There are two types of people that reach for Audition by Ryū Murakami: those who have seen Takashi Miike’s film adaptation (really popular in the early 2000s in Poland!) and those who have yet to see it. I fall into the first category but I can guarantee you – this will be an immersive reading for everyone.
The story is simple: a 40 years old widowed movie producer holds a fake audition to find a new partner. To his amazement, he instantly falls in love with a mysterious ballerina. Their relationship develops quickly, despite all the unsettling facts…
In Audition, this feeling of unsettlement grows only to explode like an atomic bomb in a Tarantino-style ending.
