições. Willem, lindo e generoso, é aspirante a ator; JB, nascido no Brooklyn, é um pintor perspicaz e às vezes cruel que busca de todas as formas ingressar no mundo das artes; Malcolm é um arquiteto frustrado que trabalha numa empresa de renome; e o solitário, brilhante e enigmático Jude funciona como o centro gravitacional do grupo. Com o tempo, o relacionamento deles se aprofunda e se anuvia, matizado pelo vício, pelo sucesso e pelo orgulho. No entanto, seu maior desafio, como cada um passa a perceber, é o próprio Jude, um litigante extremamente talentoso na meia-idade, porém, ao mesmo tempo, um homem cada vez mais atormentado, a mente e o corpo marcados pelas cicatrizes …

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Beautiful portrayal of male friendships

4 stars

After several months listening to the 32 hours of this audiobook, with a story that spanned several decades, I feel I've been on a massive journey with all these characters, which was as beautiful as it was bleak. I've not read many books that explore male friendships in a way that go me thinking about my own, and often reminded me of the film Stand By Me.

I didn't know much about this book when I started listening to it, which perhaps was for the best as I didn't know how bleak it would become at times, and later a friend would tell me it has received much criticism for this. However, I feel very grateful for all the very tender and warm moments in the book, which were perhaps enhanced by the incredible narration from Oliver Wyman.

Review of 'A Little Life' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

so unbelievably bleak was this novel. it was a good thing I did it as a book-on-CD because I don't think I could have pushed thru all the terrible things, slowly revealed, that happened to the main character Jude. he is abandoned as a infant, taken in by monks who in turns physically or sexually abuse him. the one shining light that seems to care for him plans their escape but he turns out to be a manipulative, pimping pedophile. and when this despicable man is caught, Jude is confined to a foster home where more sexual abuse awaits him so he runs away - into the arms of a sexually depraved lunatic doctor who locks him in his basement, treats his various STDs, and ultimately runs him with down with a car after he's had his fill of him. how many terrible things can befall one person? ('more' is …