You in Five Acts
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- ¥1,200
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- ¥1,200
発行者による作品情報
The latest contemporary novel from Una LaMarche, acclaimed author of Five Summers, Like No Other, and Don’t Fail Me Now. In the high-pressure months leading up to the performance that will determine their futures, a group of friends at a performing arts school look back on when an unexpected event upended everything.
"A poignant and timely socially conscious narrative."
—Kirkus
It's always been you—you know that, right?
At a prestigious New York City performing arts school, five friends connect over one dream of stardom. But for Joy, Diego, Liv, Ethan and Dave, that dream falters under the pressure of second-semester, Senior year. Ambitions shift and change, new emotions rush to the surface, and a sense of urgency pulses between them: Their time together is running out.
Diego hopes to get out of the friend zone. Liv wants to escape, losing herself in fantasies of the new guy. Ethan conspires to turn his muse into his girlfriend. Dave pines for the drama queen. And if Joy doesn’t open her eyes, she could lose the love that’s been in front of her all along.
An epic ensemble piece in the vein of Fame and Let’s Get Lost, You in Five Acts is a eulogy for a friendship—the heartbreaks, the betrayals, the inside jokes, the remember-whens. And the tragedy that changed everything.
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LaMarche (Like No Other) shifts among the perspectives of five talented seniors at a New York City arts high school, structuring their story in five "acts." All five characters narrate in first person, while addressing the objects of their affections as "you." Ballet students Joy and Diego care for each other, but can't seem to move beyond being dance partners and friends. Even more complex is the love triangle involving actors Liv and Dave, who are starring in a play written and directed by Ethan, whose frustrated attempts to get together with Liv are complicating the production. A countdown makes it clear that this story is building toward tragedy as the teenagers hurtle toward graduation, yet readers may still be caught off guard by how abruptly the novel ends, with only a brief "finale" giving any sense of the aftermath of the life-changing event. Still, LaMarche develops her racially diverse cast of characters well over the book's five acts, giving a strong sense of their ambitions, frustrations, and interlocking relationships that hover uncomfortably between friendship and love. Ages 12 up.
