Funny and doom-drenched, The Employees chronicles the fate of the Six-Thousand Ship. Le Guin Prize for Fiction, The Employees reshuffles a sci-fi voyage into a riotously original existential nightmare. Structured as a series of witness statements compiled by a workplace commission, Ravns crackling prose is as chilling as it is moving, as exhilarating as it is foreboding. Wracked by all kinds of longing, The Employees probes into what it means to be human, emotionally and ontologically, while simultaneously delivering an overdue critique of a life governed by work and the logic of productivity. Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize and the Ursula K.
Structured as a series of witness statements compiled by a workplace commission, Ravn s crackling prose is as chilling as it is moving, as exhilarating as it is foreboding. Gradually, the crew members come to see their work in a new light, and each employee is compelled to ask themselves whether they can carry on as before and what it means to be truly living. Our shared, far-away Earth, which now only persists in memory. 2020 by Olga Ravn (Author) 81 ratings See all formats and editions Paperback 10.50 8 Used from 5.60 17 New from 8.99 Shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize The near-distant future. When the ship takes on a number of strange objects from the planet New Discovery, the crew is perplexed to find itself becoming deeply attached to them, and human and humanoid employees alike start aching for the same things: warmth and intimacy. The Employees: A workplace novel of the 22nd century Paperback 21 Sept. Buy a discounted Paperback of The Employees online from Australias leading. Those who will die, and those who will not. Booktopia has The Employees, A workplace novel of the 22nd century by Olga Ravn. The crew of the Six-Thousand Ship consists of those who were born, and those who were made. Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2021
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