Hanya Yanagihara grapples with pandemics in 'To Paradise'
Podcast: NPR's Book of the DayPublished On: Tue Jun 28 2022
Description: Author of the wildly popular and, at times, controversial A Little Life, Hanya Yanagihara, is out with a new novel. To Paradise is an epic – in three parts – sprawling over 700 pages and 200 years about a make-believe New York City. Yanagihara was mostly through writing her story, which features pandemics prominently, when COVID-19 first hit in early 2020. But Yanagihara told NPR's Scott Simon that she was able to keep her story and her fears about the pandemic in reality separate.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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