The Factory

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Pub Date 29 Oct 2019 | Archive Date 30 Sep 2019

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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.

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...


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ISBN 9780811228855
PRICE CA$20.95 (CAD)
PAGES 128

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Such a haunting, powerful debut, a very Japanese novella which focuses on the dehumanization and ultimate meaninglessness of corporate life. The story is told in three alternating POVs of workers in a mega-corporation that is slowly taking over their lives; it is not set in any specific city or specific timeline, which gives it surreal, magical realism vibes. There is quite a lot of social commentary packed in these 100 pages, but besides that, it's also wonderfully written and occasionally quite funny. I would definitely recommend it to fans of "Convenience Store Woman" and Hiromi Kawakami.

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