Who says management consultants can’t be literary heroes?
“工作小说”：现代文学的弃儿

Dickens and Gaskell engaged with the everyday realities of industrial capitalism. Now, workplace dramas rarely make it on to the page — but for novelist Alexander Starritt, business is life
工作与爱并列为弗洛伊德所说的人类生活两大基石，却罕见于当代小说的核心主题。亚历山大·斯塔里特将文学引入现代商业世界，并非出于对资本主义的颂扬，而是在呈现后资本主义语境中弥漫的压抑与困境——或许，这才是文学注定要承担的命运。