To Paradise
To ParadiseHanya Yanagihara
Characters in To Paradise
6 characters, main characters first.Main characters
David Bingham (Washington Square)
The Free States-born grandson of Nathaniel Bingham, torn between an arranged match and a music teacher in the novel's 1893 section.
David Bingham (Lipo-Wao-Nahele)
A paralegal of Hawaiian royal descent living with Charles amid the AIDS epidemic in the 1993 section.
Charlie Griffiths (Zone Eight)
The granddaughter of scientist Charles Griffiths, navigating an authoritarian, plague-ravaged America in the 2093 section.
Supporting characters
Charles Griffiths (Washington Square)
A widowed, well-off suitor courting David in the 1893 section.
Edward Bishop (Washington Square)
A piano teacher who draws David away from his family in the 1893 section.
Charles Griffiths (Lipo-Wao-Nahele)
David's older, wealthier partner in the 1993 section, a dormant HIV carrier.