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Translated from the Japanese by David Boyd The English-language debut of Hiroko Oyamada—one of the most powerfully strange young voices in Japan The English-language debut of one of Japan's most exciting new writersThe 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, & 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 & momentum, & little by little, the margins of reality seem to be dissolving: Where does the factory end & 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 & unexpected moments of creeping humor, The Factory casts a vivid—& sometimes surreal—portrait of the absurdity & meaninglessness of the modern workplace.Born in Hiroshima in 1983, Hiroko Oyamada won the Shincho Prize for New Writers for The Factory, which was drawn from her experiences working as a temp for an automa

Who reads The Factory?

Author

Hiroko Oyamada, David Boyd (translation)

Publisher

New Directions Publishing Corporation

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9780811228862

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, World Fiction

Rating

3.8 / 5 (330 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14