Author: Katie Kitamura
Published: 2024
Pages: 197
Prize: Shortlist, Man Booker 2025
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In Audition, an elegant actress and a much younger man—who could be her son—meet for lunch in Manhattan. Their encounter unfolds through dual narratives, challenging perceptions of identity, relationships, and the hidden truths behind the roles we play in life and love.
Complexity
CEFR: B2/C1
Plot Complexity: moderate
Language Complexity: moderate
Ideas Complexity: moderate
Blurb
Two people meet for lunch in a Manhattan restaurant. She’s an elegant and accomplished actress in rehearsals for an upcoming premiere. He’s attractive, troubling, and young—young enough to be her son. Who is he to her, and who is she to him? In Audition, 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 best.
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