Ling Ma
Ling Ma is a Chinese-American author and professor known for her critically acclaimed debut novel, "Severance." Born in Sanming, China, and raised in the United States, Ma's writing often explores themes of identity, capitalism, and societal collapse. Her work has received numerous accolades, including the Kirkus Prize for Fiction. Ma's unique voice and insightful storytelling continue to captivate readers and contribute significantly to contemporary literature.
Book summaries for books written by Ling Ma
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There was always a certain romance in the idea of a city, but the reality was a different matter.
We are the last generation to have known the world before the fever.
Sometimes I felt like I was a big beautiful machine, a Frank Lloyd Wright house, with the windows open and the wind blowing through.
The city was a bulb, a crucible, a dream, a hope, a promise.
There was a kind of beauty in destruction, in the way that time moved on and took everything with it.
We were all dispensable, and that was the truth.
It was a kind of luxury, to not have to think about the rest of the world.
The past was a foreign country and this was the present, and it wasn’t so bad.
There was a sense of emptiness, of having become untethered.
There was a world outside of the office, but that world didn’t care about you.
The city was always in crisis, always on the brink, but it was also always there.
It was a strange thing, to be able to return to a place, but not really return at all.