The Factory
by Hiroko Oyamada
Review by Maia
This short novel follows the separate lives of three workers, each newly employed at the prestigious corporate company that permeates the infrastructure of their entire town. The chapters of this book rotate in perspective between the three characters and we witness as they dismiss their instincts, suppress their suspicions and attempt to convince themselves to believe the seductive promises of corporate ease. The longer they spend in The Factory, the more strange and frightening the place becomes, seething with a sinister coercion. This novel showcases the cunning ways corporations control, manipulate and puppeteer the proletariat, a consuming and punchy read.
