The novel “The Employee” by Belgian writer Jacques Sternberg, published in English translation by Wakefield Press, is a surreal masterpiece that deconstructs the absurdity of modern bureaucracy. The novel, winner of the Black Humor Award in 1961, blends science fiction and fantasy to tell the story of an employee's fictional journey that transcends logic, transforming daily routine into satirical existential horror.The Clerk was first published in French by Les Éditions de Minuit in 1958. It won the Grand Prix for Black Humor in 1961. This first English translation offers a fierce, startling, and chaotic exercise of the imagination that will leave readers perplexed and awestruck.
employee | a novel
الموظف | رواية
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Bibliographic Data
| Author | |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Wakefield PressWebsite |
| Country | استراليا |
| Primary Category | Languages and Literature |
| Published | 2025 |
| Language | English (EN) |
| Pages | 192 pages |
| Edition | The first |
| Dimensions | 13×20 |
| ISBN | جاك ستيرنبرغ |
| Translation | Not Translated |
About Jacques Sternberg
**Jacques Sternberg** (1923–2006) was a literary maverick who wrote over fifty books that roamed freely through genre and influence without ever adhering to anything that might threaten constraint.
