Intimacies (HB)

Author(s): Katie Kitamura

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From the author of A Separation, a taut and electrifying story about a woman caught between many truths. An 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. She'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 explosive political fires: her work interpreting for a former president accused of war crimes becomes precarious as their relationship is unbound by shifting language and meaning. This woman is the voice in the ear of many, but what command does that give her, and how vulnerable does that leave her? Her coolly impassioned views on power, love, and violence, are tested, both in her personal intimacies and in her role at the Court. She is soon pushed to the precipice, where betrayal and heartbreak threaten to overwhelm her; it is her drive towards truth, and love, that throws into stark relief what she wants from her life.

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Intimacies was such an interesting read! I really enjoyed the subject matter and writing style. 
Set in Den Hague, we are in the mind of a woman who is relatively new to the city and works as an interpreter at The Court. 
The story feels tense and apprehensive almost constantly. 
Kitamura’s hyper-observational narrative style looks at intimacies in every sense of the word. The complicated nature of justice is also a central theme. 
I loved the way the protagonist never stops interpreting the people and situations around her, from word choice, to attire and body language, everything has a meaning to be translated. 
Words and language and their intimate power are palpable throughout the book.

-Katrina 

General Fields

  • : 9781787332003
  • : Penguin Random House
  • : Penguin Books Ltd
  • : 0.6
  • : May 2021
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : FA
  • : 240
  • : very good
  • : 813.6
  • : English
  • : 2107
  • : Hardback with dustjacket
  • : Katie Kitamura