The Time Seller, Fernando Trias de Bes
The Time Seller, Fernando Trias de Bes
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The Time Seller
A Business Satire

Author: Fernando Trias de Bes

Narrator: Kerin McCue

Unabridged: 3 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 11/28/2008


Synopsis

Internationally acclaimed, best-selling business author Fernando TrIas de Bes pens a strikingly original fable that explores the nature of work and time-and a system that demands too much of each. In The Time Seller, AG and his family live in a smallish apartment with a not-so-smallish debt to the bank. But AG dreams of a different life and steps onto a path of exhilarating uncertainty.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Barbara on November 20, 2016

How many times have I heard the phrase, "time is money," and never gave it a second thought? "The Time Seller," by Fernando Trias de Bes, examines the idea literally, with humorous and thought-provoking results. "Why should life be any different? Why should one wait till one's deathbed to do the bala......more

Goodreads review by Alison on August 07, 2009

This book is ridiculous and hilarious. Imagine, selling time in a urine bottle. Open it up and you have a government sanctioned "time out"-- but when the main character begins selling two week jugs of time, followed by 35 year vats, society loses control. The main point the author tries to make is th......more

Goodreads review by Kanaka on December 07, 2024

The Time Seller : A Business Satire by Fernando Trías de Bes is a thought-provoking and humorous exploration of the concept of time as a commodity. The book delves into the absurdities of the modern work culture and the true cost of "selling out" to the system. It's a clever satire that challenges......more

Goodreads review by Claracristela on December 21, 2023

Novela en la que, de forma irónica, se presenta lo que puede suceder en una sociedad en la que todo es mercantilizable. El protagonista, Tipo Corriente, descubre que lo que le debe al banco no es dinero, sino 35 años de su vida, y decide entonces monetarizar el tiempo patentándolo previo a su envasa......more

Goodreads review by Carla on May 03, 2025

Madre mía soy una estudiante de bachiller y me mandaron a leer este libro para realizar un examen y tengo que decir que durante toda mi vida del instituto incluso bachiller es el mejor libro que he leído con diferencia me ha entretenido de principio final me ha enganchado una barbaridad es un libro......more