Severance

by Ling Ma

Book Overview

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.

A stunning, audacious book with a fresh take on both office politics and what the apocalypse might bring. --Michael Schaub, NPR.org

"A satirical spin on the end times-- kind of like The...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374261598
• ISBN13: 9780374261597
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

This is why I love to read. I tend to favor fiction that alternates between past and present tense, the immigrant/minority experience narration, female authors, and post-apocalyptical themes. Severance was all that and more; I never wanted it to end!