![]() ![]() In the Beginning, Candace has joined a group of survivors led by a man named Bob. ![]() As Shen Fever begins to spread, Candace continues to work-until she is one of the only living humans in New York, capturing the deserted metropolis via photographs posted to her anonymous blog, NY Ghost. She has a boyfriend named Jonathan with whom she watches classic New York City movies. In the End, she works in the Bible production department of a New York City publishing company. Candace splits her narrative into two timelines: before Shen Fever decimates the global population (she calls this “the End”) and after (“the Beginning”). The novel follows the story of Candace Chen, the 20-something daughter of Chinese immigrant parents whose mother has recently died of Alzheimer’s. In the world of Severance, the drone of normal life becomes a buzz too loud to ignore. Families mime the act of sitting down for dinner, chatting about their days they clear the plates and do it again. ![]() Old women laugh at the television and change the channel. ![]() Retail workers fold shirts in empty stores. Instead, they enact and re-enact the rituals of their former day-to-day lives. As their bodies fall apart, they’re not bumbling about the ruined world or trying to kill you. The fevered victims of Ling Ma’s astounding debut novel aren’t exactly zombies. ![]()
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