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Original Title:	オーディション
ISBN:	0747589488 (ISBN13: 9780747589488)
Edition Language:	English

Audition Hardcover | Pages: 208 pages

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Title	:	Audition
Author	:	Ryū Murakami
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 208 pages
Published	:	January 5th 2009 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (first published December 1997)
Categories	:	Horror. Fiction. Asian Literature. Japanese Literature. Cultural. Japan. Thriller. Mystery

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Murakami doesn't believe in boundaries, so if you expect an author to pull his punches, keep on moving past Audition. From maybe the tenth page forward, it's clear that no good will come of the obsession Aoyama, a Tokyo-based, widowed documentary film-maker and father to Shige, his teen son, develops for Yamasaki, the lovely, elegant and single former-ballet dancer with a troubled childhood. The elaborate set-up of fake auditions Aoyama and his best friend, Yoshikawa devise seems to forecast that the cause of Yamasaki's ultimate vengeance will be the morally questionable nature of the auditions, but the initial manner of Aoyama's and Yamasaki's introduction turns out to have zero relevance to subsequent events. The only thing that matters is that they meet and Aoyama allow his besottedness to blind him to common sense and Yoshikawa's reasonable cautionary advice. I shook my head multiple times in disbelief until he redeemed himself (view spoiler)[with his brilliant move with the remote control. (hide spoiler)]

Every scene between Aoyama and Yamasaki is dripping with suspense. Actually, every scene after they meet seems perilous, even when Yamasaki isn't present. It's not a case of if she'll flip out but when and how. And yet. Murakami is a master of suspense. He doesn't introduce distractions or humor to let the reader breathe. Every character is fully realized and authentic. You know who the bad guy is and who the victim is for the entire book and yet are driven to turn the next page and the next in order to see exactly how this will play out and if anyone will survive. Murakami is one of the few writers where the reader accepts that it's entirely possible that all characters will die. He's all in. Always. Read this when you have time to finish it in one sitting.

A warning for readers not familiar with Ryu Murakami, however, is in order. If you thought Misery was dismayingly violent, Audition isn't for you. Nothing in Murakami's catalog is.

For dog lovers: (view spoiler)[The dog dies at the end. It's brutal but over quickly. I customarily read no books where a dog dies or an animal is tortured, but in this instance, it's not a heart-rending scene because I didn't get attached to the dog and IMO not a reason to avoid the book. (hide spoiler)]

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This does for dating what Jaws did for swimming. I dont recommend anyone read this book. As much as I enjoyed the 1999 film, it didnt punch me in the face the way the book did. I had no intention of reading it in one sitting, but thats what happened. I believe it technically qualifies as a novella but it reads faster that most short stories. Im not so much traumatized by the horror aspect as I am by the pacing. This guys writing sucks me in and gets under my skin. Everything was going fine for a

This is more like a three and a half. I thought the prose was like butter. I read it in one sitting. It was so smooth. I find that with a lot of the translated Japanese literature I read, there seems to be this juxtaposition between innocence and hard-core disturbing. The story was so innocent, but there was this underlying something that you just knew was going to explode eventually. I appreciate the length of this novel. Stuff like this is best when you just get right down to the business. No

AUDITION, by Ryu Murakami, is a book that I honestly can't even begin to write a proper review for. I will say that I never saw the movie based on this, and genuinely went into it without any idea of what the story was going to fully be about.I honestly couldn't stop reading it, and by the time you even realize that you are going to be traumatized, it's already too late.Good? Yes.Would I read it again? No.

Ryū Murakami's Audition is a short novel which you can easily read in one or two sittings - and unfortunately probably forget just as quickly; ultimately, the book consists of a long and relatelively uneventful buildup to a sudden and quick climax, which is over almost as soon as it started.Audition is the story of Aoyama, a middle-aged widower of seven years, urged by his teenage son to remarry; the idea is shared by his best friend, Yoshikawa, with whom Aoyama produced documentaries for Tokyo

Why It is An Unreliable Strategy to Rely on ShockIt's supposed to be shocking that an ordinary girl can commit such a horrible crime. It's supposed to be especially shocking that when she commits the crime her face remains impassive. (We're told it's shocking about five times.) It's supposed to be shocking that she uses a wire saw to cut off a man's foot. That is surprising and disgusting, and also painful to think about, but it is not interesting or insightful or engaging or expressive or

Ya know, just the the other day I was walking down the street, thinking to myself, why is it so dang hard to meet nice women these days? Wouldn't it be cool to meet a decent girl for a change? One who isn't a total narcissist or a ditz, just someone to cuddle and read books with, a girl who's sweet and kind and doesn't insist on (view spoiler)[cutting off my feet? (hide spoiler)] That's when I got the idea to hold an audition for the role of my perfect mate, figuring this would be the surest way

I watched Takashi Miike's "Audition" more than a decade ago and it instantly became one of my favourite movies. It was dark, spine-tinglingly chilling and full of suspense. So when I came across this book, on which the movie is based, I was really excited to relive the story again from its source.Unfortunately, the book itself did not live up to the expectations generated by the movie. There was no build-up of suspense, characters lacked development and the "action", when it came was rather