![]() ![]() ![]() Thanks to acclaimed translator Martin Aitken, English speakers can read this stunning novel, which we are proud to share an excerpt of today, courtesy of Book*hug Press. The objects become obsessions for the crew members, who fixate on the ideas of love, home, and family-things left far behind on Earth-that the objects represent.īy turns witty and dark, distant and intimate, The Employees is a totally original creation, from one of Denmark’s literary superstars. The darkly funny tale, told in a series of reports and memos, follows crew members both human and humanoid, as they complain about the daily grind aboard the Six-Thousand Ship. Everything changes though when the ship takes on board artifacts from a planet called New Discovery. What's more relatable than griping about the repetitive and dull nature of a bad job? Except for the nameless characters in Olga Ravn's Booker nominated The Employees (Book*hug Press, translated by Martin Aitken), the jobs are as a crew members on a deep space ship, hundreds of years in the future. ![]()
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