A review by emergencily
Severance by Ling Ma

5.0

• in retrospect, uncanny clairvoyance to the COVID pandemic
• a humorous, satirical and dark commentary on the machine of capitalism spinning its wheels endlessly and futilely even while a global pandemic sets the world on fire. the wheels on the bus go round and round while the bus drives off a bridge into a canyon
• diaspora growing pains
• the complicated memory of our parents & the weight of their sacrifice
• every time she reminisced about her parents i felt my throat closing up and tears in my eyes