Mona acts out : a novel / Mischa Berlinski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berlinski, Mischa, 1973- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.

New York (N.Y.).

Shakespearean actors and actresses--Fiction.

Shakespearean actors and actresses.

Thanksgiving Day--Fiction.

Thanksgiving Day.

Mentoring in the arts--Fiction.

Mentoring in the arts.

Actresses--Fiction.

Actresses.

Drama--Fiction.

Drama.

Families--Fiction.

Families.

Self-actualization (Psychology)--Fiction.

Self-actualization (Psychology).

Interpersonal relations--Fiction.

Interpersonal relations.

Genre:

Psychological fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

303 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2025]

Summary:

"Celebrated stage actress Mona Zahid wakes up on Thanksgiving morning to the clamor of guests packed into her Manhattan apartment and to a wave of dread: her in-laws are lurking on the other side of the bedroom door; she's still fighting with her husband; and in just a few weeks she will begin rehearsals as Shakespeare's Cleopatra, the hardest role in theater. In an impulsive burst, Mona bounds out the door with the family dog in tow ("I forgot the parsley!" is her lame excuse) to find her estranged mentor, Milton Katz, who was recently forced out of the legendary theater company he founded amid accusations of sexual misconduct. Mona's escape turns into an overnight adventure that brings her face-to-face with her past, with her creative power and its limitations, and ultimately, with all the people she has ever loved. Beguilingly approachable and intricately constructed, at once funny and sad and wise, Mona Acts Out is a novel about acting and telling the truth, about how we play roles to get through our days, and how the great roles teach us how to live."--Amazon

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Schneidman Fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9781324095200

1324095202

OCLC:

1482525921