The Employees
$24.09
- Paperback
144 pages
- Release Date
9 February 2026
Summary
The Yearning of the Six-Thousand Ship
On the Six-Thousand Ship, an inexplicable shift has occurred. The crew, a mix of human and humanoid, are drawn to strange objects brought aboard from a newly discovered planet. This attraction sparks a deep yearning, a longing to feel the objects and a curious hunger for Earth, a home many barely recall.
The Board of Directors, intrigued, initiates a series of interviews. Employees born of flesh dream of soil, asphalt, and the sounds of …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781405976787 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1405976780 |
| Author: | Olga Ravn, Martin Aitken |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 9 February 2026 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 15mm |
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About The Author
Olga Ravn
Olga Ravn (Author)
Olga Ravn is one of Denmark’s most celebrated contemporary authors. Her novel The Employees was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2021, the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize and longlisted for the National Book Awards and the Dublin Literary Award. Her novel My Work won the Politikens Literature Prize in 2021 and led to changes in the country’s maternity rights. She has also written shorter pieces for the New Yorker, the Paris Review and Granta.
Martin Aitken (Translator)
Martin Aitken has translated the works of many Scandinavian writers, among them Karl Ove Knausgaard, Helle Helle, Hanne Ørstavik and Olga Ravn. He lives in Denmark.
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