A quirky and unsettling tale, of dark humour and strange realities, about a bureaucrat, an open plan office and a secret room...
The Authority looks favourably upon meticulousness, efficiency and ambition. In fact, they don't even see the Room at all.The Room is a short, sharp and fiendish fable in the tradition of Franz Kafka, Samuel Beckett and Charlie Kauffman.
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A quirky and unsettling tale, of dark humour and strange realities, about a bureaucrat, an open plan office and a secret room...
The Authority looks favourably upon meticulousness, efficiency and ambition. In fact, they don't even see the Room at all.The Room is a short, sharp and fiendish fable in the tradition of Franz Kafka, Samuel Beckett and Charlie Kauffman.
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A quirky and unsettling tale, of dark humour and strange realities, about a bureaucrat, an open plan office and a secret room...The Authority looks favourably upon meticulousness, efficiency and ambition. Bjorn has all of this in spades, but it's only in the Room that he can really shine. Unfortunately, his colleagues see things differently. In fact, they don't even see the Room at all.The Room is a short, sharp and fiendish fable in the tradition of Franz Kafka, Samuel Beckett and Charlie Kauffman. If you have ever toiled in an office, felt like the world was against you or questioned the nature of reality then this is the novel for you.
Critic Reviews
“A gripping, tense, demonic fable in which the unease is precision-tooled and the turns of the screw wholly unexpected.”
A gripping, tense, demonic fable in which the unease is precision-tooled and the turns of the screw wholly unexpected. Neel Mukherjee
The Room is the most effective chapbook on workplace comportment since Glengarry Glen Ross. Hats off! Nick Offerman, Ron Swanson in Parks and Recreation
Thoroughly enjoyable… If you read only one novel by a famous Swedish actor translated into English this year, make it The Room -- Ian Sansom Guardian
Kafka meets The Office in this hilarious and chilling Swedish fable of workplace politics -- Kate Saunders The Times
A brief but brilliant tale -- Stephanie Boland Financial Times
About the Author
Jonas Karlsson (Author)Jonas Karlsson, one of Sweden's most prominent actors, has performed on Sweden's premier stage and in acclaimed feature films and TV series. Karlsson's playwriting debut, Nocturnal Walk, received rave reviews; spurred by the joy of writing for the stage, Karlsson began writing fiction. His first novel in the UK, The Room, was published last year.Neil Smith (Translator)Neil Smith has translated many acclaimed Norwegian and Swedish novels, including books by Fredrik Backman and Leif G. W. Persson's The Dying Detective, winner of the CWA International Dagger 2017. He lives in Norfolk.
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