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Title Statement | Audition / Ryu Murakami ; translated by Ralph McCarthy. |
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Author | Murakami, Ryu, 1952- |
Additional Contributors | McCarthy, Ralph F |
Publication | New York: W.W. Norton, 2010, c2009. |
Edition | 1st American ed. |
Extent of Item | 191 p. |
ISBN | 039333841X (pbk.) 9780393338416 (pbk.) |
Other Number | 2075689 |
General Notes | Original title: Odishon. Translated from the Japanese. |
Summary | "In this gloriously over-the-top tale, Aoyama, a widower who has lived alone with his son since his wife died seven years ago, decides that it is time to remarry. Since Aoyama is a bit rusty when it comes to dating, a filmmaker-friend proposes that he stage auditions for a movie he never intends to produce in order to cast the perfect woman as his bride. Only one of the applicants catches Aoyama's attention. Yamasaki Asami, a striking young ballerina with a mysterious past. Blinded by his infatuation, Aoyama discovers too late that she is a far cry from the innocent young woman he imagined her to be. The novel's fast-paced thriller conclusion doesn't spare the reader as Yamaski takes off her angelic mask and reveals what lies beneath."--P. [4] of cover. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Widowers--Fiction |
Motion picture producers and directors--Fiction | |
Ballerinas--Fiction | |
By Genre | Suspense fiction |