![]() ![]() Malcolm comes from a wealthy family, but he’s ashamed to admit that, at 27, he still lives at home. JB and Malcolm, by contrast, have had much more support-though they’re not happy. Willem loves Jude but also worries about him and feels pressure to be his protector. Jude’s past is as mysterious to his friends as it is to the reader Jude is orphaned and suffers from chronic pain in his legs and back, but it’s unknown how Jude injured his legs and back or what happened to him in his childhood. Jude, meanwhile, is a brilliant young lawyer. To this day, Willem feels guilty about his failure to save Hemming. He’s tormented by an unhappy childhood spent caring for his older brother, Hemming, who had cerebral palsy and died of cancer when Willem was in college. ![]() Willem is an aspiring actor who has yet to receive any major roles in the meantime, he waits tables. The novel begins when Jude and Willem move into a small, rundown apartment on Lispenard Street. A Little Life follows its protagonist Jude and his close friends Willem, JB, and Malcolm over many years after they move to New York in search of fame, fortune, success, and meaning. ![]()
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