Katie Kitamura

And I think another reason why I thought it was a good fit for our shelf discovery was also because I feel like it does touch on like the importance of storytelling, but also how easily things can be distorted in storytelling.

And I think this book transcription and what we can know kind of similarly touch on like these topics of like truth and And then the other one that I picked, I really only picked because of structure reasons and not because of themes or substance, but it's called Audition by Katie Kitamura.

And it kind of similarly is divided into two sections.

And the first section seems to be like, oh, like a normal story of like, whatever, whatever.

Basically, I started kind of counting them, and contemporary novels set in Greece.

So, you know, some notable examples would be Rachel Cusk's, the first volume of The Outline Trilogy, Katie Kitamura's, the, the, the title is escaping me.

But basically there's a whole long line of novels set in Greece told from the perspective of a intellectual tourist, basically, who something happens to while they're on holiday in Greece.

And the dark truth of the publishing industry is that there are countless examples in English of these books written by foreigners on holiday effectively in Greece, but there are, like, basically no Greek novels written by Greeks translated into English.

I think the only other thing I would say almost slightly empirically is that I have read other novels that I feel are in a similar space.

Katie Kitamura's Audition comes to mind that I found empty and just devoid of interest for me.

Now, I know this is my own personal take and I know there are many other people who would disagree with me.

I just had so the opposite experience with this.

We are moving from the realm of tactical espionage and strategic diplomacy into the stark clinical environment of international law.

The text is Katie Kitamura's Intimacies

Intimacies.

The premise of this book is structurally unique within this list.

It's the human cost of participating in the machinery of global justice

Yes.

So if you are the type of viewer who is less interested in the geopolitical plot mechanics of the show and more fascinated by the sheer psychological toll of playing God on the international stage, Katie Kitamura's prose will leave you absolutely floored

flooredI'm adding that to my reading list immediately

It's going to be a decades-long project.

I just read this excellent book, which I highly recommend, called Audition by Katie Kitamura.

It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

The title is brilliant.

I thought about ...

So it's called Audition by Katie Kitamura.

It's getting all sorts of awards and stuff for this year, and it is a really good book.

It's short, but it's hard to follow.