Mona Acts Out by Mischa Berlinski - ISBN: 9781398549647
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A Thanksgiving escape leads an actress to confront her past, art, and love.
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Mona Acts Out

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  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    28 July 2026

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Summary

An exuberant, darkly humorous novel by the US National Book Award-shortlisted author of Fieldwork

Celebrated stage actress Mona Zahid wakes up on the morning of Thanksgiving to the clamour 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 has been fighting with her husband; and in just a few weeks she will begin rehearsals to play Shakespeare’s Cleopatra, the most challenging role of her ca…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781398549647
ISBN-10:1398549649
Author:Mischa Berlinski
Publisher:Simon & Schuster Ltd
Imprint:Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:28 July 2026
Dimensions:198mm x 130mm x 19mm
About The Author

Mischa Berlinski

Mischa Berlinski is the author of two novels: Fieldwork, which was shortlisted for the US National Book Award, and Peacekeeping. He has written for the New York Review of Books, Men’s Journal, and Harper’s, and his work has been included in Best American Essays and Best American Travel Writing. He lives in Istanbul.

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