Office Politics
  • Published: 4 March 2011
  • ISBN: 9781845968571
  • Imprint: Mainstream Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 448

Office Politics

How to Thrive in a World of Lying, Backstabbing and Dirty Tricks

  • Oliver James
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Writings by world-renowned authors inspired by Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which starts memorably with Article 1: we are all born free and equal, Freedom is an enthralling anthology of short stories by some of the world's top writers.

Most of the stories have been written especially for this anthology by a renowned array of internationally acclaimed writers, including Paulo Coelho, Yann Martel, AL Kennedy, Ali Smith, Amit Chaudhuri, Ariel Dorfman, Helen Dunmore, Marina Lewycka, Walter Mosley, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, James Meek, Kate Atkinson, David Mitchell, Hector Aguilar Camin, Ishmael Beah, Boris Akunin, Alice Pung and Banana Yoshimoto.

Each acclaimed contributor has chosen one of the thirty UDHR rights as the basic inspiration for his or her story, and the result is an anthology that contains a complete mix of thoughtful, serious, funny and thrilling stories that provide some completely unexpected takes on the issue of human rights.

Published in association with Amnesty International, Freedom is an eclectic collection that will prompt readers to engage imaginatively with what human rights mean for all of us.
  • Published: 4 March 2011
  • ISBN: 9781845968571
  • Imprint: Mainstream Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 448
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Praise for Office Politics

Very impressive

The Bookseller

A fine collection of short stories . . . inspirational and a very good read

The Big Issue

As a compendium of global injustice, Freedom is illuminating and impressive

The Guardian

A powerful, often surprising collection . . . very effective

Daily Mail

This volume does exactly what it's meant to: it gives us an uncomfortable reminder of the freedoms that we take for granted, freedoms which were hard won, and which are still not univesal, or safe from reversal even here if we don't guard our rights

Scottish Review of Books

An inspirational collection of stories [which] reverberates with the vision of worldwide freedom . . . uses the power of literature to outstanding effect

The Good Book Guide

It is hard to pick a few of the many highlights from this extraordinary collection

Tribune

Vibrant and often chilling, these stories paint a rousing picture of the continuing battle to ensure basic human dignity

Publishers Weekly