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The Factory
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Author: Hiroko Oyamada
Title: The Factory
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 128
Release Date: 2019-10-29
Details: The English-language debut of Hiroko Oyamada-one of the most powerfully strange young voices in Japan
The English-language debut of one of Japan's most exciting new writers, The Factory follows three workers at a sprawling industrial factory. Each worker focuses intently on the specific task they've been assigned: one shreds paper, one proofreads documents, and another studies the moss growing all over the expansive grounds. But their lives slowly 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 unexpected moments of creeping humor, The Factory casts a vivid-and sometimes surreal-portrait of the absurdity and meaninglessness of the modern workplace.
EAN: 9780811228855
Package Dimensions: Height: 8 Inches, Length: 5.2 Inches, Weight: 0.31526103466 Pounds, Width: 0.4 Inches
Languages: en
