The Factory - Hiroko Oyamada

It's a novella, and this one seems to fit the current mood: Mysterious, foreboding industrial work, meaningless tasks leading to isolation, and what is reality in the face of absurdity. Sound familiar? Oyamada draws on her own experience working in a Japanese 'factory' environment, an award winner, Kōjō, like 1984, has some great, dystopian brain widgets that will stick with you. Like new copy, found in Berlin.