Cheese / Книга на Английском (Elsschot Willem); Alma Books, 2017
- Издатель: Alma Books
- ISBN: 9781846884160
EAN: 978-1-84688-416-0
- Книги: Классическая зарубежная проза на английском языке
- ID: 13843192
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When the ambitious but inept clerk Frans Laarmans is offered a job managing an Edam distribution company in Antwerp, he jumps at the chance, despite his professed dislike for cheese in all its forms. He soon finds himself submerged in a bureaucratic nightmare as his complete incompetence becomes apparent. Meanwhile, his offices fill up with a seemingly infinite supply of the distinctive red-skinned cheeses, which he has no idea how to sell.
Skewering the pomposity of big business while revealing how an entrepreneurial spirit can often be a mask for buffoonery, Willem Elsschot’s Cheese combines comedy and pathos in its depiction of a man trying to progress beyond his limited skill set. As poignant as it is funny, Cheese will appeal to anyone who has suffered the endless indignities of office life.
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Автор(ы) | Elsschot Willem |
Год издания | 2017 |
Издатель | Alma Books |
ISBN | 9781846884160 |
Обложка | мягкая обложка |
Кол-во страниц | 144 |
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