The award

by Lydie Salvayre

A parable of the corporate world, The Award takes place at a ceremony in a massive automobile factory. One by one, speakers step up to the podium. A company officer introduces each award recipient with a short speech on his or her merits. Then, the winner makes a short speech of acceptance. But The Award's is a ceremony unlike any other. Each presentation becomes a minibiography of the worker and executive concerned; each speech becomes a short story told in the first-person - sometimes tragic, often very funny. And as the speeches/short stories progress, the reader learns there is a...

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