Queen of the Leftovers

Name: Queen of the Leftovers
ISBN: 9787535456410

落落Yangtze River Literature and Art Publishing House2012

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Series: Sheng Zhe Wei Wang
ISBN: 9787535456410

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Summary

The Survivor is representative of author Luo Luo's shift from campus youth fiction to urban workplace drama. First serialized in Zui Novel in 2010, it was published in two volumes. The protagonist, Sheng Ruxi, was born in 1980 and has worked for years at a Fortune 500 company. Though she has achieved modest career success, her romantic life has long been a blank. As the threshold of thirty looms closer by the day, her parents' urgings to marry, a steady stream of blind dates, and friends and colleagues marrying and having children one after another force her to confront, again and again, the label of "leftover woman" that society has pinned on her. Her two friends are likewise workplace elites: her supervisor Wang Lan, capable and efficient, has nearly lost all hope in love after the wounds of a broken engagement; her friend Zhang Yu, lively and sharp-tongued, seeks true feeling through a cycle of falling in love and breaking up. All three waver between career and love, struggling with anxieties about age and social worth, each making radically different choices about marriage, intimacy, and self-worth. The arrival of Ma Sai, a younger male colleague, stirs the orderly routine of Sheng Ruxi's life and brings to the surface the subtle dynamics among her, Wang Lan, and Zhang Yu. Through a wealth of incisive, caustic dialogue and interior monologue, the novel paints a group portrait of urban women who appear glamorous and professionally accomplished yet whose love lives are full of twists and turns.

Editor's review

《剩者为王》常被视作落落创作的一道分水岭：此前她写校园里的少女心事，此后她转身直面成年人的职场、婚恋与现实压力。这部小说最难得的地方，在于它没有把“剩女”写成自我怜悯的悲情符号，而是让盛如曦、汪岚、章聿三个性格迥异的女性，带着各自的骄傲、脆弱与算计，在相亲、加班、父母争吵与暧昧关系里真实地活着。落落的文字细碎而敏锐，对话却锋利得像刀，一句句剖开都市女性关于年龄、尊严和爱情的心事；郭敬明称它是落落的“作品与人生命运转折”，笛安则说读到后来更关心的不是结局，而是盛如曦能否遇上再也不想错过的爱情。2015年由落落执导、舒淇与彭于晏主演的同名电影，也正是由这部小说改编，可见其话题性与情感浓度经得起时间检验。

Who it's for

A good fit for

喜欢都市女性题材、关注婚恋话题的读者
曾在催婚与相亲中感到疲惫和共鸣的职场女性
喜欢对白犀利、内心独白细密的文风的读者
落落或《最小说》系列的旧读者，想看她从校园转型都市的写作
想了解2010年代中国“剩女”话语的文学读者

Not a good fit for

偏好宏大叙事、强情节类型小说的读者
期待轻松甜宠爱情故事的读者
对婚恋焦虑、长辈催婚等话题较敏感的读者

Reading tips

按第一部、第二部的顺序读，前后人物的关系与心理变化才能接得上
不妨把三位女性当作三种爱情观的对照来读，留意她们的选择差异
书中大量对白与内心独白适合慢读，可以边读边记下触动自己的句子
读完可对照2015年同名电影，比较小说与影像对盛如曦的不同处理

About the publisher

Yangtze River Literature and Art Publishing House China · Founded in 1955

Founded in Wuhan in 1955, Yangtze River Literature and Art Publishing House is a literary publisher under Hubei Changjiang Publishing and Media Group. Public information is limited, so the following focuses on the publishing directions reflected in the books in our database. The press publishes modern and contemporary Chinese literature, classical literary studies, translated foreign literature and educational works. Its catalog includes Chen Yinke's Studies on the Origins of Sui and Tang Institutions and On Tang Political History and The Unofficial Biography of Liu Rushi, Lao She's Camel Xiangzi and Four Generations Under One Roof, and Selected Essays of Lu Xun, as well as translations such as Yasunari Kawabata's Snow Country and educational writings by Sukhomlinsky. Its publishing character lies in balancing literary classics with scholarly works, with attention to textual editing and the accumulation of major authors' works; its author resources span leading modern writers, historians and foreign authors.

FAQ

《剩者为王》一共有几部？

小说分两部：第一部最初由长江文艺出版社于2011年1月出版，2012年11月再版；第二部（完结篇）于2012年11月出版。2015年长江文艺出版社又推出了两部的典藏版。

《剩者为王》有电影版吗？

有。2015年11月6日上映的同名电影《剩者为王》由落落执导，舒淇、彭于晏主演，改编自这部小说。

这本书的主角是谁？

女主角是盛如曦，1980年出生、在世界五百强公司任职的未婚女性。她身边的重要人物还有好友汪岚、章聿，以及年轻同事马赛。

这本书是校园青春小说吗？

不是。它是落落从校园题材转向都市职场的转型之作，背景放在公司、相亲场合和家庭关系里，讨论的是大龄女性的婚恋与自我认同。

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About the author

落落 Author · Chinese · 1982

Luo Luo (born 1982), whose real name is Zhao Jiarong, is a contemporary Chinese writer, director and screenwriter born in Shanghai. She is known to readers for her youth literature, including Niánhuá shì wúxiào xìn (Youth Is an Invalid Letter), Chén'āi xīngqiú (Dust Planet) and Bùxiǔ (Immortal), each of which has sold more than 300,000 copies. Her writing focuses on the emotions and confusions of young people growing up, in a delicate style. She received the Golden Dragon Award for Best Comic Screenplay from the China Animation and Comic Awards, and later moved into film, directing Sheng zhě wéi wáng (The Last Woman Standing) and Bēishāng nìliú chéng hé (Cry Me a Sad River). The library also lists works under her name, Gǔdū (The Old Capital) and Yīdòu de wǔnǚ (The Izu Dancer), commonly classified as foreign literature and social fiction; public information on the editorial background of these two works is limited and awaits further verification.