{"product_id":"audition-katie-kitamura-9780593852347","title":"Audition","description":"\u003cb\u003eNAMED A 2025 \"ESSENTIAL READ\" BY \u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORKER \u003c\/i\u003eAND A TOP 10 BOOK OF THE YEAR BY\u003ci\u003e TIME MAGAZINE \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003ePUBLISHERS WEEKLY\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eTHE WASHINGTON POST\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORKER\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, \u003ci\u003eVOGUE\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTIME MAGAZINE\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMARIE CLAIRE\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTHE LOS ANGELES TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTHE GUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e, BOOK RIOT, \u003ci\u003eESQUIRE\u003c\/i\u003e, THE NEW REPUBLIC, KIRKUS, SHELF AWARENESS AND MORE! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR FICTION \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 BOOKER PRIZE \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eINSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A tightly wound family drama that reads like a psychological thriller.\"--NPR \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Bold, stark, genre-bending, \u003ci\u003eAudition\u003c\/i\u003e will haunt your dreams.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaut and hypnotic, \u003ci\u003eAudition\u003c\/i\u003e is Katie Kitamura at her virtuosic best.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Katie Kitamura\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0593852346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593852347\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Riverhead Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.13w x 0.53d","brand":"Katie Kitamura","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48453273747711,"sku":"9780593852347","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f414b9db-d441-49df-8344-fe0a66580f56.jpg?v=1777299250","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/audition-katie-kitamura-9780593852347","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}