Audition
A Novel
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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.
مراجعات العملاء
Quick and Fascinating
A single novel in two parts - both sections captivating and awkward…. And the chapters read quickly, poignantly….
Took me back to my walking the streets of NYC, stopping into the trendiest of restaurants and eyeing other patrons, wondering if their lives might be as fascinating as this tale could be.
Teeth clenched.
Found myself saying ‘no, no no.’ multiple times…
Enjoyed it.
Great writing but not fun
Smart, masterfully written, but the last half was unenjoyable.
My book is missing Part 1/2
Well darn. The third part of my book is missing: Part 1 & 1/2 where the transition of not-son to birth-son takes place. I’m a fan of Katie Katamura's books, but this one, lacking that third part, the one that might have made possible the suspension of my disbelief, really ruined this novel for me. Part 1 & 1/2 would be essential to my accepting the Part 2., though I’m not certain that could have happened anyway. It would take some kind of miraculous alchemy to make Part 2 seem possible. It's problematic. I think it's just too over-the-top to be considered seriously. The second half of this book was like trying to analyze a Dali painting. I only gave it 2 stars because I'm a fan. If you’re a first-time reader of this author—go back to a previous book.