无聊的亚洲女性 Boring Asian Female

基本信息

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Berkley

Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 28, 2026

Language ‏ : ‎ English

Print length ‏ : ‎ 336 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0593954580

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0593954584

Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.17 pounds

Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.84 x 9 inches

页面参数仅供参考，具体请以实物为准

书籍简介

“感谢您对我们学校的关注，但很遗憾地通知您……”您并不特别。您太普通了。您太无趣了。

好吧，既然如此，她就得让他们看看她到底有多有趣。

伊丽莎白·张很清楚自己在世界上的位置。她的受欢迎程度排在前10%，外貌吸引力排在前70%，而学术成绩则排在前99%。虽然她从来都不是漂亮或受欢迎的人，但她知道自己拥有实现梦想的智慧和抱负：哈佛法学院。然而，当哈佛以“不够出众”为由拒绝了伊丽莎白——她知道这意味着她只是另一个平庸的亚裔女性——她精心构建的生活瞬间崩塌。更令她震惊的是，她在哥伦比亚大学的同学劳拉·金竟然被录取了。伊丽莎白百思不得其解。劳拉为什么会被录取？她到底有什么特别之处？

起初，她只是出于好奇才跟着劳拉。劳拉午餐点什么，去哪里购物，有什么爱好。所有这些都应该构成她的整体形象，让她符合哈佛的录取标准。然而，伊丽莎白却视而不见。她眼中只有劳拉占据了她的位置。

她知道自己辛勤付出理应得到这个位置，而她需要把它夺回来。

这部小说层次丰富，引人深思，揭示了在社会期望和自我施加的压力下，一个人如何释放内心黑暗的一面，并展现出为了实现梦想愿意付出多大的代价。

“Thank you for your interest in our school, but we regret to inform you that…” you’re not special. You’re too average. You’re too boring.

Well, in that case, she’ll have to show them just how interesting she can be.

Elizabeth Zhang is well aware of her place in the world. She’s in the tenth percentile for likability, the seventieth percentile for attractiveness, and the ninety-ninth percentile for academics. While she’s never been the most beautiful or the most liked, she knows she has the intelligence and ambition to achieve her greatest dream: Harvard Law School. But when Harvard rejects Elizabeth for not standing out enough—which she knows means she's just another boring Asian female—her carefully constructed life falls apart. What shocks her even more is that Laura Kim, a classmate at Columbia, got in. Elizabeth can’t figure out how this could have happened. Why was Laura accepted? What makes her so interesting?

At first, she follows her because she’s just curious. What Laura orders for lunch. Where Laura shops. What Laura’s hobbies are. All of these things must contribute to her overall package, what makes her an acceptable person to Harvard. But still, Elizabeth just can’t see it. The only thing she sees is that Laura has taken her spot.

A spot that she knows she deserves after working so hard. A spot that she’ll simply have to take back.

Layered and subversive, this novel brings to light how, in the face of societal expectations and self-inflicted pressures, a person can unlock the darkest parts of themselves and show how far they’re willing to go to achieve their vision of success.

作者简介

徐灿文是一位新晋作家，她的作品曾发表于《华盛顿邮报》、《堪萨斯城星报》、《Chalkbeat》、《Areo Magazine》等刊物。她毕业于哥伦比亚大学。

Canwen Xu is a debut author whose writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The Kansas City Star, Chalkbeat, Areo Magazine, and more. She is a graduate of Columbia University.