| Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) | Modern & contemporary fiction. Winner, New York Public Library's Young Lions Fiction Award, 2019.Įpidemics - Fiction. 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. But Candace is carrying a secret she knows Bob will exploit. 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. So she barely notices when a plague of biblical proportions sweeps the world. Melbourne, Victoria : The Text Publishing Company, 2018Ĭandace 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. National edeposit: Available onsite at national, state and territory libraries Ling Ma has an MFA from Cornell University. When a plague sweeps New York, Candace Chen leaves her office job to photograph the abandoned city, then links up with a group of survivors led by power-hungry IT tech Bob, and travels with them to a place called the Facility. National edeposit: Onsite at National Library of Australia The following is from Ling Ma's novel, Severance.
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