The Factory

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Books
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9.99
book_author_name: 
Hiroko Oyamada
book_type: 
Paperback
publisher: 
Granta Books
published_date: 
10/10/2024
isbn: 
9781803510590
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Books > Fiction > Modern & contemporary fiction
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Hiroko Oyamada|Paperback|Granta Books|10/10/2024
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9781803510590
Book Description: 
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.

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