The room : a novel /
Karlsson, Jonas, 1971-,
The room : a novel / Jonas Karlsson ; translated from the Swedish by Neil Smith. - First edition. - 190 pages ; 19 cm
"Originally published in Sweden as Rummet in the collection Den perfekta vannen, published by Wahlstrom & Widstrand, Stockholm, in 2009"--Title page verso. Includes discussion questions.
"Björn is a compulsive, meticulous bureaucrat who discovers a secret room at the government office where he works--a secret room that no one else in his office will acknowledge. When Björn is in his room, what his co-workers see is him standing by the wall and staring off into space looking dazed, relaxed, and decidedly creepy. Björn's bizarre behavior eventually leads his co-workers to try and have him fired, but Björn will turn the tables on them with help from his secret room"--Amazon.com.
0804139989 (pbk.) 9780804139984 (pbk.)
2014014601
GBB4D0965 bnb
016947390 Uk
Clerks. Fiction.
Conformity--Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
The room : a novel / Jonas Karlsson ; translated from the Swedish by Neil Smith. - First edition. - 190 pages ; 19 cm
"Originally published in Sweden as Rummet in the collection Den perfekta vannen, published by Wahlstrom & Widstrand, Stockholm, in 2009"--Title page verso. Includes discussion questions.
"Björn is a compulsive, meticulous bureaucrat who discovers a secret room at the government office where he works--a secret room that no one else in his office will acknowledge. When Björn is in his room, what his co-workers see is him standing by the wall and staring off into space looking dazed, relaxed, and decidedly creepy. Björn's bizarre behavior eventually leads his co-workers to try and have him fired, but Björn will turn the tables on them with help from his secret room"--Amazon.com.
0804139989 (pbk.) 9780804139984 (pbk.)
2014014601
GBB4D0965 bnb
016947390 Uk
Clerks. Fiction.
Conformity--Fiction.
Psychological fiction.