000850429 000__ 02493cam\a2200325\i\4500 000850429 001__ 850429 000850429 005__ 20210515154345.0 000850429 008__ 170929t20182018nyu\\\\\\\\\\\000\1\eng\\ 000850429 010__ $$a 2017038340 000850429 020__ $$a9780374261597$$q(hardcover) 000850429 020__ $$a0374261598$$q(hardcover) 000850429 020__ $$z9780374717117$$q(electronic book) 000850429 035__ $$a(OCoLC)on1004911431 000850429 035__ $$a850429 000850429 040__ $$aDLC$$beng$$erda$$cDLC$$dBDX$$dUOK$$dOCLCO$$dPAP$$dDAD$$dIK2$$dUAP$$dOCLCF$$dFMF$$dGK8$$dJTH$$dIGA$$dT7R$$dIUK$$dIOD$$dYDX$$dOCLCO$$dRB0$$dYUS$$dUCW$$dWLM$$dUIU$$dB@L$$dTXBWN$$dTJZ$$dWLU$$dNZAUC$$dNDD$$dTXKIL$$dLKC$$dY#4$$dBLP$$dVT2$$dUPM$$dWTU$$dOCLCQ 000850429 042__ $$apcc 000850429 049__ $$aISEA 000850429 05000 $$aPS3613.A14$$bS49 2018 000850429 08200 $$a813/.6$$223 000850429 1001_ $$aMa, Ling,$$d1983-$$eauthor. 000850429 24510 $$aSeverance /$$cLing Ma. 000850429 250__ $$aFirst edition. 000850429 264_1 $$aNew York :$$bFarrar, Straus and Giroux,$$c[2018] 000850429 300__ $$a291 pages ;$$c22 cm 000850429 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000850429 337__ $$aunmediated$$bn$$2rdamedia 000850429 338__ $$avolume$$bnc$$2rdacarrier 000850429 520__ $$aCandace Chen, a millennial drone self-sequestered in a Manhattan office tower, is devoted to routine. With the recent passing of her Chinese immigrant parents, she's had her fill of uncertainty. She's content just to carry on: She goes to work, troubleshoots the teen-targeted Gemstone Bible, watches movies in a Greenpoint basement with her boyfriend. So Candace barely notices when a plague of biblical proportions sweeps New York. Then Shen Fever spreads. Families flee. Companies cease operations. The subways screech to a halt. Her bosses enlist her as part of a dwindling skeleton crew with a big end-date payoff. Soon entirely alone, still unfevered, she photographs the eerie, abandoned city as the anonymous blogger NY Ghost. Candace won't be able to make it on her own forever, though. Enter a group of survivors, led by the power-hungry IT tech 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 carrying a secret she knows Bob will exploit. Should she escape from her rescuers? 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. Most important, it's a heartfelt tribute to the connections that drive us to do more than survive. 000850429 650_0 $$aEpidemics$$vFiction. 000850429 655_7 $$aBlack humor.$$2lcgft 000850429 85200 $$bgen$$hPS3613.A14$$iS49$$i2018 000850429 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:850429$$pGLOBAL_SET 000850429 980__ $$aBIB 000850429 980__ $$aBOOK