Beschreibung
Beyond the town, there is the factory. Beyond the factory, there is nothing. Within the sprawling industrial complex, three employees are assigned to different departments. There, each must focus on a specific task: one shreds paper, one proofreads documents, and another studies the moss growing all over the expansive grounds. As they grow accustomed to the routine and co-workers, their lives become governed by their work. Days take on a strange logic and momentum, and little by little, the margins of reality seem to be dissolving: Where does the factory end and the rest of the world begin? What's going on with the strange animals here? And after a while - it could be weeks or years - the three workers struggle to answer the most basic question: what am I doing here? With hints of Kafka and Beckett and unexpected moments of creeping humour, The Factory is a vivid, and sometimes surreal, portrait of the absurdity and meaninglessness of the modern workplace.
| EAN: | 9781803510590 |
| Farbverschnitt: | Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 03.10.2024 |
| Autoren: | Oyamada, Hiroko |
| Übersetzung: | Boyd, David |
| Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: | 128 |
| Themenüberschrift: | FICTION / General |
| Keyword: | authors like Sayaka Murata; books like Convenience Store Woman; best Japanese writers; best Japanese fiction; international booker prize; books like Strange Weather in Tokyo; Hiromi Kawakami; Banana Yoshimoto; Yoko Tawada; authors like Jeff Vandermeer; severance; there's no such thing as an easy job |
| Fachschema: | Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~Japanische Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung |
| Länge: | 206 mm |
| Breite: | 128 mm |