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Audition
Ryu Murakami
Synopsis "Audition"
In this gloriously over-the-top tale, Aoyama, a widower who has lived alone with his son ever since his wife died seven years before, finally decides it is time to remarry. Since Aoyama is a bit rusty when it comes to dating, a filmmaker friend proposes that, in order to attract the perfect wife, they do a casting call for a movie they don't intend to produce. As the résumés pile up, only one of the applicants catches Aoyama's attention--Yamasaki Asami--a striking young former ballerina with a mysterious past. Blinded by his instant and total infatuation, Aoyama is too late in discovering that she is a far cry from the innocent young woman he imagines her to be. The novel's fast-paced, thriller conclusion doesn't spare the reader as Yamasaki takes off her angelic mask and reveals what lies beneath.
Ryū Murakami (村上龍) es un escritor y director de cine japonés nacido en Sasebo (Nagasaki) el 19 de febrero de 1952. Su nombre verdadero es Murakami Ryunosuke (村上龍之介?). Debido a la coincidencia de apellidos con Haruki Murakami, en los ochenta sería frecuente que se hablara de los "dos Murakamis", aunque en realidad no son parientes ni comparten mucho en términos literarios.
Sus novelas suelen caracterizarse por la crudeza en las descripciones y la violencia de las situaciones narradas. El hecho de haber vivido cerca de una base militar estadounidense en su Sasebo natal le permitió conocer en profundidad la cultura e idiosincrasia norteamericana. Sus obras más conocidas son Azul casi transparente, de la que Murakami dirigió su adaptación cinematográfica,5 Sopa de Miso y Piercing.
