Everyday Life - 9781564783493
Un libro in lingua di Lydie Salvayre Kuntz Jane (TRN) edito da Dalkey Archive Pr, 2006
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The hiring of a new secretary shouldn't be a big deal--just a slight a change in the office environment. But for the protagonist of this novel, it is a declaration of war, a call to arms: "The new secretary has only been here two days," she says, "and I'm already talking about evil, a word I shouldn't even be using--arming myself for battle and choosing my weapons." Her quiet life of sacrifice and service has been rudely disrupted by the new hire, and she is not--despite the advice of her doctor, her neighbors, and her daughter--about to leave it at that. Instead, sabotage, alcohol, and kindness become the arsenal in a conflict fought across copy rooms and office parties. But the humor is undercut by a sadness, a sense of defeat that makes this slim novel resonate with the injustice of our increasingly impersonal, corporate world.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Everyday Life
- Lingua: English
- Autori : Lydie Salvayre Kuntz Jane (TRN)
- Editore: Dalkey Archive Pr
- Collana: Dalkey Archive Pr (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 14 Novembre '06
- Genere: FICTION
- Argomenti : Secretaries Fiction Office politics Fiction
- Pagine: 119
- Dimensioni mm: 196 x 127 x 12
- ISBN-10: 1564783499
- EAN-13: 9781564783493