Katie Kitamura brings her novel of unease to Festival America
The American writer discusses "Audition," a novel steeped in a sense of strangeness, ahead of her appearance at the Vincennes festival this month.
Katie Kitamura is among the guests of Festival America, held in Vincennes (Val-de-Marne) from September 24 to 27, an event for which Le Monde des livres is a partner. The American novelist is presenting her book Audition (published in French as L'Audition), which Le Monde describes as a vertiginous novel built around a sense of estrangement.
In an interview with Le Monde des livres, Kitamura discusses how she tries to make readers feel that same disorientation rather than simply describe it. Asked about her approach to composition, she offered a remark on the value of uncertainty in the writing process itself.
Si l'on sait déjà comment écrire un livre, autant s'abstenir.
Katie Kitamura, à propos de son processus d'écriture, cité par Le Monde des livres
The interview does not detail the plot of Audition beyond this framing of estrangement, nor does it specify further biographical or bibliographical details. Readers wanting more will be able to hear Kitamura in person during her Festival America appearances in Vincennes later this month.
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