Severance - Couverture souple

Ma, Ling

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1925773272 ISBN 13 : 9781925773279

Editeur : The Text Publishing Company, 2018

Synopsis

Offbeat, apocalyptic, and unforgettable, Severance is one of the most recognised books of our times.

"Severance is the best work of fiction I've read yet about the millennial condition-the alienation and cruelty that comes with being a functional person under advanced global capitalism, and the compromised pleasures and irreducibly personal meaning to be found in claiming some stability in a terrible world. I love how, in this novel, doom is inevitable, and yet it comes so slowly you might not even notice it." — Jia Tolentino, author of Trick Mirror

"Ma's 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." — Emily Witt, The New Yorker

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: NPR * The New Yorker ("Books We Loved") * Elle * Marie Claire * The Paris Review (Staff Favourites) * Refinery29 * Bustle * Buzzfeed * BookPage * Bookish * Mental Floss * Chicago Review of Books * HuffPost * Electric Literature * A.V. Club * Jezebel * Vulture * Literary Hub * Flavorwire

Winner of the NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award * Winner of the Kirkus Prize for Fiction * Winner of the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award * Finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel * A New York Times Notable Book of 2018 * An Indie Next Selection

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. As Shen Fever spreads, 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?

One of the most celebrated novels of our time, Severance is a send-up and takedown of the rituals, routines and missed opportunities of contemporary life. It is a moving family story, a deadpan satire and a heartfelt tribute to the connections that drive us to do more than survive.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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 Severancereceived the 2015 Graywolf SLS Prize. She lives in Chicago.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The Text Publishing Company
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1925773272
• ISBN 13: 9781925773279
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible