As if : a novel / Isabel Waidner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waidner, Isabel, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Men--England--London--Fiction.

Men.

Strangers--England--London--Fiction.

Strangers.

Discontent--Fiction.

Discontent.

Fathers--Fiction.

Fathers.

Grief--Fiction.

Grief.

Genre:

Domestic fiction.

Psychological fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

177 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First American edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : FSG Originals / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2026.

Summary:

Two men meet in an apartment in London. They are strangers to one another, and yet they look remarkably alike. Lewis is grieving his dead wife; Korine is hiding from his very-much-alive one. Lewis never had children; Korine has just walked out on his. Lewis is a retired actor whose career never amounted to much beyond a bit part on a B-list sitcom; Korine has always dreamed of acting. Slowly and then all at once, each begins to live on the other's behalf. As Korine answers a casting call under Lewis's name, Lewis finds himself playing father to the other man's son. Each day the strange ruse becomes truer and stranger, more entrenched. Plunged into an existential game of cat-and-mouse, pursuit and retreat, they find that acting might make it possible to, finally, live.

Notes:

"A novel about two strangers, a failed actor and a failed father, who begin to live for and as each other-an existential cat-and-mouse story of grief, loss, ambition, and the possibility of making oneself anew"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780374620332

0374620334

OCLC:

1535688307