
We Play Ourselves
A Novel
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Narrado por:
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Renata Friedman
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Jen Silverman
After a humiliating scandal, a young writer flees to the West Coast, where she is drawn into the morally ambiguous orbit of a charismatic filmmaker and the teenage girls who are her next subjects.
FINALIST FOR THE LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD • ONE OF BUZZFEED’S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • “A blistering story about the costs of creating art.”—O: The Oprah Magazine
Not too long ago, Cass was a promising young playwright in New York, hailed as “a fierce new voice” and “queer, feminist, and ready to spill the tea.” But at the height of all this attention, Cass finds herself at the center of a searing public shaming, and flees to Los Angeles to escape—and reinvent herself. There she meets her next-door neighbor Caroline, a magnetic filmmaker on the rise, as well as the pack of teenage girls who hang around her house. They are the subjects of Caroline’s next semidocumentary movie, which follows the girls’ clandestine activity: a Fight Club inspired by the violent classic.
As Cass is drawn into the film’s orbit, she is awed by Caroline’s ambition and confidence. But over time, she becomes troubled by how deeply Caroline is manipulating the teens in the name of art—especially as the consequences become increasingly disturbing. With her past proving hard to shake and her future one she’s no longer sure she wants, Cass is forced to reckon with her own ambitions and confront what she has come to believe about the steep price of success.
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“We Play Ourselves offers a delightful, satirical glimpse into the entertainment industry and the price of fame. ... Silverman balances wit with earnestness, the laugh-out-loud moments highlighting the absurdity of writing - whether plays, films or poetry, the genre she skewers most adroitly in a pitch-perfect parody of an overhyped ingénue. Cass’s desperation for a new, simpler life is universal. As she falls again and again, the reader believes she has the heart to pick herself back up.” (The New York Times Book Review)
“We Play Ourselves is not only a story about how all-consuming artistic ambition can be - but also a poignant portrait of how much an artist can learn to love her work.” (Ploughshares)
“[A] beautifully realized novel about choice, ambition, and revelation. ... This memorable novel deserves a standing ovation.” (Booklist, starred review)
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Cool, interesting debut
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Narrator has to do a LOT of accent work for this book, and while some of it is a bit... cringe, it isn't bad enough to be distracting. While not every accent and voice the narrator does is necessarily likable, I do think they should be commended for the sheer number of different voices they managed to portray.
Brilliant Satire
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Relatable
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So strange. And long.
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The story is sweetly elliptical with some surprising sharpness and peculiar twists. Cass flees New York after a professional ruckus and finds herself in a bizarre L.A. dreamscape, complete with a teen girl fight club. Eventually she finds her way home.
Yummy story, exceptional performance. I know this writer's work from theater and was genuinely delighted to encounter this novel. :)
Loved it
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Very good
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Superb narration and storytelling. Would recommend listening to instead of reading this--it felt particularly apt considering the story (you'll see). Beautiful stuff.
EXCELLENT
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Recommended!
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