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Please join PNWJETAA Book Club on January 12 at 3 pm at Fresh Flours Bakery & Cafe on Phinney Ridge for our first meeting of 2020! We will discuss The Factory, the English-language debut of one of Japan’s most exciting new writers, Hiroko Oyamada.

About the book: The Factory follows three workers at a sprawling industrial factory. Each worker focuses intently on the specific task they’ve been assigned: one shreds paper, one proofreads documents, and another studies the… moss growing all over the expansive grounds. But their lives slowly become governed by their work―days take on a strange logic and momentum, and little by little, the margins of reality seem to be dissolving: Where does the factory end and the rest of the world begin? What’s going on with the strange animals here? And after a while―it could be weeks or years―the three workers struggle to answer the most basic question: What am I doing here? With hints of Kafka and unexpected moments of creeping humor, The Factory casts a vivid―and sometimes surreal―portrait of the absurdity and meaninglessness of the modern workplace.

Join the Pacific Northwest JET Alumni Association as we celebrate another year! Meet new friends and reconnect with old ones as we reflect on 2019 and look ahead to 2020, the year of the rat.
Last year, the pot-luck style was a success so we’re going to do that again! Please feel free to bring a dish. Drink tickets will be made available for alcoholic drinks ($5 for two).
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明けましておめでとうございます！
今年もよろしくお願いします！
RSVP will be requested to get an idea for attendance.
Everyone is welcome to this family-friendly event!

"Why the World Needs Japan More Than Ever" - Lecture & book signing by Roger Pulvers - award winning author, director, screen writer and translator! Hosted by JCCCW