Bibliograph

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

Type

Label

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

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The employees

Oclc number

1277182477

Responsibility statement

Olga Ravn ; translated from the Danish by Martin Aitken

Sub title

a workplace novel of the 22nd century

Summary

"Funny and doom-drenched, The Employees chronicles the fate of the Six-Thousand Ship. The human and humanoid crew members complain about their daily tasks in a series of staff reports and memos. 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. Olga Ravn's prose is chilling, crackling, exhilarating, and foreboding. The Employees probes into what makes us human, while delivering a hilariously stinging critique of life governed by the logic of productivity"--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

adult

Classification