Hiroko Oyamada is a contemporary Japanese author known for her unique and unsettling fictional worlds. Her narratives often delve into the absurdities of everyday life, transforming the mundane into something uncanny and thought-provoking. Through a distinctive literary style, she explores themes of alienation, identity, and the subtle anxieties that permeate modern existence.
A UK debut from a fresh, prize-winning talent, this quietly surreal novel is perfect for fans of Sayaka Murata and Mieko Kawakami Two friends meet across three dinners. In the back room of a pet shop, they snack on dried shrimps and discuss fish-breeding. In a remote new home in the mountains, they look for a solution to a weasel infestation. During a dinner party in a blizzard, a mounting claustr[Bokinfo].
Told in three alternating first-person narratives, The Factory casts a vivid--if sometimes surreal--portrait of the absurdity and meaninglessness of modern life. With hints of Kafka and unexpected moments of creeping humor, Hiroko Oyamada is one of the boldest writers of her generation.