{"product_id":"9781787332003-intimacies","title":"Intimacies","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA New York Times Top 10 Book of 2021. Kitamura has made the existential thriller all her own, and she effortlessly negotiates the personal and the geopolitical with a complex moral nuance.' Brandon Taylor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eIntimacies \u003c\/i\u003eis a novel about the ruthlessness of power, the check of virtue, and the purportedly neutral bureaucracy meant to mediate between them.\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*A \u003ci\u003eNEW STATESMAN\u003c\/i\u003e  AND \u003ci\u003eOBSERVER \u003c\/i\u003eBOOK OF THE YEAR 2021*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**A \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eNOTABLE BOOK OF 2021**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eA Separation\u003c\/i\u003e, a taut and electrifying story about a woman caught between many truths.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn interpreter has come to The Hague to escape New York and work at the International Court. A woman of many languages and identities, she is looking for a place to finally call home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe's drawn into simmering personal dramas: her lover, Adriaan, is separated from his wife but still entangled in his marriage. Her friend Jana witnesses a seemingly random act of violence, a crime the interpreter becomes increasingly obsessed with as she befriends the victim's sister. And she's pulled into an explosive political controversy when she's asked to interpret for a former president accused of war crimes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA woman of quiet passion, she confronts power, love, and violence, both in her personal intimacies and in her work at the Court. She is soon pushed to the precipice, where betrayal and heartbreak threaten to overwhelm her, forcing her to decide what she wants from her life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An amazing book, beautiful and captivating.' Elif Shafak\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A gorgeous, destabilizing meditation' Raven Leilani\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Kitamura writes with forceful, direct prose that makes for a bracing read and leaves the reader mesmerized.' \u003ci\u003eVogue \u003c\/i\u003e*Best Books to Read in 2021*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39496975450209,"sku":"9781787332003","price":12.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_7020008_jpg.jpg?v=1711580010","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781787332003-intimacies","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}