{"product_id":"the-factory-hiroko-oyamada-9781803510538","title":"The Factory","description":"From the award-winning author of Weasels in the Attic, a modern fable about the world of workBeyond 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. There, 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.","brand":"Granta Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50252315885856,"sku":"9781803510538","price":11.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781803510538.jpg?v=1781204779","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/the-factory-hiroko-oyamada-9781803510538","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}