CHEESE by Willem Elsschot, Sander Berg (Trans) ( 9781846884160 )

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Title:

CHEESE

By:

Willem Elsschot, Sander Berg (Trans)

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

1846884160

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9781846884160

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Publisher:

ALMA BOOKS LTD

Pub. date:

20 October, 2016

Pages:

300

Translated from:

Dutch; Flemish

Description:

Willem Elsschot's Cheese combines comedy and pathos in its depiction of a man trying to progress beyond his limited skill set. As poignant as it is funny, Cheese will appeal to anyone who has suffered the endless indignities of office life.

Synopsis:

When the ambitious but inept clerk Frans Laarmans is offered a job managing an Edam distribution company in Antwerp, he jumps at the chance, despite his professed dislike for cheese in all its forms. He soon finds himself submerged in a bureaucratic nightmare as his complete incompetence becomes apparent. Meanwhile, his offices fill up with a seemingly infinite supply of the distinctive red-skinned cheeses, which he has no idea how to sell.Skewering the pomposity of big business while revealing how an entrepreneurial spirit can often be a mask for buffoonery, Willem Elsschot's Cheese combines comedy and pathos in its depiction of a man trying to progress beyond his limited skill set. As poignant as it is funny, Cheese will appeal to anyone who has suffered the endless indignities of office life.

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