Severance
A Novel
Ling Ma
In Ling Ma's offbeat and wryly funny novel, Severance, Candace Chen, a first-generation American and millennial drone, is navigating adulthood in a routine-driven life. However, when a plague sweeps New York, she finds herself alone and photographing the abandoned city under the pseudonym, NY Ghost. Soon, Candace joins a group of survivors led by a power-hungry IT tech and must navigate her way through a new society. This apocalyptic satire is a moving family story, a quirky coming-of-adulthood tale, and a hilarious, deadpan tribute to human connections that drive us to do more than just survive.
Publish Date
2018-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
2018-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
3.92
ISBN
9781250214997
Categories
Recommendations
7
Recommendations
2018-05-11T13:07:52.000Z
Obsessed with this book & the “severance package” it came in. I did not realize how badly I wanted to read an office novel that was also an apocalypse novel, what a sick & perfectly tuned thrill – source2020-07-28T04:45:14.000Z
@AyeshaASiddiqi i LOVED it and immediately tried to get everyone i know to read it and one lost my copy. but this gif will probably motivate me into finally replacing it. truly a perfect book – source2021-01-16T14:34:27.000Z
@MikeIsaac I loved this book, and it was written *before* the pandemic (just barely)
Also read “My Year of Rest and Relaxation” for more of those fever dream isolation coping vibes – source2021-02-05T00:06:39.000Z
Two of my favorite books are on kindle sale today: Severance by Ling Ma and Annihilation by @jeffvandermeer. If you haven't read them, now is a good time to buy! – source2019-12-30T18:16:43.000Z
Top 9 books of ‘19! @jamiattenberg @jenniferweiner @LisaTaddeo @jeaninecummins @CounterpointLLC @fsgbooks – source2021-02-18T17:34:43.000Z
@gamedev_fitness I absolutely loved Severance when I read it ages ago, I can't imagine how surreal it was to read it DURING the pandemic. This is one of the books I always recommend when people ask me for book recs. – source