En savoir plus sur le livre
• A luminous, funny and charming novel from National Book Foundation ‘5 under 35’ Honouree, Weike Wang, about a young Chinese-American scientist must recalibrate her life when her academic career goes off-track • Chemistry has already received praise from authors Ann Patchett, Amy Hempel, Stephanie Danler and Ha Jin, as well as a deluge of critical and popular acclaim from US readers • Wang studied chemistry at Harvard, where she experienced firsthand the novel’s high-pressure academic environment. Her novel is an inside, honest look at the struggle to succeed as a female research scientist at a prestigious university • Wang’s prose is cutting, wry and witty—Chemistry is delightfully funny, as well as being filled with emotional depth • Wang was born in Nanjing, China, and learned English living in Toowong, Brisbane between the ages of 5 and 10 • Will appeal to fans of Jenny Offill’s Dept. of Speculation, Hope Jahren’s Lab Girl and Celeste Ng’s Everything I Never Told You
Achat du livre
Chemistry, Weike Wang
- Langue
- Année de publication
- 2018
- product-detail.submit-box.info.binding
- (souple)
Modes de paiement
Il manque plus que ton avis ici.
- Titre
- Chemistry
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Weike Wang
- Éditeur
- Text Publishing Co
- Publié
- 2018
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 224
- ISBN10
- 1925603679
- ISBN13
- 9781925603675
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Littérature contemporaine
- Évaluation
- 3,75 sur 5
- Description
- • A luminous, funny and charming novel from National Book Foundation ‘5 under 35’ Honouree, Weike Wang, about a young Chinese-American scientist must recalibrate her life when her academic career goes off-track • Chemistry has already received praise from authors Ann Patchett, Amy Hempel, Stephanie Danler and Ha Jin, as well as a deluge of critical and popular acclaim from US readers • Wang studied chemistry at Harvard, where she experienced firsthand the novel’s high-pressure academic environment. Her novel is an inside, honest look at the struggle to succeed as a female research scientist at a prestigious university • Wang’s prose is cutting, wry and witty—Chemistry is delightfully funny, as well as being filled with emotional depth • Wang was born in Nanjing, China, and learned English living in Toowong, Brisbane between the ages of 5 and 10 • Will appeal to fans of Jenny Offill’s Dept. of Speculation, Hope Jahren’s Lab Girl and Celeste Ng’s Everything I Never Told You