Severance - Grand Format

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Is it the end of the world, or just another day at the office ? Candace Chen—newly minted New Yorker, first-generation American, recent orphan, millennial... Lire la suite
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Is it the end of the world, or just another day at the office ? Candace Chen—newly minted New Yorker, first-generation American, recent orphan, millennial worker bee—loves going to work. She likes the routine, and the anonymity of the city. She likes coordinating the production of specialty Bibles—having a project to complete, an object to create, troubles to shoot. Sometimes she likes watching movies in her boyfriend's basement apartment.
Lather, rinse, repeat. So Candace barely notices when Shen Fever sweeps New York Families flee. Companies cease operation. The subways squeak to a halt. Persuaded by a big payout to be a one-person skeleton crew at the office, she spends her free time photographing the abandoned city as an anonymous blogger : NY Ghost. Eventually, though, Candace will have to escape from Manhattan. Enter a group of survivors, led by a power-hungry IT specialist named 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 guarding a secret Bob will certainly exploit. Will her rescuers become her captors ? 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 in which the end of the world gets put in its rightful place—just another setback for an already besieged culture.
Most of all, it's a heartfelt tribute to the connections that drive us to do more than survive.

Caractéristiques

  • Date de parution
    01/08/2018
  • Editeur
  • ISBN
    978-0-374-26159-7
  • EAN
    9780374261597
  • Format
    Grand Format
  • Présentation
    Relié
  • Nb. de pages
    295 pages
  • Poids
    0.42 Kg
  • Dimensions
    14,5 cm × 21,8 cm × 2,6 cm

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Biographie de Ling Ma

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 an editor. Her writing has appeared in Cranta, VICE, Playboy, Chicago Reader, Ninth Letter, and other publications. A chapter of Severance received the 2015 Graywolf SLS Prize. She lives in Chicago.
A reading group guide for Severance is available at www.ReadingGroupGold.com.

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