--- product_id: 355129392 title: "A Separation" brand: "katie kitamura" price: "B/.53" currency: PAB in_stock: true reviews_count: 5 url: https://www.desertcart.com.pa/products/355129392-a-separation store_origin: PA region: Panama --- # A Separation **Brand:** katie kitamura **Price:** B/.53 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** A Separation by katie kitamura - **How much does it cost?** B/.53 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.pa](https://www.desertcart.com.pa/products/355129392-a-separation) ## Best For - katie kitamura enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted katie kitamura brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description A Separation ## Images ![A Separation - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/919swKGt6aL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐ Ok but doesn't deliver *by F***N on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 December 2017* It's ok is about all you can say about it. This is written in a very cool, distancing style so never at any point is the reader allowed to feel involved in what is going on. Instead it is intellectual navel gazing of the worst kind and that too is strangely uninvolving as you read on.Other writers do this much much better. Javier Marias for one has such personality to his writing that you don't care where he digresses to nor how complex the philosophy. This book feels like a writerly intellectual exercise, extremely self conscious and unengaging for the reader.2 stars because the basic story idea was a good one and she can write but she doesn't deliver. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Brillant bruchstückhaft *by K***A on Reviewed in Germany on 10 May 2017* Es passiert nicht viel in diesem Roman. Doch was passiert, schreibt Katie Kitamura so dicht und packend, dass sie einen komplett hineinzieht in die innere Welt ihrer Protagonistin. Mosaikstück für Mosaikstück fügt sich das Bild einer gescheiterten Ehe zusammen und bleibt doch bruchstückhaft. Genau wie das Bild, das jeder Mensch von seinem Gegenüber hat. Niemand kennt den Anderen jemals ganz. Ein mysteriöses Buch. Sehr gut geschrieben. Unaufgeregt spannend erzählt - das ist in diesem Fall kein Widerspruch. Sehr empfehlenswert. ### ⭐ pretentious and pompous *by L***G on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 August 2017* This novel intrigued me at first as the blurb suggests it is about secrets in a marriage, but as I read the first few chapters I realised it is a confused mix of obfuscation and travelogue. The main character, unnamed, sets off to find her husband from whom she is estranged but not yet divorced. She is commanded to do so by her mother-in-law, who presents me with my first major issue with this novel – Isabella is just so unconvincing as a character! Her ridiculously imperious tone set my teeth on edge, and conveniently, she is so wealthy that she can make people do whatever she wants. Hmm.In Greece, the woman begins to discover that her husband has been leading a strange double life and as she uncovers his secrets, she learns more about the disintegration of her marriage. However, I was unable to enjoy this book for several reasons, not least the two-dimensional characters, such as Christopher and Isabella, that Kitamura has created. The narrative is stilted and awkward - always striving for effect and never quite getting there: “But until a decision is acted upon, it is only hypothetical, a kind of thought experiment: I had decided to ask Christopher for a divorce but I had not yet committed the act, I had not looked at him and spoken the words. It was important, this act of enunciation, these words, or rather this one word – divorce- which thus far had been notably absent from our conversation, and which, once spoken, would change the course of our separation inalterably.” I find this to be clunky and convoluted and this style of writing is pretentious and makes for difficult reading. This ponderous way of telling us that she is reluctant to press ahead with the divorce is typical of the narrator’s style. There is a pompousness in the tone throughout that makes her a very unsympathetic character.There are also simple continuity errors: “the drizzle of rain” on P60 is suddenly “the dry heat” on P62.But the worst crime in the book is the atrocious punctuation, where the crime of comma-splicing is committed on every page. No, in every paragraph! It made this English teacher very cross. “The houses were built from concrete rather than stone, entirely charmless, it was true there was nothing much to see.” And how about this for a sentence? “That we would sink beneath the weight of this rubble, the line between death and life was not impermeable, people and matters persist.”What does it mean? In the end, that is my problem with this book. It sounds meaningful, but it really isn’t. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.com.pa/products/355129392-a-separation](https://www.desertcart.com.pa/products/355129392-a-separation) --- *Product available on Desertcart Panama* *Store origin: PA* *Last updated: 2026-05-02*