Audition
A Novel
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3.3 • 6 Ratings
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Publisher Description
FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE
FINALIST FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE AND THE CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FOR FICTION
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY BARACK OBAMA, THE WASHINGTON POST, THE NEW YORKER, NPR, THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, VOGUE, TIME MAGAZINE, MARIE CLAIRE, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, THE GUARDIAN AND MORE!
“A tightly wound family drama that reads like a psychological thriller."—NPR
One woman, the performance of a lifetime. Or two. An exhilarating, destabilizing Möbius strip of a novel that asks whether we ever really know the people we love.
Two people meet for lunch in a Manhattan restaurant. She’s an accomplished actress in rehearsals for an upcoming premiere. He’s attractive, troubling, young—young enough to be her son. Who is he to her, and who is she to him? In this compulsively readable, brilliantly constructed novel, two competing narratives unspool, rewriting our understanding of the roles we play every day – partner, parent, creator, muse – and the truths every performance masks, especially from those who think they know us most intimately.
Taut and hypnotic, Audition is Katie Kitamura at her virtuosic best.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
In this novel from Katie Kitamura, a woman deals with a world that’s changing all around her—but who is doing the changing? A successful and well-respected actress, in rehearsals for a new play, is having lunch with a handsome, mysterious man young enough to be her son. While he’s certain they’re related, she insists it’s impossible. When her husband stops by, she wonders what he’ll make of the situation. In the novel’s second half, everything has subtly changed—the play is a success, but the actress is unsatisfied, while the young man is an assistant to the director and is treated as her son. Kitamura’s story is fascinating and rich in narrative detail; even at its most mysterious it draws in the reader and asks compelling questions about who we are to ourselves and others around us. It’s smart, exciting, and challenging work.
Customer Reviews
Audition
Intelligent and well expressed