Mona Acts Out

A Novel

Mischa Berlinski (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2026
Liveright Publishing Corporation (Verlag)
978-1-324-09853-9 (ISBN)

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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.

Mischa Berlinski is the author of Fieldwork, a finalist for the National Book Award, and Peacekeeping. He has written for the New York Review of Books, Men’s Journal, and Harper’s Magazine, and his writing has appeared in Best American Essays and Best American Travel Writing. He lives in Istanbul.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.8.2026
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
	Kunst / Musik / Theater
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-324-09853-8 / 1324098538
ISBN-13	978-1-324-09853-9 / 9781324098539
Zustand	Neuware