Cover of The Employees

The Employees

Original title: De ansatte

by Olga Ravn

Translated from the Danish by Martin Aitken

Publication: English translation 2022

International Booker 2021 · Shortlist

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Prize history

National Book Award for Translated Literature
2022

Longlist
International Booker Prize
2021

Shortlist

National Book Award for Translated Literature 2022 longlist

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