{"product_id":"9781922725462","title":"Audition","description":"Author: Pip Adam\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781922725462\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Giramondo Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Jul 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 224\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA spaceship called \u003ci\u003eAudition\u003c\/i\u003e is hurtling through the cosmos. Squashed immobile into its largest room are three giants: Alba, Stanley and Drew. If they talk, the spaceship keeps moving; if they are silent, they resume growing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTalk they must, and as they do, Alba, Stanley and Drew recover their shared memory of what has been done to their former selves - experiences of imprisonment, violence and misrecognition, of disempowerment and underprivilege.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePip Adam's uncategorisable new novel, part science fiction, part social realism, asks what happens when systems of power decide someone takes up too much room - about how we imagine new forms of justice, and how we transcend the bodies and selves we are given.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Pip Adam is one of my favourite authors and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAudition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is my new favourite book. Hurtling through space and time with three giants who immediately gripped my heart is the place I want to be in literature. A powerful work of social commentary, a bodily exploration and a feat of imagination, all written with Adam's trademark poise: this is the genre-bending book of the year.' - Laura Jean McKay\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Uncanny and astounding...in parts sci-fi, absurdist, fabulist, social realist...readers may find themselves equal parts unmoored and floored by this thrilling novel. I haven't stopped thinking about it.' - Deborah Crabtree, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e+\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A blend of space opera and social realism, [\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAudition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e] is a fine example of Pip Adam's ingenuity and imagination.' - Angelique Kasmara, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAotearoa New Zealand Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Audacious, inventive and radical...A fearsome intellect underpins Pip's work, and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAudition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is threaded with astute psychological insights, but there is also absurdism and humour, erotica and brain candy, and pop culture references aplenty.' - Sarah Laing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e, Newsroom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;Her work is daring, clever, and imaginatively dazzling, but none of those back-cover words seem to fit; they are too shallow, too performative, for Adam's project, which is really - and here, perhaps, most pronouncedly - about justice.\u0026amp;#x27; - Jennifer Mills,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAustralian Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;Every now and then, you are lucky enough to come across a book so inventive, so thrillingly odd, that you struggle to stop thinking about it.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAudition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003edid that for me.\u0026amp;#x27; Sian Cain,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e the Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;The pure imagination and craft that have gone into producing this work are truly awe-inspiring.\u0026amp;#x27; - Seth Robinson,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKill Your Darlings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;Extraordinary, genre-defying...Adam expertly and surreally explores colonisation, power structures, free will and the consequences of taking up too much space. This is an astonishing novel by a brave and inventive author.\u0026amp;#x27; - Danielle Bagnato,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Big Issue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46861510213790,"sku":"ADS-9781922725462","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781922725462.jpg?v=1779253309","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781922725462","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}