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Candace Chen, a millennial drone self-sequestered in a Manhattan office tower, is devoted to routine: her work, watching movies with her boyfriend, avoiding thoughts of her recently deceased Chinese immigrant parents. So she barely notices when a plague of biblical proportions sweeps the world. Candace joins a small group of survivors, led by the power-hungry Bob, on their way to 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, Severance is a moving family story, a deadpan satire and a heartfelt tribute to the connections that drive us to do more than survive. Ling Ma was born in Sanming, China and grew up in Utah, Nebraska and Kansas. She attended the University of Chicago and received an MFA from Cornell University. Prior to graduate school she worked as a journalist and editor. Her writing has appeared in Granta, Vice, Playboy, Chicago Reader, Ninth Letter and other publications. A chapter of Severance received the 2015 Graywolf SLS Prize. She lives in Chicago. âEuroÙIn the end, Severance isnâEurot so much a story about zombies as it is an imaginative critique of capitalism. Underneath MaâEuros deadpan comedy lie shrewd observations of the West and the decadence of our everyday existence.âEuro Paris Review âEuroÙA clever and dextrous debut.âEuro Publishers Weekly âEuroÙFunny, frightening, and touching...Ling Ma manages the impressive trick of delivering a bildungsroman, a survival tale, and satire of late capitalist millennial angst in one book, and Severance announces its author as a supremely talented writer to watch.âEuro Millions Most Anticipated âEuroÙThis is a biting indictment of late-stage capitalism and a chilling vision of what comes after, but that doesn't mean it's a Marxist screed or a dry Hobbesian thought experiment...Ma also offers lovely meditations on memory and the immigrant experience. Smart, funny, humane, and superbly well-written.âEuro Kirkus Reviews, starred review âEuroÙMaâEuros language does so much in this book, and its precision, its purposeful specificity, implicates an entire generation. But what is most remarkable is the gentleness with which Ma describes those working within the capital-S System. What does it mean if a person finds true comfort working as a "cog" in a system they disagree with? Is that comfort any less real?âEuro Buzzfeed, #1 Summer Read Pick âEuroÙEmbracing the [apocalyptic fiction] genre but somehow transcending it, Ma creates a truly engrossing and believable anti-utopian worldâEuro¦[An] extraordinary debut.âEuro Booklist, American Library Association (starred review) âEuroÙMaâEuros writing about the jargon of globalised capitalism has a mix of humour and pathos that reminded me a little of Infinite Jest and a little of George Saunders; it produced a sense of estrangement from my cosmetics, my clothes, and my iPhone. I finished it feeling sad and sensitive to the garbage all around us that comes at such a high cost to planetary and human welfare.âEuro New Yorker, What WeâEurore Reading This Summer âEuroÙThe novelâEuros strength lies in MaâEuros accomplished handling of the walking dead conceit to reflect on what constitutes the good life. This is a clever and dextrous debut.âEuro Publishers Weekly âEuroÙA smart, searing exposé on the perils of consumerism, Google overload, and millennial malaiseâEuro¦An already established audience will be eager to discover this work.âEuro Library Journal

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