Funny and doom-drenched, The Employees chronicles the fate of the 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 ...(展开全部)

The near-distant future. Millions of kilometres from Earth. The crew of the Six-Thousand Ship consists of those who were born, and those who were made. Those who will die, and those who will not. When the ship takes on a number of strange objects from the planet New Discovery, the crew is perplexed to find itself becoming deeply attached to them, and human and humanoid employee...(展开全部)

The near-distant future. Millions of kilometres from Earth. The crew of the Six-Thousand Ship consists of those who were born, and those who were made. Those who will die, and those who will not. When the ship takes on a number of strange objects from the planet New Discovery, the crew is perplexed to find itself becoming deeply attached to them, and human and humanoid employee...(展开全部)

Shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize, The Employees reshuffles a sci-fi voyage into a riotously original existential nightmare. Funny and doom-drenched, The Employees chronicles the fate of the Six-Thousand Ship. The human and humanoid crew members alike complain about their daily tasks in a series of staff reports and memos. When the ship takes on a number of st...(展开全部)

Cubed reveals the unexplored yet surprising story of the places where most of the world's work—our work—gets done. From "Bartleby the Scrivener" to The Office, from the steno pool to the open-plan cubicle farm, Cubed is a fascinating, often funny, and sometimes disturbing anatomy of the white-collar world and how it came to be the way it is—and what it might become.

Cubed reveals the unexplored yet surprising story of the places where most of the world's work—our work—gets done. From "Bartleby the Scrivener" to The Office, from the steno pool to the open-plan cubicle farm, Cubed is a fascinating, often funny, and sometimes disturbing anatomy of the white-collar world and how it came to be the way it is—and what it might become.

▼作者简介 尼基尔‧萨瓦尔 Nikil Saval 印度裔美国人，作家、编辑、新闻工作者，现居费城。 2004年毕业于哥伦比亚大学，自2004年起，他开始研究办公室的起源，曾在美国《n+1》杂志上发表了《办公室的诞生》一文。萨瓦尔目前是《n+1》杂志的编辑，他的文章也常刊于《纽约时报》《伦敦书评》《牛津美国》《洛杉矶时报》《赫芬顿邮报》《新政治家》等媒体。 他从事过劳工相关研究，并在UNITE HERE劳工组织当过志愿工作者。 ▼译者简介 吕宇珺 译者，从事翻译工作多年，非洲联盟委员会前主席祖马女士访华时，担任随同中英交传；自由撰稿人，曾为《环球》《看历史》等媒体撰写文章。

This deeply lyrical book offers perspective for those struggling to hear the quiet voice of the soul over the din of the contemporary workplace... Alan Briskin examines how organizations can better reflect personal and human values in the workplace.

▼作者简介 尼基尔‧萨瓦尔 Nikil Saval 印度裔美国人，作家、编辑、新闻工作者，现居费城。 2004年毕业于哥伦比亚大学，自2004年起，他开始研究办公室的起源，曾在美国《n+1》杂志上发表了《办公室的诞生》一文。萨瓦尔目前是《n+1》杂志的编辑，他的文章也常刊于《纽约时报》《伦敦书评》《牛津美国》《洛杉矶时报》《赫芬顿邮报》《新政治家》等媒体。 他从事过劳工相关研究，并在UNITE HERE劳工组织当过志愿工作者。 ▼译者简介 吕宇珺 译者，从事翻译工作多年，非洲联盟委员会前主席祖马女士访华时，担任随同中英交传；自由撰稿人，曾为《环球》《看历史》等媒体撰写文章。