Audition
Audition by Pip Adam is a genre-defying novel published by Coffee House Press in 2025. This 240-page work combines elements of science fiction and social realism, presenting a unique narrative centered around a spaceship named Audition. Within its confines, three giants—Alba, Stanley, and Drew—find themselves immobilized, forced to engage in conversation to keep the ship moving while confronting their shared past marked by imprisonment and disempowerment.
Readers will discover a thought-provoking exploration of memory and justice as the characters navigate their experiences and the implications of their silence. The novel delves into themes of power dynamics and societal structures, prompting reflection on the nature of space and identity. Audition invites readers to consider the consequences of authority and the complexities of human experience within a fantastical framework, making it a significant addition to contemporary literature.
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A genre-defying novel–part science fiction, part social realism–from one of the most powerful voices in New Zealand literature today.
A spaceship called Audition 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.
Talk 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.
Pip 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?
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