The Employees probes into what makes us human, while delivering a hilariously stinging critique of life governed by the logic of productivity.
Olga Ravn’s prose is chilling, crackling, exhilarating, and foreboding. When the ship takes on a number of strange objects from the planet New Discovery, the crew becomes strangely and deeply attached to them, even as tensions boil toward mutiny, especially among the humanoids. The human and humanoid crew members complain about their daily tasks in a series of staff reports and memos. The Employees is an alarmingly brilliant work of art"― Max Porterįunny and doom-drenched, The Employees chronicles the fate of the Six-Thousand Ship. A strange, beautiful, deeply intelligent and provocative investigation into humanity. The Employees: A workplace novel of the 22nd century Paperback Februby Olga Ravn (Author), Martin Aitken (Translator) 397 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 8.91 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 19.61 11 Used from 12.55 18 New from 15.57 1 Collectible from 53. I was obsessed from the first page to the last. The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century by Olga Ravn, Translated by Martin Aitken (New Directions, February 1) This novel was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2021. Shortlisted for the International Booker prize, The Employees reshuffles a sci-fi voyage into a riotously original existential nightmare The Employees: A workplace novel of the 22nd century by Olga Ravn, translated by Martin Aitken / ISBN 9780811231350 / 125-page hardback from New Directions The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century Kindle Edition by Olga Ravn (Author), Martin Aitken (Translator) Format: Kindle Edition 281 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 8.91 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 19.38 28 Used from 12.05 31 New from 12.
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