Bibliograph

The employees, a workplace novel of the 22nd century, by Olga Ravn ; translated from the Danish by Martin Aitken

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The employees, a workplace novel of the 22nd century, by Olga Ravn ; translated from the Danish by Martin Aitken

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

The employees

Oclc number

1245345734

Responsibility statement

by Olga Ravn ; translated from the Danish by Martin Aitken

Series statement

New Scandinavian literature, No. 3

Sub title

a workplace novel of the 22nd century

Summary

"The crew of the Six-Thousand Ship consists of those who were born, and those who were made. Those who will die, and those who will not. When the ship takes on a number of strange objects from the planet New Discovery, the crew is perplexed to find itself becoming deeply attached to them, and human and humanoid employees alike start aching for the same things: warmth and intimacy. Loved ones who have passed. Shopping and child-rearing. Our shared, far-away Earth, which now only persists in memory. Gradually, the crew members come to see their work in a new light, and each employee is compelled to ask themselves whether they can carry on as before – and what it means to be truly living. Structured as a series of witness statements compiled by a workplace commission, Ravn’s crackling prose is as chilling as it is moving, as exhilarating as it is foreboding. Wracked by all kinds of longing, The Employees probes into what it means to be human, while delivering an overdue critique of a life governed by the logic of productivity." -- publisher's description

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Workplace novel of the 22nd centuryWorkplace novel of the twenty-second century

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