Club * Jezebel * Vulture * Literary Hub * Flavorwire NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: NPR * The New Yorker ("Books We Loved") * Elle * M arie Claire * Amazon Editors * The Paris Review (Staff Favorites) * Refinery29 * Bustle * Buzzfeed * BookPage * Bookish * Mental Floss * Chicago Review of Books * HuffPost * Electric Literature * A.V. “A satirical spin on the end times- kind of like The Office meets The Leftovers.” - Estelle Tang, Elle "A stunning, audacious book with a fresh take on both office politics and what the apocalypse might bring." - Michael Schaub, NPR.org GradeSaver, 16 October 2022 Web.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. Next Section Severance Summary How To Cite in MLA Format Anonymous "Severance Background".
Will review the submission and either publish your submission or provide feedback. You can help us out by revising, improving and updatingĪfter you claim a section you’ll have 24 hours to send in a draft. In their exceedingly positive review of Severance, which they named one of the best books of 2018, The New York Times wrote that the novel "offers blatant commentary on 'dizzying abundance' and unrelenting consumption, evolving into a semi-surreal sendup of a workplace and its utopia of rules." NPR thought similarly, writing that Severance is "A stunning, audacious book with a fresh take on both office politics and what the apocalypse might bring." Update this section! and the world, and nostalgia - among many other things. from China), monotony, the culture of the U.S. It is also a novel about immigration (Chen is an immigrant to the U.S. But Chen, unlike most people in the world, is immune from the disease, which helps her survive the disease but results in some trouble for her in the long run.įundamentally, Severance is a novel about capitalism and how destructive its influence can be on countries. While trying to contend with the disease, Chen must also deal with the total collapse of the United States.
That pandemic called the Shen Fever forces those who are infected with the disease to unconsciousness and repeat their routines until they die. The novel follows Chen's life before a pandemic that is described in the novel and after that pandemic that sweeps the United States in 2011. Ma's novel follows a young woman named Candace Chen, a woman who works in an unfulfilling role selling Bible-related products. Ling Ma's Severance was initially published in August 2018. Written by people who wish to remain anonymous We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.
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