Severance: A Novel Paperback – May 7, 2019 by Ling Ma

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Author: Ma Ling

Brand: Picador

Edition: Reprint

Package Dimensions: 22x210x250

Number Of Pages: 304

Release Date: 07-05-2019

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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.”A stunning, audacious book with a fresh take on both office politics and what the apocalypse might bring.” ―Michael Schaub, NPR.org“A satirical spin on the end times– kind of like The Office meets The Leftovers.” –Estelle Tang, ElleNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: NPR * The New Yorker (“Books We Loved”) * Elle * Marie Claire * Amazon Editors * The Paris Review (Staff Favorites) * Refinery29 * Bustle * Buzzfeed * BookPage * Bookish * Mental Floss * Chicago Review of Books * HuffPost * Electric Literature * A.V. Club * Jezebel * Vulture * Literary Hub * FlavorwireWinner of the NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award * Winner of the Kirkus Prize for Fiction * Winner of the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award * Finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel * A New York Times Notable Book of 2018 * An Indie Next SelectionCandace 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 takedown 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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Winner of the 2019 NYPL Young Lions Fiction AwardWinner of the 2018 Kirkus Prize for FictionWinner of the 2019 VCU Cabell First Novelist AwardWinner of the 2019 Friends of American Writers First Prize in LiteratureFinalist for the 2019 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut NovelShortlisted for the 2019 Neukom Institute Literary Arts Award for Debut Speculative FictionA New York Times Notable Book of 2018An NPR Best Book of 2018An Elle Best Book of 2018A Marie Claire Best Book of 2018A Buzzfeed Best Book of 2018A Refinery29 Best Book of 2018A Jezebel Favorite Book of 2018A Bustle Best Book of 2018An Electric Lit Best Novel of 2018A Lit Hub Best Book of 2018A BookPage Best Book of 2018A Bookish Best Book of 2018A Mental Floss Best Book of 2018A Chicago Review of BooksBest Book of 2018A HuffPost Best Fiction Book of 2018An Electric Literature Best Book of 2018An A.V. Club Favorite Book of 2018A Jezebel Favorite Book of 2018A Vulture Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Book of 2018Longlisted for the Aspen Words PrizeA Book of the Month Club Selection for December 2018Shortlisted for the 2018 Chicago Review of Books AwardNew York Magazine Approval Matrix, “Highbrow Brilliant”An Indie Next Great Reads SelectionA Southern Living Best New Book of Summer 2018A Millions Most Anticipated Book of 2018An Alma Favorite Book for FallA Nylon Best Book of Summer 2018A Chicago Magazine Summer Reading PickA Library Journal Summer Fall Best Debut Novel An April Magazine Most Anticipated Book of 2018A BookBub Laugh-Out-Loud