# Intimacies - Hardcover

by **Katie Kitamura** (Author)

********A _NEW YORK TIMES_ TOP 10 BOOK OF 2021********

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE 2021 READS

**AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER  
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A BEST BOOK OF 2021 FROM _Washington Post, Vogue, Time, Oprah Daily, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Atlantic, Kirkus and Entertainment Weekly_

**"_Intimacies_ is a haunting, precise, and morally astute novel that reads like a psychological thriller.... Katie Kitamura is a wonder." --Dana Spiotta, author of _Wayward_ and _Eat the Document_**

******"One of the best novels I've read in 2021." - Dwight Garner, _The New York Times_******

A novel from the author of _A Separation_, an 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 an explosive political controversy when she's asked to interpret for a former president accused of war crimes.

A 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.

### Author Biography

**Katie Kitamura**'s most recent novel, _A Separation_, was a finalist for the Premio Gregor von Rezzori and a _New York Times_ Notable Book. It was named a best book of the year by over a dozen publications and translated into sixteen languages, and is being adapted for film. Her two previous novels, _Gone to the Forest_ and _The Longshot_, were both finalists for the New York Public Library's Young Lions Fiction Award. A recipient of fellowships from the Lannan Foundation and Santa Maddalena Foundation, Katie has written for publications including _The New York Times_, _The Guardian_, _Granta, BOMB Magazine, Triple Canopy_, and _Frieze._ She teaches in the creative writing program at New York University.

**Number of Pages:** 240

**Dimensions:** 1.02 x 8.19 x 5.75 IN

**Publication Date:** July 20, 2021

**Award:** National Book Awards (2021)

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