02305cam a2200349 i 4500 506590608 TxGeo 20210706120000.0 210219s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021006487 9780399576164 hbk. 0399576169 hbk. (OCoLC)1222056111 TxGeo rda Kitamura, Katie M. Intimacies / Katie Kitamura. New York, NY : Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2021. 225 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "A ... 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"-- Provided by publisher. 20210726. Women translators Fiction. Identity (Psychology) Fiction. Interpersonal relations Fiction. Self-realization in women Fiction. Life change events Fiction. Hague (Netherlands) Fiction. Psychological fiction. QS5