{"product_id":"the-factory","title":"The Factory","description":"\u003cp\u003eBeyond the town, there is the factory. Beyond the factory, there is nothing. Within the sprawling industrial complex, three new employees are each assigned a department.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003ePublished: UK, 2023\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Granta Books\u003cbr\u003ePages: 116\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003eISBN 13: 9781803510538\u003cbr\u003eISBN 10: 1803510536\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Hiroko Oyamada","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49676302942474,"sku":"","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/files\/9781803510538.jpg?v=1722159072","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/the-factory","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}