THE ROOM - Jonas Karlsson
The Room is a short, sharp and fiendish fable in the tradition of Franz Kafka and Samuel Beckett. It is a quirky and unsettling tale about a compulsive bureaucrat, an open plan office and a secret room that only he can can see, apparently…
If you have ever toiled in an office, felt like the world was against you or questioned the nature of reality then this is the novel for you.
We loved the concept of the US cover (bottom left), designed by Christopher Brand with photography by George Baier. However for our edition we wanted to further explore the novel’s theme of reality versus imagination. We asked illustrator Harry Malt to create a stark and intriguing scene around the figure, with Bjorn’s vision of ‘the room’ mirrored on the back of the jacket. The text is also wonderfully illustrated throughout.
Published by Chatto & Windus in January.
