Fiction for Adults
In the opening scene of Audition, an actress meets a younger man for lunch in a trendy Manhattan restaurant and worries that their fellow diners will misconstrue their relationship. But what exactly is their relationship? And why is she so alarmed to see her husband enter the restaurant?
An unwritten scene in the center of the novel alters the story’s direction and dynamics and redefines the relationship between the characters, essentially breaking the fourth wall of novel format. The effect is unique and disorienting.
Audition explores the fluidity of human connection, family relationships, and power dynamics while blurring the line between reality and art. Fans of metafiction will love this trippy read that invites reflection and speculation.
Her 2021 novel Intimacies was a New York Times Top Ten Books of 2021, longlisted for the National Book Award and PEN/Faulkner Award, and a finalist for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize.
Kitamura recently received a Guggenheim Fellowship and has received the Rome Prize in Literature. She writes for Triple Canopy and teaches in the creative writing program at New York University.
Alicia Cavitt
Information Specialist
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