Intimacies by Katie Kitamura

“One of the best novels I’ve read in 2021” – Dwight Garner, The New York Times

“A perfect novel—taut and seductive.” —Brandon Taylor, author of Real Life and Filthy Animals

“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

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...