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.
| Autor |
Hiroko Oyamada |
|---|---|
| Vydavateľ |
Granta Books |
| Jazyk | anglický |
| Väzba | Paperback / softback |
| Počet strán | 128 |
| Formát | 198 x 129 |
| EAN | 9781803510590 |
| Rok vydania | 2024 |
| Edícia |
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