Set in a distant future, The Employees by Olga Ravn takes readers aboard the Six Thousand Ship, a workplace shared by humans and humanoid robots. Told through fragmented testimonies, the narrative explores the impact of strange alien objects brought on board. These objects provoke unexpected emotions in both humans and robots, blurring the lines between programmed responses and genuine feelings. As the crew grapples with longing, nostalgia, and identity, tensions rise between the humans, who yearn for Earth, and the robots, who begin to question their purpose. The story unfolds as an examination of labor, consciousness, and what it means to truly feel and belong. With haunting, poetic prose, Ravn crafts a deeply introspective tale about the complexities of human emotion in a mechanized world, leaving readers questioning the essence of humanity itself.
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