{"product_id":"finally-work-daniele-de-zen-9798285981244","title":"Finally, Work!","description":"\u003cb\u003eFINALLY, WORK!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA tragicomic and surreal tale about the first encounter with the world of work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSimone has studied. A lot. He's made it through high school, university, a master's degree, countless exams, libraries, lecture notes, and sleepless nights spent highlighting. He's done everything expected of a good student. And now, finally, he's ready. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOr at least, that's what he thought. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBecause once the studying ends, Simone finds himself facing a new and mysterious land: the search for a first job. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe has no idea where to start. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe sends out resumes, scours job ads, tries to make sense of portals, acronyms, \"minimum required experience,\" and motivational blurbs packed with enthusiasm but empty of meaning. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvery attempt vanishes into thin air. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUntil one day, almost by chance, he gets a call. A company invites him to an interview. The location is vague, the time approximate, the tone... unsettlingly polite. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAgainst all odds, Simone gets hired. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut what awaits him has nothing to do with what he studied. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWelcome to the real world of work. The one where nobody quite knows what they're doing - but does it with great conviction. Where emails are more longer, meetings feel like group rituals, and coworkers speak in code, always on the verge of a breakdown or a promotion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe hallways are quiet, yet charged with passive-aggressive tension. Coffee breaks turn into confessionals. Glowing monitors reveal parallel lives. And the absurd slowly replaces logic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere are those who speak only in corporate aphorisms, those who live for the next deadline (which no one really understands), and those who never appear but are always mentioned like some higher entity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINALLY, WORK!\u003c\/b\u003e is a tragicomic, timely, and surreal story about stepping into the workplace - told with a clear eye, a sharp wit, and a gently disillusioned heart. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough the dazed and sincere gaze of its protagonist, the reader explores the grotesque side of modern office life, where words lose meaning, gestures repeat endlessly, and each day brings a new little mystery to unravel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA world where efficiency is often just performance, and internal communication borders on fantasy fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book is for those who: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHave searched for a job and felt like a number\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHave sat through interviews where the role was \"dynamic\" yet incomprehensible\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHave known a colleague who communicates only via CC\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHave had to decipher org charts as cryptic as treasure maps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e------\u003cbr\u003eAnd have asked themselves: \"Is all this normal?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a lively and biting style, \u003cb\u003eFINALLY, WORK!\u003c\/b\u003e tells a personal story that could easily be anyone's. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA modern odyssey made of digital paperwork, fake smiles, abstract KPIs, and directives justified by \"strategic guidelines\" that sound like they came from an oracle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBehind every cryptic email, every endless meeting, every never-ending presentation, hides the great adventure of adaptation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOr at least, trying to. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWelcome. Or maybe not.\u003cbr\u003eBut you're in it now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniele de Zen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798285981244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.27d","brand":"Daniele de Zen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852574175487,"sku":"9798285981244","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/finally-work-daniele-de-zen-9798285981244","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}