The factory

£12.99

Within a sprawling industrial complex, three new employees are each assigned a department. There, each must focuses 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. With hints of Kafka and Beckett and unexpected moments of creeping humour, ‘The Factory’ is a vivid and surreal portrait of the absurdity and meaninglessness of the modern workplace.

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From the award-winning author of Weasels in the Attic, a modern fable about the world of workBeyond the town, there is the factory. Beyond the factory, there is nothing. Within the sprawling industrial complex, three new employees are each assigned a department. There, each must focuses 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.

Additional information

Weight 0.214 kg
Dimensions 20.5 × 13.8 × 1.5 cm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

128

Language

English

Edition

Hardback original

Dewey

895.636 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K