{"product_id":"audition-by-katie-kitamura","title":"Audition by Katie Kitamura","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShortlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize + Obama's Favorite Books of 2025\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKatie Kitamura, author of \u003cem\u003eIntimacies\u003c\/em\u003e, is all about subtle yet spectacular drama and she's back at it again in \u003cem\u003eAudition\u003c\/em\u003e, weaving us back into a hypnotic, contained world full of intricate human relations in eloquent prose. Cinematic and noir-like in style, Kitamura uses Manhattan as its stage in classic Woody Allen and Paul Auster style. Dynamic, moody, and quietly manic – a complete 180 from the insanity-driven, mid-life crisis cry for help we read in Miranda July's \u003cem\u003eAll Fours, \u003c\/em\u003eyet perhaps two sides of the same coin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher synopsis:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTaut and hypnotic, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAudition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is Katie Kitamura at her virtuosic best.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-about-the-book\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"seemore-0\" class=\"slot product-about 9780593135372 isbn-related seemoreenable show opened\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFeatures:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor: Katie Kitamura\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages: 197\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRelease year: 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished by: Riverhead (Penguin Random House)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrinted in the USA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44484953407567,"sku":"14-100-0104","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0212\/1922\/files\/audition_katie_kitamura.jpg?v=1772216692","url":"https:\/\/umamimart.life\/products\/audition-by-katie-kitamura","provider":"Umami Mart","version":"1.0","type":"link"}