The Galpon
What happens when corporate success stops being a question of efficiency and becomes a moral question?
A novel about ambition, contradiction, and the human cost of the corporate world.
The Galpón unfolds over four decades inside the microcosm of HanssenBox, a company in the southeastern United States growing alongside the rise of the internet and e-commerce.
Ethan, a lifelong manager, and Oliver, an external consultant, work under the direction of a somber entrepreneur who pulls them into cycles of distrust, egocentrism, and insecurity. Within this competitive environment, the characters’ lives are gradually shaped by extremist ideologies, personal ambition, and the relentless pressure to succeed.
Rather than narrating the evolution of a company, the novel examines the psychology of those who sustain it. Business decisions reveal intimate contradictions: values publicly defended that collide with the actions required to survive in an unforgiving market.
The title evokes the galpón — the warehouse where goods are stored, but also where silences, ethical tensions, and invisible consequences accumulate. There, the boundary between conviction and convenience becomes increasingly blurred.
Through moral dilemmas, double standards, and the tension between growth and responsibility, The Galpón explores the human cost of corporate success and asks what happens when economic progress moves faster than ethical evolution.
Anchored in human ambition, fragility, and moral contradiction, The Galpón is a work of literary fiction about power, coherence, and the ethical tensions of contemporary business life.
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