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The fevered

BooksInfected, still aliveA fungus2010 to today

The fevered of Ling Ma's novel are infected people who compulsively repeat old routines, without consciousness, until they die. The story follows a Manhattan office worker through a pandemic that slowly dismantles society. The novel won the Kirkus Prize and was a New York Times Notable Book.1

Battle it
First appeared
2018
Released 2018
Source work
Severance (2018)
Ling Ma
Made in
USA
What causes it
A fungus
Shen Fever, a fictional fungal infection that originates in Shenzhen, China.
Intelligence
Mindless
field notes

What the sources say

1

They repeat familiar routines compulsively and without awareness until they die1

2

There is no cure1

3

The narrator is a Manhattan office worker who coordinates the production of Bibles1

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Themes include nostalgia, office culture and consumerism1

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Won the Kirkus Prize for fiction in 20181

Sources

  1. Severance (novel) - Wikipedia

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