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Katie Kitamura gives readers a role in shaping ‘Audition’
The author told FRANCE 24 she wants readers to help create the novel’s meaning. “Audition” has been nominated for the Pulitzer and Booker prizes.
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Katie Kitamura has invited readers to take an active role in interpreting “Audition”, saying she wanted the novel’s meaning to be made by author and reader together.
In an interview with FRANCE 24, Kitamura described an interest in how the different roles people play in life interact.
“Audition” follows an acclaimed actress whose life is disrupted when a charismatic young man tells her he is her son, according to FRANCE 24.
The novel has been nominated for both the Pulitzer and Booker prizes. The source did not specify the nomination years or categories.
