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Audition

A Novel

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Audition

By: Katie Kitamura
Narrated by: Traci Kato-Kiriyama
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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. Asian & Pacific Islander Creators Literary Fiction Psychological Genre Fiction Mind-Bending Women's Fiction
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This book was confusing and disorienting and for the life of me I couldn’t tell you what it was trying to convey. Maybe worth a reread.

But I also found it to be impossible to put down.

A peculiar book

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The story was truly bizarre and the reader made me cringe. Every “g” was pronounced “guh.” I awaited every gerund with dread.

Bizarre, reader was annoying

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Disliked.
One of the worst books i have read in quite a while. I can see why Obama liked it! Reminded me of his long winded speeches that made no sense.

Couldn’t wait for it to be over!

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I liked the dichotomy in the story. I thought the character development of the husband was really good. I was hoping to find out an explanation for the mother/son relationship but I understand the author not answering everything. Beautifully written. The exquisite details were very effective and not at all over the top or tiring. I listened to the book after hearing K.K.'s interview on NPR. I'm glad I caught that. Well done, Katie!!

Left up to the reader

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Something different than my usual, not bad . Thought it was going to be something different than it was overall.

Good

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