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The factory

Hiroko Oyamada ; translated from the Japanese by David Boyd

(A New Directions paperbook, 1460)

New Directions, 2019

Other Title

Kōjō

工場

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Description

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.

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Details

  • NCID
    BB31712991
  • ISBN
    • 9780811228855
  • LCCN
    2019020096
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    jpn
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    116 p.
  • Size
    21 cm
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