{"product_id":"the-factory","title":"The Factory","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Factory\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eHiroko Oyamada\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780811228855\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eNew Directions\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2019\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eTranslation\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e128\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"New Directions","offers":[{"title":"The Factory | Hiroko Oyamada | Paperback | 9780811228855 | New | Fiction 1210811","offer_id":50550526640386,"sku":"1210811","price":29.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/61dkhFqbyzL.jpg?v=1790467962","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/the-factory","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}