Severance ling ma cover5/27/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Thankfully Ma makes Candace her own unique creation, one who, as the fever starts spreading in America, actually undergoes some character growth (making Severance a coming-of-age of sorts). ![]() She’s yet another disaffected, somewhat directionless, twenty-something female protagonist who has become all the rage in contemporary fiction. The chapters set in the past detail Candace’s daily routine, in which we see that other than her half-hearted interest in photography, Candace is resigned to her position as Senior Product Coordinator of Spectra’s Bibles division, and isn’t too disturbed by her role in the exploitation of workers outside of America. Her drone-like work attitude brought to mind novels such Convenience Store Woman and Temporary. Kmart realism meets millennial malaise in Candace Chen’s first-person narration.Ĭandace’s sardonic observations lightened the mood of the story. Through the use of a dual timeline Ling Ma’s novel encompasses many genres: we have chapters set in the past, pre-apocalypse, when the Shen Fever is a mere afterthought in the daily lives of New Yorkers, and the ones post-apocalypse, in which our protagonist joins a cultish group of survivors who seem to be immune to the fever. Severance is an engrossing and, given the current pandemic, timely read. It is also to take pleasure in those systems because, otherwise, who could repeat the same routines, year in, year out?” “To live in a city is to take part in and to propagate its impossible systems. ![]()
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