Hard Copy
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Hard Copy
Hard Copy
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. However, to her employees, the blossoming relationship is a worrying cry for help.
Diagnosed with burnout and placed on leave, she faces severance and, worse, separation from her beloved printer. But she is 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: 9781035906451
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 June 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Apollo
Contributors:
- Translated by Hester Velmans
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 18.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 190g
Pages: 256
About the Author
Fien Veldman (1990) is 2022's recipient of the Joost Zwagerman Essay-award for her essay βNot really making itβ, about growing up in a working-class neighbourhood in Leeuwarden. In 2018 she won the Elise Mathilde Essay Award for her essay βBorders, doors and eyes openβ. 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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