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Hard Copy

A story of girl meets printer
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Spending long hours in her claustrophobic office cubicle, a customer service assistant is struggling. Isolated, frustrated, and lonely, she finds comfort in only one thing: the office printer. As she confides in the printer about her hopes and dreams, her fears and her past, it becomes... Read More
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Hard Copy

An incisive debut novel-in-translation about a woman who becomes obsessed with her office printer, for fans of Sayaka Murata and Halle Butler.

An incisive debut novel-in-translation about a woman who becomes obsessed with her office printer, for fans of Sayaka Murata and Halle Butler.

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Spending long hours in her claustrophobic office cubicle, a customer service assistant is struggling. Isolated, frustrated, and lonely, she finds comfort in only one thing: the office printer. As she confides in the printer about her hopes and dreams, her fears and her past, it becomes clear to her that he is listening. But to her employees, this blossoming relationship is a worrying cry for help.

Diagnosed with burnout and placed on leave, she faces severance andβ€”worseβ€”separation from her beloved printer. But she's not about to give up on her only friend without a fight. And, it turns out, neither is he.

'A talented new voice worth paying attention to.' Irish Times

'Equal parts searing intelligence and madcap sweetness. Simply brilliant.' Jenny Mustard

'Very funny on the tedium of office life.' Irish Independent

'Intimate and surprising at every turn… A truly one-of-a-kind novel: I loved it.' Sarah Maria Griffin

'This novel has it all. It's smart, captivating, poignant, absurd, moving, and terribly funny.' Jente Posthuma

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781035906444

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 06 June 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Apollo

Contributors:

  • Translated by Hester Velmans

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 202.0mm

Weight: 323g

Pages: 256

About the Author

Fien Veldman (1990) is 2022's recipient of the Joost Zwagerman Essay-award for her essay β€˜Not really making it’, about growing up in a working-class neighbourhood in Leeuwarden. In 2018 she won the Elise Mathilde Essay Award for her essay β€˜Borders, doors and eyes open’. From 2010 until 2016, she worked as a theatre critic. (And, of course, she has also worked in customer service.) Hard Copy is her debut novel.

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