Attraction

Winner, Michael Gifkins Prize, New Zealand, 2018Longlisted, Booktopia Favourite Australian Book, 2020Longlisted, Fiction, Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, New Zealand, 2020The present reckons with the past in Attraction, Ruby Porter’s atmospheric debut novel.Three women are on a road trip, navigating the motorways of the North Island, their relationships with one another & New Zealand’s colonial history. Our narrator doesn’t know where she stands with Ilana, her not-quite girlfriend. She has a complex history with her best friend, Ashi. She’s haunted by the memory of her emotionally abusive ex-boyfriend. And her period’s now weeks late.Attraction is a meditative novel of connection, inheritance & the stories we tell ourselves. In lyrical fragments, Porter explores what it means to be & to belong, to create & to destroy.‘[Porter’s] writing has the intensity of Sally Rooney, the rawness of Andrew McGahan’s Praise & 1988 but is also distinctly original...[A]n utterly amazing debut.’ — Jon Page‘Attraction peels back the landscape to reveal deeper truths. The writer is right inside her material – a road trip that delivers a political and sexual coming-of-age narrative. The book is a slow-burning fuse that brims with intensely felt experience. Porter is an exciting new talent.’ — Lloyd Jones‘Attraction abounds with sharp imagery, intergenerational relationships and the natural, historic & domestic environments of modern New Zealand. Ruby Porter is a gifted new writer.’ — Patricia Grace°°° Ruby Porter is a tutor of creative writing at the University of Auckland. She has been published in Geometry Journal, Aotearotica, Spinoff & Wireless, & a selection of her poetry is available on NZEPC. In 2018, she also won the Wallace Foundation Short Fiction Contest. The Present Reckons With The Past In Attraction, Ruby Porter's Atmospheric Debut Novel. Three Women Are On A Road Trip, Navigating The Motorways Of The North Island, Their Relationships With One Another And New Zealand's Colonial History. Our Narrator Doesn't Know Where She Stands With Ilana, Her Not-quite Girlfriend. She Has A Complex History With Her Best Friend, Ashi. She's Haunted By The Memory Of Her Emotionally Abusive Ex-boyfriend. And Her Period's Now Weeks Late. Attraction Is A Meditative Novel Of Connection, Inheritance And The Stories We Tell Ourselves. In Lyrical Fragments, Porter Explores What It Means To Be And To Belong, To Create And To Destroy.--publisher Description. Ruby Porter. The present reckons with the past in Attraction , Ruby Porters debut novel. Three women are on a road trip, navigating the motorways of the North Island, their relationships with one another and New Zealand's colonial history. Our narrator doesn't know where she stands with Ilana, her not-quite-girlfriend. She has a complex history with her best friend, Ashi. She's haunted by the spectre of her emotionally abusive ex-boyfriend. And her period's now weeks late. Attraction is a meditative novel of connection, inheritance and the stories we tell ourselves. In lyrical fragments, Porter explores what it means to be and to belong, to create and to destroy. The present reckons with the past in Attraction. Porter?s unnamed narrator is on a road trip between Auckland, Whangara and Levin with her friends Ashi and Ilana, haunted by the spectre of her emotionally abusive ex-boyfriend, her complicated family background and New Zealand?s colonial history. Jealousies intensify as the young women work out who they are and who they might become Winner Of The Inaugural Michael Gifkins Prize For An Unpublished Novel, Ruby Porter Is An Exciting New Voice In New Zealand Literature.