Supersaurio: A Novel

Meryem is twenty-five, armed with a humanities degree, and part of a generation promised everything only to find themselves over-caffeinated, underpaid, and living with their parents. She lands a coveted internship at the corporate headquarters of Supersaurio, the largest grocery store chain in the Canary Islands, hoping it's her first step into a real career. Instead, she finds a soul-crushing daily grind of workplace tedium, colleagues who can't be bothered to pronounce her name, and the quiet indignities of a dehumanizing office culture. To survive, she channels her frustration into her secret teenage hobby: writing fan fiction, reimagining her inept and insecure coworkers in darkly hilarious narratives.

What begins as a coping mechanism soon becomes a way to navigate the absurdities of her life, including awkward dates and a complicated office crush. This brutally honest and comedic novel captures the specific frustrations of trying to build a life in a world that feels stacked against you. It explores the struggle to define oneself amidst the pressures of capitalism, casual racism, and the seemingly endless battle of modern work. The story offers a vital portrait of a young woman refusing to be just another cog in a machine that spins and spins before running her over.