{"product_id":"the-employees-a-workplace-novel-of-the-22nd-century","title":"The Employees: A workplace novel of the 22nd century","description":"\u003cp\u003eReshuffling a sci-fi voyage into a riotously original existential nightmare\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Employees chronicles the fate of the interstellar Six-Thousand Ship. The human and humanoid crew members complain about their daily tasks in a series of staff reports and memos. When the ship takes on a number of strange objects from the planet New Discovery, the crew becomes strangely and deeply attached to them, even as tensions boil toward mutiny, especially among the humanoids.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWHY WE PICKED IT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOlga Ravn’s prose is chilling, crackling, exhilarating, and foreboding. The Employees probes into what makes us human, while delivering a hilariously stinging critique of life governed by the logic of productivity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-1 mt-2 whitespace-pre-line leading-relaxed first:mt-0\" data-sentry-component=\"P\" data-sentry-source-file=\"p.tsx\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDETAILS\u003c\/strong\u003e • Author: Olga Ravn • Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation • Format: Paperback\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Cedar Leaf Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45534107336748,"sku":"9780811234825","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0697\/2234\/1420\/files\/9780811234825.jpg?v=1778516632","url":"https:\/\/cedarleafbooks.com\/products\/the-employees-a-workplace-novel-of-the-22nd-century","provider":"Cedar Leaf Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}