The Room
of Jonas Karlsson, Neil Smith (Translator)
Description
Funny, clever, surreal, and thought-provoking, this Kafkaesque masterpiece introduces the unforgettable Bjorn, an exceptionally meticulous office worker striving to live life on his own terms.Bjorn is a compulsive, meticulous bureaucrat who discovers a secret room at the government office where he works - a secret room that no one else in his office will acknowledge. When Bjorn is in his room, what his co-workers see is him standing by the wall and staring off into space looking dazed, relaxed, and decidedly creepy. Bjorn's bizarre behavior eventually leads his co-workers to try to have him fired, but Bjorn will turn the tables on them with help from his secret room. Debut author Jonas Karlsson doesn't leave a word out of place in this brilliant, bizarre, delightful take on how far we will go--in a world ruled by conformity - to live an individual and examined life.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 190 pages
- Publisher Hogarth
- Publication Date February 17th 2015
- First Publication 02/05/14
- Language English
- ISBN 9780804139984
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['Stockholm (Sweden)']
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