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Four office workers, one unforgettable weekend - this shimmering lost German classic, introduced by Megan Nolan, unveils the hidden lives inside every employee.
They blur, they dissipate into a multitude of fleeting images, shadows, and reflections . . .
Post-war West Germany. In an open-plan office on the thirteen floor of a vast corporation, thousands of workers are fragmented in their transparent glass cubicles.
Four employees sit at their desks: a grey-suited executive secretary; a short-sighted translator; a once-glamorous typist; and a sleepy-eyed trainee. Their weekend begins at Saturday lunchtime, and we join these four colleagues until they reconvene on Monday morning, experiencing a panoramic vista of their pasts and presents, joys and sorrows, realities and illusions.
Lost for decades since it was first published in Germany in 1959, and in a new translation by Rob Madole for the first time, this shimmering debut novel by a pioneering female writer exposes the mirages that define how we live: in the workplace, in the home, and in our own mind's eye.
A new translation by Rob Madole.
