{"product_id":"audition-katie-kitamura-9781529937299","title":"Audition (Katie Kitamura)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE**\u003cbr\u003e**LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2026**\u003cbr\u003e**A FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eINDEPENDENT and NEW STATESMAN Book of the Year\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Slick, sharp, strange and singular . . . You'll gulp this novel down in one in-breath' \u003cb\u003eSAMANTHA HARVEY\u003c\/b\u003e, Booker Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eOrbital\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A lightning bolt of a novel' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'I'm not sure there's anyone better writing in America today' \u003cb\u003eALEX PRESTON\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne woman, the performance of a lifetime. Or two. An exhilarating, destabilising novel that asks whether we ever really know the people we love\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTaut and hypnotic, \u003ci\u003eAudition\u003c\/i\u003e is Katie Kitamura at her virtuosic best.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatie Kitamura\u003c\/b\u003e's most recent novel is \u003ci\u003eIntimacies\u003c\/i\u003e. One of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times'\u003c\/i\u003e 10 Best Books of 2021, it was longlisted for the National Book Award, the PEN\/Faulkner Award and was a finalist for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize. It was also one of Barack Obama's favourite books of 2021. In France, it won the Prix Litteraire Lucien Barriere, was a finalist for the Grand Prix de l'Heroine, and was nominated for the Prix Fragonard. Her previous novel, \u003ci\u003eA Separation, \u003c\/i\u003ewas a finalist for the Premio von Rezzori and a New York Times Notable Book. A recipient of the Rome Prize in Literature, her work has been translated into over 20 languages and is being adapted for film and television.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer work has been translated into 21 languages and is being adapted for film and television. She is a recipient of the Rome Prize in Literature, as well as fellowships from the Lannan, Santa Maddalena and Jan Michalski foundations. Kitamura has written for publications including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003efrieze\u003c\/i\u003e and others. She teaches in the creative writing program at New York University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 208 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66074277642589,"sku":"K099275959","price":10.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9927595900001A.jpg?v=1790668125","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/audition-katie-kitamura-9781529937299","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}