Description
Three years into demanding graduate studies at a Boston university, an unnamed young Chinese woman realizes that her once-bright love for chemistry has become more theory than truth. As her research stalls and her relationship with a fellow scientist deepens—alongside the pressure of a marriage proposal—she is forced to confront a question no lab can solve: what does she truly want, beyond achievement and expectation? Blending the precision of scientific inquiry with the emotional messiness of ambition, desire, and self-definition, the novel explores how identity forms when the path you planned stops working. With Weike Wang’s sharp, intimate style, this is a story about reinvention—where the most difficult experiments may be the ones inside the heart.
Available Editions
paperback
Alfred A. Knopf
Published Jan 1, 2017
211 pages
ISBN: 9781524731748
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Details
First Published
2017
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Chemistry by Weike Wang.