Both novels I've read by Katie Kitamura (Intimacies and Audition) are cool, intellectual, and mesmerizing. There is a distance in her tone, but she deftly draws you into the story. Minimalist and intricate, Audition weaves together family, identity, artifice and theater. The unnamed main character is an accomplished actress. The two sections of the novel radically change our understanding of who is who, bringing into question our own comprehension of those we love. While for some the coolness of her writing may be off-putting, I couldn't put it down.
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