A Little Life author Hanya Yanagihara says ‘no on wants to fund’ screen version

Hanya Yanagihara and the cover of A Little Life (Image: Wikipedia Commons/Pan Macmillan)

Hanya Yanagihara, journalist and author of the seminal queer novel A Little Life, has revealed that the reason her book has not yet made it to the screen is because she can’t get the project funded.

The book, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, has achieved rare status as a one of the most beloved and widely read queer novels this century. Although wildly popular, the book has also attracted huge criticism for what some have argued is gratuitous depiction of gay men suffering or “trauma porn”. Trans writer Andrea Long Chu even received a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism for her take down of the novel and author in New York Magazine.

In particular, the book

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