The Employees

The crew of the Six-Thousand ship consists ofthosewho were born, and those who were created. Those who will die, and those who will not. Whentheshiptakes ona number of strange objects from the planet New Discovery, thecrew isperplexed to find itself becoming deeply attached to them, and human and humanoidemployees alike find themselves longing for the same things: warmth and intimacy. Loved ones who have passed. Our shared, far-away Earth, which now only persists in memory.Gradually, the crew members come to see themselves in a new light, and each employee is compelled to ask themselves whether their work can carry on as before – and what it means to be truly alive.Structured asa series of witness statements compiled by a workplace commission, Ravn’s crackling proseis as chilling as it is moving, asexhilarating as it is foreboding. Wracked by all kinds of longing, The Employees probes into what it means to be human, emotionally and ontologically, while simultaneously delivering an overdue critique of a life governed by work, capitalist structures and the logic of productivity.Winner of a Jan Michalski Award