Audition

In this gloriously over-the-top tale, Aoyama, a widower who has lived alone with his son ever since his wife died seven years before, finally decides it is time to remarry. Since Aoyama is a bit rusty when it comes to dating, a filmmaker friend proposes that, in order to attract the perfect wife, they do a casting call for a movie they don't intend to produce. As the r sum s pile up, only one of the applicants catches Aoyama's attention--Yamasaki Asami--a striking young former ballerina with a mysterious past. Blinded by his instant and total infatuation, Aoyama is too late in discovering that she is a far cry from the innocent young woman he imagines her to be. The novel's fast-paced, thriller conclusion doesn't spare the reader as Yamasaki takes off her angelic mask and reveals what lies beneath.

Author: Ryu Murakami
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 06/07/2010
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 8.24h x 5.58w x 0.48d
ISBN: 9780393338416

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/01/2010 pg. 32
Library Journal 05/01/2010 pg. 69

About the Author
Murakami, Ryu: - Ryu Murakami is the best-selling author of more than a dozen novels and the winner of Japan's prestigious literary award, the Akutagawa Prize. Many of his novels have been made into movies, including Audition. He lives in Japan.McCarthy, Ralph: - Ralph McCarthy's translations include Ryu Murakami's Audition, In the Miso Soup, Piercing, Sixty-Nine, and From The Fatherland, With Love.