About this book
Summary
The Ordinary Weight of Power is a literary political novel about how authority is exercised not through spectacle, but through routine. Told from the perspective of a civil servant working inside a modern bureaucracy, the story follows the quiet moral shifts that occur as efficiency replaces judgment and systems begin to outpace the people they govern. Through forms, policies, and everyday decisions, the narrator confronts the tension between obedience and conscience, stability and responsibility. With a reflective, human voice and concrete moments drawn from ordinary civic life, the novel explores how power is sustained by habits, how resistance can be subtle, and how one person’s attention can slow a machine designed to forget.Book information
Genre
Literary Classics, Politics and Government
Length
50 mins
Publish date
Jan 21, 2026
Language
English
About the Author
Ochoa Ricardo
Table of Contents
1Chapter 1
4Chapter 4
2Chapter 2
5Chapter 5
3Chapter 3
6Chapter 6
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