: Claire Baglin
: On the Clock
: Daunt Books
: 9781917092111
: 1
: CHF 8.50
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: Erzählende Literatur
: English
: 168
: Wasserzeichen
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: ePUB
A voice-driven, penetrating novel of the exploitation and alienation of the working class. In one strand, a young family bumps and scrapes through life. The hapless father balances demanding factory shiftwork, while the mother constantly prioritises the needs of others over her own. But there is also happiness: a trip to the seaside; sibling squabbles, games and laughter; tenderness and support. In another strand, a young woman describes her days working in a burger chain. It is exhausting, repetitive labour, too often peopled by tricky customers and even trickier managers. Hours pass. Days, weeks, years. It is an existence that marks the body and mind and governs a life. What emerges, alive with eloquent detail, is a compelling exploration of social inequality. Writing with nimble nuance, a sly, subtle wit, and a sharp ear, Claire Baglin marks her debut in On the Clock as a blazingly original talent.

Claire Baglin grew up in Normandy and lives in Tours. En Salle (On the Clock) is her debut.

 

 

– And why here rather than elsewhere? I imagine you’ve applied all over, even with the competition.

 

The car slows down, my father turns on the left blinker.

At long last, after an hour of negotiations, the berlingo drives through the entrance, circles the car park a couple