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The Employees, written by Olga Ravn and translated by Martin Aitken, is a nonlinear epistolary novel that explores the interactions between humans and androids working "together" in the 22nd century.
Fiction has to be exactly weird enough for me to enjoy it, and The Employees delivers in a big way. Throughout the book there are themes of anticapitalism and critisim of the modern workplace, reflecting on how these destroy individuality, and how easy it is to become attatched to the unknown when it disrupts the timeloop qualities of your life.There are allegories of transness through transhumanism and even neurodivergence. Ravn credits Ursula K. Le Guin as her inspiration for the structure of her book and some of its core themes.
The Employees is by far one of the best books I have ever read, it's short and easily holds the reader's attention through its episodic and nonlinear structure. Everyone should read this book.
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