As If
Author: Waidner, Isabel
ISBN: 9780241779187
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 26 May 2026
Pages: 192
Format: Hardback
Plt;bPgt;Trailblazing author Isabel Waidner returns with an existential cat-and-mouse story of grief, loss, ambition, and the possibility making oneself anewPlt;/bPgt;
Two men meet in a flat in London. They are total strangers 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 is an ambivalent parent at best. Lewis is an erstwhile actor, too depressed to attend the big audition that has just fallen into his lap. Korine has tried a dozen dead-end jobs but never pursued his acting dreams.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Two men living mirror image lives. Each seeking a second chance to get things right. Each wanting what the other has.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;iPgt;As IfPlt;/iPgt; is an existential farce about the road not taken. Surreal and slyly poignant, suffused with ironic melancholia, it is a parable for the twenty-first century everyman: a character trapped in realityP#8217;s hall of mirrors, endlessly searching for something to live for.
ISBN: 9780241779187
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 26 May 2026
Pages: 192
Format: Hardback
Plt;bPgt;Trailblazing author Isabel Waidner returns with an existential cat-and-mouse story of grief, loss, ambition, and the possibility making oneself anewPlt;/bPgt;
Two men meet in a flat in London. They are total strangers 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 is an ambivalent parent at best. Lewis is an erstwhile actor, too depressed to attend the big audition that has just fallen into his lap. Korine has tried a dozen dead-end jobs but never pursued his acting dreams.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Two men living mirror image lives. Each seeking a second chance to get things right. Each wanting what the other has.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;iPgt;As IfPlt;/iPgt; is an existential farce about the road not taken. Surreal and slyly poignant, suffused with ironic melancholia, it is a parable for the twenty-first century everyman: a character trapped in realityP#8217;s hall of mirrors, endlessly searching for something to live for.
