{"product_id":"audition-paperback-1","title":"Audition - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePip Adam\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA genre-defying novel--part science fiction, part social realism--from one of the most powerful voices in New Zealand literature today.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 disempowerment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePip Adam's transcendent new novel sets its eye firmly on our current justice system and asks what happens when those in power decide someone takes up too much room?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePip Adam is the author of four novels: \u003ci\u003eAudition\u003c\/i\u003e (2023), \u003ci\u003eNothing to See\u003c\/i\u003e (2020), \u003ci\u003eThe New Animals\u003c\/i\u003e (2017), which won the Acorn Foundation Prize for Fiction, and \u003ci\u003eI'm Working on a Building\u003c\/i\u003e (2013); and the short story collection \u003ci\u003eEverything We Hoped For\u003c\/i\u003e (2010). She makes the \u003ci\u003eBetter off Read\u003c\/i\u003e podcast where she talks with authors about writing and reading and lives in Wellington, Aotearoa (New Zealand).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 10, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378864058470,"sku":"9781566897310","price":25.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/lWfbu-CRXY9781566897310.webp?v=1768912494","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/audition-paperback-1","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}