紐約 425 公路：遠行的開端

1994年在人類進化的科技史上，畫出了一條無盡綿延的分水嶺，那一年，Email在世界各國的大學內初步發展開來，帶來前所未有的高端新科技領域；同年五月美金兌換台幣的匯率是1：27, 台幣不斷的升值攀高，進入台灣經濟鼎盛時期。

台灣一群幸運的大學畢業生，在生逢時、生逢地的小時代留美追夢攻讀研究所；有人追求學位，有人追求財富，有人追求自由，有人追求愛情。他們在美國快速跟著來自世界各國菁英的腳步，大家來自四面八方，英雄所見略同的進入美國紐約州立大學水牛城校區就讀，一起展開熱鬧逗趣的鬥智、鬥志的詼諧生活。

紐約425公路原先是一條平淡無奇的美式公路，道路的盡頭，面對著寧靜沉穩的湖泊。這條道路後來變成一條充滿希望、洗滌心靈，大家一起高談闊論的夢想大道……

本書為紐約425公路的第一部，描述著這群青春洋溢的台灣留學生1994年八月一日至十二月三十一日在美國初來乍到，團結互助，苦中作樂，充滿鬥志的新生活。本書初稿完成於2007年作者受邀至哈佛大學擔任訪問學人一職。

The prevalence of email has become a global phenomenon since 1994.That year happened to mark one of the golden periods of economic prosperity in Taiwan, with the lower USD/New Taiwan Dollars exchange rate making both tuition and boarding .... less expensive for studying in the United States. A group of Taiwanese students in their 20s took the opportunity to start an .. adventure, and met each other for the first time in the State University of New York at Buffalo. Among them was Hwei-Hang ..Su, a 22-year-old born and raised in rural Southern Taiwan. She chose to study Linguistics, against her father's advice that ...she should study something more "practical". Shy and plain-looking but ultimately witty and chivalrous, Hwei-Hang was ........ determined to explore America's diverse culture as well as the colourful customs and beliefs of the other countries.

Told with a profound sense of humour, the stories of Hwei-Hang and her friends in Buffalo are a joy to read as they went ........ through massive mayhem, troubles, fights, laughs, tears and surprises. This book, first of a series, depicts their entry to the Brave New World in 1994, where New York State Route 425, hidden by Route 62 (Niagara falls Boulevard), proved to be the .. source of serenity, courage and faith that they needed in order to face all the difficulties at school and in life.