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Snark Inc.: A Corporate Fable

Autor Brian Gage Editat de Tom Ellsworth
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 28 feb 2002
A Devious and Clever Parody of Corporate America in the Tradition of Dr. Seuss; This witty children's book for adults blends the style of Dr. Seuss, Dilbert and Fight Club, using bold illustrations, clever rhyming verse and a man consumed by the pressures of consumer society, to tell a story both hilarious and meaningful. Will is an idealistic Everyman, trying to escape the working life and products of the omnipresent Snark Incorporated. After realising that rejecting Snark means living in exile, poor Will returns to climb the corporate ladder, and signs his name to a Snark contract while an eerily familiar snake-like boss grins over his shoulder. Readers are quickly lulled into the conventions of children's stories and the tedious moral lessons that they are designed to teach, only to discover that Snark Inc.'s strict compliance with the fable form succeeds in undermining these lessons at every turn. As the parallels between the brainwashing of children's tales and that of consumerism are fully revealed, readers will be charmed by this intelligent, edgy and deeply funny look at a fairytale that is all too real.
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ISBN-13: 9781887128704
ISBN-10: 1887128700
Pagini: 1
Ilustrații: Color illustrations throughout
Dimensiuni: 263 x 255 x 9 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: SOFT SKULL PRESS
Locul publicării:United States

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Snark Inc. takes place in the small town of Snark, U.S.A., where the citizens dream of owning Snark, the greatest and most versatile material possession on the planet. Everyone works at Snark Inc., producing Snark and making money to buy all the great Snark products on display at their local department store. But something’s amiss. Everyone’s miserable, and no one knows why. Enter Will, who decides he wants a life free of materialism and greed. This leads him to head for the hills, hoping to escape the pod mentality of everyone around him. But Snark is all-pervasive and supernaturally seductive; can Will resist its lure? Brian Gage’s dark satire fuses the wit and charm of a children’s book with a very adult take on the excesses of conspicuous consumption.