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Picador
May 2019
On Sale: May 7, 2019
Featuring: Candace Chen; Bob
304 pages
ISBN: 1250214998
EAN: 9781250214997
Kindle: B078X1KJ28
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Science Fiction | Humor
Maybe it’s the end of the world, but not for Candace Chen, a
millennial, first-generation American and office drone
meandering her way into adulthood in Ling Ma’s offbeat,
wryly funny, apocalyptic satire, Severance. Candace Chen, a millennial drone self-sequestered in a
Manhattan office tower, is devoted to routine. With the
recent passing of her Chinese immigrant parents, she’s had
her fill of uncertainty. She’s content just to carry on: She
goes to work, troubleshoots the teen-targeted Gemstone
Bible, watches movies in a Greenpoint basement with her
boyfriend. So Candace barely notices when a plague of biblical
proportions sweeps New York. Then Shen Fever spreads.
Families flee. Companies cease operations. The subways
screech to a halt. Her bosses enlist her as part of a
dwindling skeleton crew with a big end-date payoff. Soon
entirely alone, still unfevered, she photographs the eerie,
abandoned city as the anonymous blogger NY Ghost. Candace won’t be able to make it on her own forever, though.
Enter a group of survivors, led by the power-hungry IT tech
Bob. They’re traveling to a place called the Facility,
where, Bob promises, they will have everything they need to
start society anew. But Candace is carrying a secret she
knows Bob will exploit. Should she escape from her rescuers? A send-up and take down of the rituals, routines, and missed
opportunities of contemporary life, Ling Ma’s Severance is a
moving family story, a quirky coming-of-adulthood tale, and
a hilarious, deadpan satire. Most important, it’s a heartfelt tribute to the connections
that drive us to do more than survive.
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