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Title	:	The Room
Author	:	Jonas Karlsson
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 190 pages
Published	:	February 17th 2015 by Hogarth (first published February 5th 2014)
Categories	:	Fiction. Contemporary. Magical Realism. Fantasy. Novels

The Room

Jonas Karlsson

Paperback | Pages: 190 pages

Rating: 3.55 | 4183 Users | 743 Reviews

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Funny, clever, surreal, and thought-provoking, this Kafkaesque masterpiece introduces the unforgettable Bjorn, an exceptionally meticulous office worker striving to live life on his own terms.

Bjorn is a compulsive, meticulous bureaucrat who discovers a secret room at the government office where he works - a secret room that no one else in his office will acknowledge. When Bjorn is in his room, what his co-workers see is him standing by the wall and staring off into space looking dazed, relaxed, and decidedly creepy. Bjorn's bizarre behavior eventually leads his co-workers to try to have him fired, but Bjorn will turn the tables on them with help from his secret room.

Debut author Jonas Karlsson doesn't leave a word out of place in this brilliant, bizarre, delightful take on how far we will go--in a world ruled by conformity - to live an individual and examined life.

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Original Title:	Rummet
ISBN:	0804139989 (ISBN13: 9780804139984)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Stockholm(Sweden)

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Ratings: 3.55 From 4183 Users | 743 Reviews

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A tragic tale of a quirky person in a workplace that values relationships and doesn't tolerate difference. Bjorn starts a new position, but as readers we pick up straight away that all may not be as it seems. Bjorn's former boss encouraged him to look for a new position elsewhere, and Bjorn finds one with the 'Authority', though the conditions are worse than he had in his previous job.Bjorn wants to do a good job. He sets strict schedules for himself, with a 55/5 plan - meaning he works for 55

(I got a copy from NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review.)This was a pretty strange read in many ways, but also a compelling one. I kept wondering about the mysterious room, whether it existed or not, whether Björn (the main character) was crazy or not, whether what happened in the room actually happened or not... because no matter what, everything was always just a tad bit too ambiguous to allow me to draw clear conclusions. On the one hand, it was slightly frustrating. On the other, it

Meet Bjorn - a legend in his own mind with a superiority complex that is off the charts and who considers himself management material through and through. He is profoundly inept socially, obtuse, odd, off-putting, awkward, and downright creepy. You know, one of those people who keeps tabs on everyone elsewhen they go to lunch and when they come back, how long they talk on the phone, chat by the coffee machine, etc. Yes, you know exactly the kind of person Im talking about. You probably have a

And suddenly I realized the difference between me and my colleagues. I was ahead of them the whole time. By about two weeks. It took them numerous attempts to understand what I could see at the first go. Was it the same thing with the room? Would they stand there one day and discover what I had tried to show them such a long time before? Maybe they were just too immature to see what seemed utterly obvious to me? Was this how Copernicus felt?I can literally open this book to any page and find a

Its a bit of a puzzler, this translated short novel. Did I like it? Yes. Did I understand it? Um, Im not sure. Ive read a little Kafka and Beckett so I understand the genre and style referred to when this as described as in the tradition of. Neither would sell millions but if it's to your taste, there's a lot of dry humour, satire and mockery to be enjoyed here.Bjorn is our protagonist. From the start we know hes not the most reliable narrator. Full of his own worth and importance, dismissive

3.5 stars Read all my reviews on http://urlphantomhive.booklikes.com The Room is an intriguing short story about one central question. Does the room exist or not?The room itself isn't special, it's just a room like any other. The only weird thing is, Bjorn is the only one who seems to notice it. Also according to the calculations there shouldn't be a room. Is Bjorn crazy or is there more to it? Bjorn is a very unreliable narrator and has some quite peculiar views. Although the writing was very

Really enjoyable story. It's short but it definitely packs a lot of story within. I felt the main character to be quite unlikeable but psychologically interesting. His attitude and the way he sees the world was unique. I don't think I've seen a character quite like him before in any book I've read.