A Separation: A Novel

Written by:
Katie Kitamura
Narrated by:
Katherine Waterston

Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
10
Narrator
7
Release Date
February 2017
Duration
6 hours 53 minutes
Summary
A PBS NewsHour/New York Times Book Club Pick

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK

Named a best book of the year by the New York Times, NPR, Huffington Post, The A.V. Club, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Guardian, Refinery29, Town & Country, Harper's Bazaar, NYLON, BookRiot.

“Kitamura’s prose gallops, combining Elena Ferrante-style intricacies with the tensions of a top-notch whodunit.” —Elle

This is her story. About the end of her marriage. About what happened when Christopher went missing and she went to find him. These are her secrets, this is what happened...
 
A young woman has agreed with her faithless husband: it's time for them to separate. For the moment it's a private matter, a secret between the two of them. As she begins her new life, she gets word that Christopher has gone missing in a remote region in the rugged south of Greece; she reluctantly agrees to go look for him, still keeping their split to herself. In her heart, she's not even sure if she wants to find him. As her search comes to a shocking breaking point, she discovers she understands less than she thought she did about her relationship and the man she used to love. 

A searing, suspenseful story of intimacy and infidelity, A Separation lays bare what divides us from the inner lives of others. With exquisitely cool precision, Katie Kitamura propels us into the experience of a woman on edge, with a fiercely mesmerizing story to tell.
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Linda M.

This wasn't my kind of book. It is about what one would think (by its title) and the author brings up some very thoughtful ideas about the situation but her style is slow - very, very slow, and even repetitive. I felt, by the end of it, that if I heard the name "Christopher" again, that I would scream. She perseverates on ideas to a point that it becomes boring. I didn't understand why the setting of the plot. I don't know what part that really played in the book, although it was interesting to read about the lives of the locals. The narrator did not help the book. She was excellent with accents (Greek and British) but the narrative between was about as monotone as I have heard an audiobook reader. She has no inflection or modulation in her straight speech.

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Patti M

The author’s descriptioms are so vivid, I felt like I was right there. It’s an enjoyable read but when I finished I was sort of left with a “so what?” feeling.

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