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.
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..
Perina uncovers their secret and returns with it to America, where he soon finds great success.
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.
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