{"product_id":"9781803510538","title":"The Factory","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Oyamada, Hiroko\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eJapan\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 2 November 2023 by Granta Publications Ltd in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 128 pages\u003cbr\u003e206 x 135 x 16 | 210g\u003cp\u003eFrom 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oyamada, Hiroko","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50666282483896,"sku":"9781803510538","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781803510538.jpg?v=1734738152","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781803510538","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}