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    The Appointment: A Novel
    The Appointment: A Novel
    The Appointment: A Novel
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    The Appointment: A Novel

    Written by Katharina Volckmer

    Narrated by Katharina Volckmer

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    “A darkly funny untangling of national and sexual identity.” —The Guardian * “Transgressive...Incendiary.” —The New Yorker * “A furious comic monologue...with a disregard for propriety worthy of Alexander Portnoy.” —The New York Times Book Review * “Sexy, hilarious, and subversive.” —The Paris Review

    For readers of Ottessa Moshfegh and Han Kang, a whip-smart debut novel in which a woman on the verge of major change addresses her doctor in a stream of consciousness narrative.

    In a well-appointed examination in London, a young woman unburdens herself to a certain Dr. Seligman. Though she can barely see above his head, she holds forth about her life and desires, her struggles with her sexuality and identity. Born and raised in Germany, she has been living in London for several years, determined to break free from her family origins and her haunted homeland. But the recent death of her grandfather, and an unexpected inheritance, make it clear that you cannot easily outrun your own shame, whether it be physical, familial, historical, national, or all of the above.

    Or can you? With Dr. Seligman’s help, our narrator will find out.

    In a monologue that is both deliciously dark and subversively funny, she takes us on a wide-ranging journey from Hitler-centered sexual fantasies and overbearing mothers to the medicinal properties of squirrel tails and the notion that anatomical changes can serve as historical reparation. The Appointment is an audacious debut novel by an explosive new international literary voice, challenging all of our notions of what is fluid and what is fixed, and the myriad ways we seek to make peace with others and ourselves in the 21st century.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateSep 1, 2020
    ISBN9781797115658
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    Katharina Volckmer

    Katharina Volckmer was born in Germany in 1987. She now lives in London where she works for a literary agency. The Appointment is her first novel.

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    • 5/5
      Es una maravilla. ¡Disfruté cada palabra! Y tan joven KV
    • 5/5
      Rainy Saturday here. Am in a bad mood due to the just constant sexism at work...this was just the best tonic. Excellent writing.
    • 5/5
      I zipped through this novel, and while it is a short read, I would actually credit that to intelligence and humor of the writing. This novel was a rare read for me, being equal parts entertaining, introspective, sharp and self aware. I enjoyed it entirely and highly recommend it to basically everyone!