Littattafan da suka burge ni da kyawawan rubuce-rubucensu da kuma labaran da ba za a manta da su ba. Ya dace da masu karatu waɗanda ke yaba wa fasahar harshe.
10:04: Wani Labari
Ben Lerner, 2014
256 p.
Sharhin Littafi daga Molly Lundquist
Nuwamba, 2014
Yana da wuya a faɗi inda kake a cikin aikin Ben Lerner, musamman ma sabon littafinsa—wani karatu mai ban sha'awa da ban sha'awa.
♦ Shin Lerner shine mai ba da labari na farko? (Mafi yawa...watakila.)
♦ Shin wannan aikin almara ne? (Eh. A'a... Eh.)
♦ Shin mai ba da labari/marubuci/Ben Lerner zai mutu? (Wa ya sani.)
♦ Shin birnin New York yana fuskantar ambaliyar ruwa? (Eh da a'a.)
♦ Shin duniya ta ƙare? (Yana jin kamar zai iya...ko ya kamata.)
♦ Lokacin nawa ne? (Ɗaya daga cikin manyan tambayoyin littafin.)
Idan kana mamakin abin da littafin zai iya nufi, ba kai kaɗai ba ne. Amma ingancinsa mai ban sha'awa shi ne abin da ke sa littafin ya zama mai ban sha'awa. 10:04 yana da ban sha'awa sosai—wanda hakan ke sa mutum ya yi dariya, yana sa tunani ya yi kyau, kuma yana da ban mamaki.
Tsoho Mai Shekaru 100 Da Ya Hawo Tagar Ya Bace
Jonas Jonasson, 2009 (Eng. Fassara, 2012)
400 p.
Sharhin Littafi daga Molly Lundquist
Agusta, 2014
A cikin wannan labari mai ban sha'awa, har ma da na barkwanci, Allan Karlsson ya rarrafe ta taga gidan Old Folks ya sauka a cikin gadon pansies. Yana sanye da takalman ɗakin kwana, kuma yana gudu—duk don guje wa bikin cikarsa shekara 100.
Littafin ya biyo bayan Allan, wani kasada mai ban mamaki a lokaci guda. Da sa'a da yaudara, ya sami nasarar guje wa waɗanda suka kama shi, ba makawa ya sauka a kan ƙafafunsa - duk da cewa, a yanzu, ƙafafunsa sun bar takalman ɗakin kwana don samun takalma ... takalma na ɗaya daga cikin mutanen da Allan ya kashe (irin waɗanda ya kashe).
11/22/63
Stephen King, 2011
880 p.
Sharhin Littafi daga Molly Lundquist
Oktoba, 2013
Yana da shafuka 880 masu tsayi—marubucin ya ɗauki lokacinsa a cikin wannan littafin—wanda ke nufin za ka iya kawai ka zauna a ciki. Kuma sai dai idan fim ne mai ban sha'awa da sauri da kake nema, ba za ka yi takaici ba.
Masoya sun san King a matsayin kwararre a fannin tsoro. Amma a cikin 11/22/63 Yana nuna nau'ikansa a fannoni daban-daban—gaskiya, almarar tarihi, soyayya, damuwa, falsafa, da kuma almarar hasashe (watau, tafiyar lokaci)—kuma, ba abin mamaki ba ne, ya ƙware a komai.
La'ananne
Joyce Carol Oates, 2013
688 p.
Sharhin Littafi daga Molly Lundquist
May, 2013
A cikin shekaru da suka gabata, na yi ta fargabar Joyce Carol Oates—tare da jarumanta da kuma shirye-shiryenta da suka yi kama da na ban mamaki. Don haka na ji tsoro sosai. La'ananne.
To, ga kuma abubuwan ban dariya da ta saba yi, a wannan karon an sanya su a cikin mahallin tarihi, tare da yanayin gothic, da kuma labarin ban dariya na tatsuniya - kuma duk abin ya burge ni sosai har ya yi mini wuya a ajiye littafin.
Zamanin Sha'awa
Jennie Fields
368 p.
Nuwamba, 2012
Edith tana yin jima'i (eh, Edith Wharton!), duk da cewa zai yi wuya mutum ya sami kalmomin "jima'i" da "Wharton" a cikin jumla ɗaya. Yana da wuya a yi tunaninta—tare da haɓa mai laushi da riguna masu tsayi—a matsayin wata halitta ta jima'i; hakika, Wharton bai taɓa tunanin kanta a matsayin haka ba. Duk da haka, wannan haɗin kai shine babban jigon tarihin rayuwar Jennie Fields ta almara.
Edith ta makale a cikin auren da ba shi da ƙauna, duk da cewa ba za a iya daina tausaya wa mijinta da ke cikin fushi ba. Teddy Wharton, mutum mai kirki ko mai sauƙin kai, yana ƙaunar matarsa da matuƙar wahala, amma jima'i tsakanin su biyun ba ya wanzuwa. Bayan ya yi ƙoƙarin yin hakan sau ɗaya a cikin auren, wata Edith da ta shiga cikin damuwa ta gaya wa Teddy, "ba za a sake yin hakan ba."
Matar Ahab
Sena Jeter Naslund, 1999
668 p.
Disamba 2006
Wasu mutane sun cinye wannan littafin; wasu kuma sun gaya min cewa ba za su iya kammala shi ba. Hakika, babban burina ne: sake maimaita littafin Moby-Dick, Babban abin al'ajabi na Amurka, daga hangen nesa na mace.
Yawancin littafin da nake so—kodayake ba duka ba ne. Galibi, ina yaba wa basira da jarumtar marubuci wajen ƙoƙarin yin irin wannan aikin, musamman marubuci mai irin wannan ƙarfin fahimtar tatsuniyoyi da salon rubutun kalmomi masu kyau.
Duk Aljanu Suna Nan: Tarihin Ɓoyayyen Matsalar Kuɗi
Beverly McLean da Joe Nocera, 2010
416 p.
Yuni 2011
McLean da Nocera suna nuna yatsa Duk Aljanu—ba wai ga mutane kaɗan ba, har ma ga masu tsara manufofi, 'yan kasuwa, da kuma nau'ikan kuɗi daban-daban.
Sun ce babu wani mugun mutum da ya ɗauki alhakin hatsarin na 2008. Madadin haka, hatsarin ya faru ne sakamakon gazawar tsarin da ta ƙarfafa - kuma kwadayi da rashin kulawa suka ƙarfafa shi.
Arcadia
Lauren Groff, 2012
320 p.
Sharhin Littafi daga Molly Lundquist
Janairu, 2013
Wahayin Utopian sun kama tunanin adabinmu a cikin shekaru aru-aru—tun daga Adnin Littafi Mai Tsarki da na Plato Jamhuriyar ta hanyar Thomas More's Utopia (wanda a zahiri ya ƙirƙira mana kalmar), da kuma na Nathaniel Hawthorne Soyayyar Blithedale.
Lauren Groff's Arcadia Littafin shine na baya-bayan nan a cikin wannan dogon layi kuma yana iya tsayawa cikin shahararrun magabatan sa. Littafin ya shiga cikin jerin "Mafi Kyawun Littattafai" na 2012 - kuma ya cancanci hakan.
The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, 2011
528 p.
Fabrairu, 2012
Ga masu bita da yawa, The Art of Fielding yana tsaye tare da Bernard Malamud's The Natural a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan wasannin baseball na kowane lokaci.
Tashoshin Chad Harbach MalamudHakika, amma Herman Melville shine ainihin abin da ya fi burge shi. Melville yana nan a cikin abubuwan ban mamaki kuma mafi mahimmanci a cikin duhun jigon soyayya na rayuwa a matsayin wanda ba a iya sani ba, wanda ba za a iya bayyana shi ba, kuma wanda ba za a iya kwatantawa ba.
Astral
Kate Christensen, 2011
320 p.
Nuwamba 2011
A tsakiyar murfin wannan littafin* akwai wani mutum a kan keke da ke kewaye da wani layin titin da babu kowa. Idan aka yi zaton wannan mutum yana wakiltar Harry Quirk, jarumin littafin, to wannan misali ne mai kyau na halin da Harry ya tsinci kansa a ciki.
Harry mutum ne wanda ke sakar da kuma yin ta cikin hanyoyin Brooklyn, a wata ma'anar, ta cikin rayuwa kanta. Babu madaidaiciyar layi zuwa inda yake zuwa: hanya ce mai karkatacciya da karkata. Amma kada ku damu, Harry ya isa inda yake. Abin farin cikin wannan littafin shine Harry da kansa da Brooklyn, New York - hanyoyinta da hanyoyin ruwanta, hanyoyin tafiya da mashaya... da kuma halittu masu ban mamaki da ke zaune a cikinta duka.
Atonement
Ian McEwan, 2002
480 p.
Janairu 2007
Abokan aikinsa 'yan Birtaniya sun taɓa yi masa lakabi da "Ian Macabre" saboda jerin littattafansa masu ban sha'awa amma marasa daɗi.
Amma a wannan karon, Ian McEwan ya rubuta wani littafi mai kyau da kayatarwa, wanda ya yi daidai da launukan Jane Austen, musamman nata. Northanger Abbey kuma jarumar matashiya ce mai yawan tunani wanda ke jefa ta cikin matsala mai yawa.
Kyawawan Kaza
Jess Walter, 2012
352 p.
Sharhin Littafi daga Molly Lundquist
Agusta 2012
Rayuwa a cikin wannan sabon labari mai ban mamaki, wanda aka tsara musamman a Hollywood da Italiya, ta ƙunshi lokutan haske mai ban mamaki - lokutan da za su iya canza rayuwa.
Wahalar ita ce a fahimci waɗannan lokutan, a riƙe su, a kuma sanya su zama masu muhimmanci. Wannan shine abin da Jess Walters ya ƙware a nuna—yadda halayensa suka yi ƙoƙarin fahimtar rayuwa mai wucewa ba zato ba tsammani.
Kafin Nayi Barci
SJ Watson, 2011
363 p.
Sharhin Littafi daga Molly Lundquist
Fabrairu 2014
Christine Lucas tana tashi kowace safiya ga wani baƙo a kan gadonta—ba tare da sanin ko wanene shi ko kuma yadda ya isa can ba. Abin da ya fi tayar da hankali: wata mace daban ta leƙa ta daga madubi, wadda ta girme ta fiye da wadda ta kalli baya a daren da ya gabata.
Ga Christine, barcin kowace dare yana share duk wani tunanin ranar da ta gabata. Kowace safiya tsawon shekaru 20 da suka gabata—tun bayan hatsarin da ya faru—dole ne ta sake koyon duniyarta tun daga farko: mijin da ke kusa da ita, gidan da ta tsinci kanta a ciki, tufafin da take sawa, da kuma mafi mahimmanci kanta.
Kasancewar Mutum: Magani da Abin da Yake da Muhimmanci a Ƙarshe
Autul Gawande, 2014
304 p.
Sharhin Littafi daga Molly Lundquist
Nuwamba, 2014
Abin farin ciki ne yadda wani kamar Atul Gawande, likita, ya rubuta wannan littafin. A cikin kalmomi masu haske, marasa amfani da fasaha—kuma da tausayi mai yawa—Gawande ya bayyana yadda sana'arsa ta gaza a kwanakinmu na ƙarshe. Ba abin mamaki ba ne cewa littafin ya jawo hankalin mutane a duk faɗin ƙasar.
Abin mamaki, Gawande ya gaya mana abin da muka riga muka sani: cewa kafin mu yi numfashi na ƙarshe, muna son iko kan lokacin da ya rage mana—muna son mu rayu sauran kwanakin, watanni, ko shekaru tare da ɗan 'yancin kai. Duk da haka 'yancin kai yana buƙatar ingantaccen sabis wanda gidajen kula da tsofaffi da likitoci ba sa bayarwa. Za mu iya yin mafi kyau, ya dage. Kuma ya shirya ya nuna mana yadda za mu yi.
bel canto
Ann Patchett, 2001
318 p.
Fabrairu 2007
In bel canto Ann Patchett tana amfani da wani tsohon tsarin zane wanda ya dogara da gungun baƙi da aka makale a cikin wani yanayi mai keɓancewa. Duk da tsufan tsarin - yana komawa baya. zuwa ga Decameron na ƙarni na 14—Amfani da Patchett yake yi sabo ne, mai kyau kuma, a wasu lokutan, abin dariya ne ƙwarai.
An yi garkuwa da maza hamsin da bakwai, da kuma mawaƙiya mace ɗaya, daga ƙasashe daban-daban masu harsuna daban-daban a wata ƙasa da ba a ambaci sunanta ba a Latin Amurka ta hannun gungun 'yan ta'adda. Patchett yana ƙara zafi, ko kuma a wannan yanayin kiɗan, kuma muna iya kallon abin da ke faruwa.
Belle Cora
Phillip Margulies, 2014
592 p.
Sharhin Littafi daga Molly Lundquist
Yuni, 2014
Margulies ta bai wa Amurka irin namu na Moll FlandersJarumarsa, Belle Cora, karuwa kuma madam, an yi mata kwalliya sosai kamar kakanninta na Ingila na ƙarni na 17. Kamar Moll, Belle tana burge mutane da masu karatu—kuma tana girgiza su—da kyawunta, basirarta, da dabarunta marasa iyaka.
Wannan ba labari ne mai cike da rudani game da ɗabi'un Victorian ba ko kuma kallon wani zamani mai cike da ruɗani. Margulies ta kawar da tatsuniyar wata ƙaramar ƙasa don bayyana rashin kyawunta da cin hanci da rashawa. A tsakiyar shekarun 1800 ne—lokacin da Amurka take da datti da ƙasa—kuma labarin Belle Cora ya nuna waɗannan lokutan.
Babban Gajeren:A Cikin Injin Ranar Kiyama
Michael Lewis, 2010
320 p.
Sharhin Littafi daga Molly Lundquist
Yuni 2011
Wasu mutane kaɗan sun sami kuɗi mai yawa lokacin da Wall Street ta faɗi—kuma ga yawancinmu, yana da wuya a san ko jarumai ne ko miyagu.
Ga Michael Lewis, su masu son kai ne—masu kaɗaici waɗanda suka yi wa tsarin zagon ƙasa. Kamar yadda Lewis ya faɗa, yayin da wasu ke gudu ba tare da tunani ba tare da tunani ba tare da sun kula da garken, suna jin sautin kofaton kansu, waɗannan mutanen sun san cewa garken yana kan wani dutse—abu ne kawai na lokaci. Kuma sun ga yana zuwa tsawon shekaru.
Dogon Tafiya ta Rabin Rabin Billy Lynn
Ben Fountain, 2012
320 p.
Sharhin Littafi daga Molly Lundquist
Disamba, 2012
Mai kama da acerbic, mai ban haushi, kuma wani lokacin yana da ban dariya, Dogon Tafiya ta Rabin Rabin Billy Lynn an yaba masa a matsayin sabon 22 kama or Mayanka-FiveHaka kuma ita ce ta zo ta ƙarshe a gasar bayar da lambar yabo ta ƙasa ta 2012.Wanda ya yi nasara—kamar yadda aka yi a ranar 3/2013!)
Labarin ya biyo bayan matasa sojoji takwas na Bravo Squad, waɗanda suka sami kansu jarumai na ƙasa bayan sun yi yaƙi da jarumtaka a Iraki - wani ma'aikacin labarai na Fox ya ɗauki hotonsa a kyamara. Yanzu sun tsinci kansu a wani rangadin Nasara na Amurka don taimakawa wajen samun goyon baya ga yaƙin.
Kara karantawa: Dogon Tafiya ta Halftime ta Billy Lynn (Bita)
Black River
SM Hulse, 2015
240 p.
Sharhin Littafi daga Molly Lundquist
Maris, 2015
Ba abin mamaki ba ne kowa ya yi mamaki: wannan marubuci mai shekaru 30 yana rubutu da ƙarfi da tabbacin marubuci mai tsufa da ƙwarewa. Black River A takaice dai, yana da kyau sosai: kuma yana ɗauke da hikima fiye da shekarun ƙuruciyar SM Hulse.
Bayanin labarin ya yi kama da abu mai sauƙi: wani jami'in gyara da ya yi ritaya ya koma Black River, Montana, don binne tokar matarsa da kuma fuskantar wani mutum da ya azabtar da shi a lokacin rikicin gidan yari shekaru da suka wuce. Yanzu fursunan yana shirye don a yi masa afuwa.
Amma kamar yadda yake a cikin dukkan labaran almara masu kyau, Hulse ta guji fayyace abubuwa cikin sauƙi tsakanin nagarta da mugunta. Ta nuna mana cewa wannan magana ba ta taɓa zama mai sauƙi ba.
Mutanen Kashi
Keri Hulme, 1985
464 p.
Sharhin Littafi daga Molly Lundquist
Yuni 2007
Wannan littafi ne mai ƙarfi da jan hankali, tare da haruffa masu jan hankali waɗanda ke jan hankalin kowane irin zuciya. Amma ina buƙatar saka bayanin da ke nuna rashin yarda a nan: ba littafi ne mai sauƙi ba, kuma ba ga kowa ba ne.
Tsawon lokaci Hulme, da kuma yawan rubuce-rubucenta na waƙoƙi ko waƙoƙi, suna kama da wuce gona da iri a wasu lokutan. Akwai kuma wani lamari mai tayar da hankali wanda ke da matukar tayar da hankali duk da cewa yana da matuƙar muhimmanci ga labarin.
Littafin Ƙamshi da Ya Rasa
MJ Rose, 2012
384 p.
Yuni, 2013
MJ Rose mai ba da labari ne mai ban sha'awa, yana haɗa tarihi da kimiyya da ilimin lissafi, asiri, da soyayya - sannan ya sanya su duka cikin tsarin tunani. Littafin da Ya Rasa Ƙamshi, na huɗu a cikin jerin sake reincarnation na Rose, kuma an rubuta shi a cikin rubutunta da ta cika, ya ƙunshi dukkan abubuwan da suka dace.
An fara wannan littafin ne a shekarar 1789, a ƙasar Masar, inda matashin mai turare Giles L'Etoile ya sami kansa a cikin ƙungiyar Faransa da ke buɗe wani tsohon wurin jana'iza. Da zarar sun shiga, sai dukkan ƙungiyar suka ji wani ƙamshi mai ƙarfi da Giles bai iya ganewa ba.
Teburin Kyanwa
Michael Ondaatje, 2011
288 p.
Sharhin Littafi daga Molly Lundquist
Janairu, 2012
Abin mamaki - mai ban mamaki, mai ban mamaki, mai ban mamaki. Teburin Kyanwa yana bincika yadda abubuwan da suka faru na yarinta, waɗanda suka shuɗe kuma galibi suke da rikitarwa, ke da ikon tsara manyan da muke zama.
Kamar yadda Michael Ondaatje (Ingilishi Mai Hakuri) ya rubuta, a cikin muryar halinsa na yanzu da ya tsufa, lokacin yana yaro "ya yi mana fashi da makami ba da gangan ba, ba tare da sanin aikin ba, zuwa nan gaba."
Billy Mai Kyau
Alice McDermott, 1998
243pps.
Fabrairu 2009
Akwai wani abu game da Billy. Kawai wani mai shan giya ne, wanda aka saba gani, wanda ya tsawaita abota, ya kawo cikas ga aurensa, sannan ya mutu a kan titi. Amma duk da haka, akwai wani abu na musamman.
'Yar babban abokin Billy ta ba da labarin wannan hoton sirri, ba wai kawai na Billy Lynch ba, har ma da babban dangin 'yan uwan Irish-American waɗanda suka kewaye shi kuma suka ƙaunace shi, musamman mahaifinta, Dennis. Tun daga lokacin cin abincin rana na jana'izar bayan jana'izar Billy, 'yan uwa suna tuna abin da suka sani.
Yaƙin Yaƙin Yara
Ann Packer, 2015
448 p.
Sharhin Littafi daga Molly Lundquist
Yuni, 2015
Sabuwar kyakkyawar littafin Ann Packer ta fara ne da tatsuniyar ƙirƙirar iyali—babban itacen oak mai rai a kan kadada uku na ƙasa a California. Wannan bishiyar, wacce take kama da wych elm a cikin EM Forster's Howards ƙare, shine abin da ya samo asali daga makomar dangin Blair da kuma junansu.
Bayan Yaƙin Koriya ne Bill Blair, wani matashin likita, ya bi ta kan titin ƙauye. Ya tsinci kansa a cikin wani fili na daji inda wani "itacen itacen oak mai girma ke gadi" - "itacen da ya fi kyau da ya taɓa gani." Blair ya faɗi ƙarƙashin ikon sihirinsa, ya yanke shawarar siyan kadarorin a lokacin.
Gudun Kwal
Tawni O'Dell, 2004
384 p.
Oktoba 2010
Tawni O'Dell ƙasa ce ta kwal a kudu maso yammacin Pennsylvania, kuma muryarta ce ga mutanen da ke zaune a tsaunuka da kuma masu aikin hakar ma'adinai. Ta yi bayani game da rayuwarsu mai wahala, mai wahala, wani lokacin kuma mai tashin hankali: ayyukan da suka ɓace lokacin da ma'adinan suka rufe, rayukan da suka ɓace lokacin da suka fashe ko suka fashe.
A cikin littafin Coal Run , wanda masu suka suka ɗauka a matsayin "babban abin koyi," O'Dell ta rubuta daga mahangar maza. Muryoyinta na maza suna da wayo, suna da ban dariya, suna da fahimta—kuma halayensu suna da kyau amma suna da tabo, kamar tuddai masu rami da kamfanonin haƙar ma'adinai suka bari. Ina son wannan marubuciya, kuma ina son halayenta.
Ketare zuwa Tsaro
Wallace Stegner, 1987
368 p.
Maris 2007
Kamar sauran shahararrun marubuta waɗanda suka yi iƙirarin rubuta ƙananan littattafai (ƙananan littattafai na Jane Austen akan "ɗan hauren giwa" da kuma "tambarin gidan waya" na William Faulkner na ƙasar asali), Wallace Stegner ya ce game da Ketare zuwa Tsarocewa yana "ƙoƙarin yin ƙananan sautuka kuma yana sa su yi tunani."
Ya yi nasara a dukkan waɗannan batutuwa, inda ya ƙirƙiri wani hoto mai zurfi da tunani game da abota tsakanin ma'aurata biyu masu aure tsawon shekaru 35. Labari ne mai ƙarfi.
Matattu Wake: The Ketarewar Lusitania ta Ƙarshe
Erik Larson, 2015
448 p.
Sharhin Littafi daga Molly Lundquist
Afrilu, 2015
Bayan sha'awarsa ta rubutu game da manyan abubuwan tarihi—yayin da yake sanya duniyoyi biyu masu bambanci gefe da gefe—Erik Larson, ya ɗauki nauyin nutsewar Lusitania. Jirgin ruwan da wani jirgin ruwa na Jamus ya yi ya girgiza duniya kuma ya ƙare, a ƙarshe, ya shiga Yaƙin Duniya na Ɗaya.
A hannun ƙwararren marubuci kamar Larson, rasuwar Lusitaia ta zama wani babban al'amari. Ikonsa na ƙirƙirar babban jirgin ruwan teku, cikinsa mai ɗaukaka, da kuma manyan halayen ma'aikatansa da fasinjojinsa sun jawo hankali ga girman asarar.
Busasshen Ciyawa na watan Agusta
Anna Jean Mayhew, 2011
352 p.
Agusta 2011
Ana riga an fara kwatanta wannan sabon littafin na farko zuwa Taimako, Sirrin Rayuwar Kudan zuma kuma ko da Ya kashe wani Mockingbird—kwatancen da suka cancanci a yi.
Mayhew ya ba mu labari mai ƙarfi game da rashin laifin da aka yi mana a lokacin da aka fuskanci rashin adalci na launin fata—labari ne da ya zo mana ta hanyar muryar Jubie Watts 'yar shekara 13, wata yarinya daga Charlotte, North Carolina.
Gargaɗi na Farko (Trilogy na Shekara Ɗari na Ƙarshe, 2)
Jane Smiley, 2015
496 p.
Sharhin Littafi daga Molly Lundquist
Yuni, 2015
Yawancin ƙarfin Jane Smiley a matsayinta na marubuciya yana cikin ikonta na sanya masu karatu su yi wa juna wayo a tsakiyar da'irar haruffa kuma su sa mu ji kamar muna da alaƙa ta kut-da-kut. Sabon littafinta ya nuna wannan baiwar, yana jan hankalinmu cikin ƙananan rayuwar jaruman ta - duk da haka yana ɗauke mu a cikin wani babban tarihi na ƙarni na 20.
Da wannan kashi na biyu na littafinta mai suna "Last Hundred Years", Smiley ta ci gaba da tafiyar da Langdons—wani iyali na gona a Iowa—ta fara aiki da su bayan Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu. Kamar littafin farko. Sa'a (2014), kowace babi ta ƙunshi shekara guda, wadda ta ɗauke mu daga 1953 zuwa 1986.
Sarkin Ƙamshi: Labari Na Gaskiya Game Da Turare Da Sha'awa
da Sirrin Ƙarshe na Hankali
Chandler Burr, 2003
352 p.
Sharhin Littafi daga Molly Lundquist
Yuni, 2013
Chandler Burr ya tsara wannan aikin da ba na almara ba, binciken kimiyya na ƙamshin ɗan adam, zuwa wani labari mai kama da na almara. Duk da zane-zane, jadawali—da kuma dogon bincike kan isotopes—ya rubuta labari mai jan hankali da ɗan adam.
Jarumin labarinsa shine Lucca Turin, ƙwararren masanin ilmin halitta, mai kwarjini, kuma mai yawan faɗa, wanda ya ƙalubalanci tunanin kimiyya game da yadda hancinmu ke aiki a zahiri. Ganin iliminmu game da ilimin halittu, a cewar Turin, warin ɗan adam bai kamata ya zama ba zai yiwu ba: "a zahiri bai kamata mu iya jin wari ko kaɗan ba." Wannan sirrin shine babban abin da ke cikin wannan littafin.
Yaran Sarki
Claire Messud, 2006
528 p.
Satumba 2011
Sunan littafin Claire Messud ba shi da wani amfani—tunani game da "tufafi" maimakon "yara." Abubuwa a duniyar Messud ba su bayyana yadda suke ba; akwai babban gibi tsakanin fahimta da gaskiya, abin da mutane ke faɗa da kuma abin da suke yi a rayuwarsu.
Ta hanyar nazarin yadda take kallon rubuce-rubuce masu kayatarwa a birnin New York, Messud ta rubuta wani barkwanci mai ban dariya game da ɗabi'u, kamar su Jane Austen, Edith Wharton, da Tom Wolff. Yaran Sarki yana da kyau sosai. Kyawun littafinta yana bin diddigin labarai da haruffa daban-daban yayin da take ƙoƙarin zuwa ƙarshen fim ɗin.
Daular Faɗuwa
Richard Russo, 2001
496 p.
Nuwamba 2007
Da alama ba ni da ƙarshen amfani da kalmomin da na fi so idan ana maganar kwatanta Richard Russo a matsayin marubuci: bayyananne, ban dariya, tausayi, mai ratsa zuciya, mai ban tausayi.... Abin kunya ne ga arzikin siffa.
Abin da nake ƙoƙarin faɗi kawai shine: Daular Faɗuwa littafi ne mai kyau—littafi mai ban mamaki. Labarin mafarkai da aka danne ne ko kuma, mafi daidai, na waɗanda ke jin tsoron mafarkai.
Wuri Mai Aminci
Tana Faransa, 2010
435 p.
Sharhin Littafi daga Molly Lundquist
Fabrairu, 2013
James Joyce ya bar Ireland a lokacin da yake da shekaru 20, bai sake zama a can ba. Duk da haka Ireland ba ta taɓa barin Joyce ba. Ɗaya daga cikin jigoginsa masu ɗorewa shine yadda abubuwan da suka gabata suka kama mu, musamman 'yan Ireland—yadda suka dakatar da su cikin halin gurguntawa, ba za su iya ci gaba ba.
Littafin Tana French na ƙasar Ireland ya yi magana game da irin wannan batu—lokacin da suka yi tunanin suna cikin aminci, haruffan da ke cikin dukkan littattafanta za su koma ga abubuwan da suka faru a lokacin ƙuruciyarsu.
Freedom
Jonathan Franzen, 2011
608 p.
Nuwamba 2011
Franzen ya fara da kyau lokacin da ya yi watsi da Oprah shekaru goma da suka gabata. Ta zaɓi littafinsa, Gyara, kamar yadda ƙungiyar littattafai ke karantawa, amma amsar Franzen ita ce "oh masoyiyata, oh masoyiyata. Idan Oprah ta so, maza ba za su taɓa ta ba." Don haka Oprah ta ce, "manta da shi, babban yaro." Duk abin ya koma babban ballyhoo - kuma ya tattara Gyara tallata mutane kyauta. Mutumin sa'a.
Yafe kuma ka manta, ina tsammani, domin Oprah ta juya ta zaɓi Freedom a matsayin wani zaɓi. A wannan karon Franzen ta bayyana a shirin Oprah kuma ta karɓi takardar izinin shiga. Sa'a kuma.
Ƙofa a Matakala
Lorrie Moore, 2009
336 p.
Janairu 2010
Lorrie Moore "mai hankali ne," "Lily-Tomlin-mai ban dariya", kuma wataƙila "marubuciyar Amurka mafi ƙarfi a wannan zamani" (wanda daga Jonathan Lehem, babu wanda ya yi masa laifi).
Littafin Moore mai suna A Gate at the Stairs , littafin farko da Moore ya rubuta cikin shekaru 11, ya samu yabo sosai saboda kyakkyawan hoton wata matashiya da ke tafiya a duniyar manya. Jarumarta, Tassie Keltjin, daliba a wata kwalejin fasaha ta masu matsakaicin girma a Wisconsin, ta yi watsi da salon da ake amfani da shi wajen daukar 'yar mata daga kasar amma ba daga kasar ba.
'Yan Matan Birnin Atomic: Labarin Matan da Ba a Faɗa Ba Game da Su Waɗanda Suka Taimaka Wajen Cin Nasara a Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu
Denise Kiernan, 2013
416 p.
Sharhin Littafi daga Molly Lundquist
Iya 2014
Laka da sirri su ne muhimman abubuwa guda biyu na wannan tarihin mai kayatarwa na matan da suka yi tattaki zuwa Oak Ridge, Tennessee, a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu. Dubbansu sun zo—don ayyukan yi masu kyau, kasada, ko kuma bin mazajensu. Ba su san abin da za su yi ba—ko abin da za su yi aiki a kai da zarar sun isa nan. (Suna wadatar da uranium.)
Sun yi ta tafiya babu ƙafafuwa a cikin laka (sau da yawa suna tafiya a cikin gwiwa), suna aiki tuƙuru, suna riƙe kawunansu da kuma rufe bakinsu. Kokarinsu, wanda ba a cika saninsa ba, ya taimaka wajen kawo ƙarshen Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu... da kuma makamin da ya fi kowanne muni a duniya.
The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt, 2013
784 p.
Sharhin Littafi daga Molly Lundquist
Janairu 2014
Wani lokaci irin wannan littafi—wanda aka daɗe ana tsammani—yana kaiwa ga irin wannan babban tsammanin, amma ba zai iya ɓata rai ba. The GoldfinchKusan kowa ya ba da labarin, littafin Tartt na uku yana saman (ko kusa) kowane jerin "Mafi Kyawun 2013". Abin mamaki ne.
Theo Decker yana da shekaru 13 lokacin da duniyarsa ta girgiza sakamakon fashewar wani abu a gidan tarihi na New York. Mahaifiyarsa ta mutu a fashewar, amma Theo ya tsira, yana rarrafe ta cikin tarkacen da wani zane mai tsada na Dutch a cikin jakar baya. Wannan shine Goldfinch na taken, kuma ga Leo ya zama abin ta'aziyya ga duk abin da ya rasa da duk abin da yake sha'awa.
Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn, 2012
432 p.
Fabrairu 2013
Gillian Flynn ta buga littafinta na uku mai cike da damuwa, wani labari mai ban tsoro amma mai wayo wanda ya kasance kan gaba a jerin wadanda suka fi sayarwa da zarar ya sauka a kan teburin sayar da littattafai. Gone Girl Ya kasance a saman ko kusa da kowanne jerin—kuma saboda kyawawan dalilai. Wani labari mai ban mamaki na tunani mai ban mamaki, Flynn ya ci gaba da nuna shakku har zuwa shafin ƙarshe.
Rabin Rana na Rana
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 2006
528 p.
Disamba 2008
Wannan littafi ne da aka fi so—wanda aka fi so a kowane lokaci, irin wanda ke sa ka yi mamakin ƙarfin adabi mai ban mamaki.
Adichie ya mayar da wani mummunan lamari na duniya—ballewa daga Najeriya daga mummunan ƙaddarar Biafra (1967-70)—zuwa wani wasan kwaikwayo mai cike da sarkakiya na ɗan adam, wanda ke sa masu karatu su damu sosai game da haruffan da makomarsu.
Harriet Tubman: Hanya Zuwa ga 'Yanci
Catherine Clinton, 2004
304 p.
Fabrairu 2010
Harriet Tubman jaruma ce ta gaske a fagen wasan kwaikwayo: idan James Cameron zai yi fim ɗin rayuwarta, babu abin da za a ƙirƙira—babu abin da za a yi!—don ƙara wa fim ɗin suna.
Yawancinmu mun san irin nasarorin da Tubman ya samu wajen 'yantar da bayi. Amma adadin da ta ceto, wahalhalun da ta sha, haɗarin da ke tattare da rayuwarta, shaharar da ta samu...don haka, abubuwa da yawa sun sa wannan tarihin rayuwa ya zama abin birgewa.
Hotel du Lac
Anita Brookner, 1984
184 p.
Agusta 2007
Ɗaya daga cikin ayyukan Brookner na farko, kuma wasu suna ganin ta fi kyau, wannan siririn littafin ya ƙunshi rubuce-rubuce masu kyau da ban dariya.
Edith Hope, wata marubuciyar labaran soyayya, wacce ta rubuta "da wani suna mai ƙarfi" (Oh, hakan yayi kyau sosai!), ta sami kanta a wani otal mai kyau amma mai kwanciyar hankali a Switzerland. Ta aikata babban laifi a zamantakewa, kodayake ba mu san ainihin abin da ya faru ba sai kusan kashi uku cikin huɗu na hanyar.
Gidan ruhohi
Isabel Allende, 1985
433 p.
Fabrairu 2008
Bayan na sake karanta wannan littafi mai ban mamaki bayan shekaru 18, na manta yadda na ji daɗinsa. Tsararru uku na mata sun cika labarin da kuma sunan "gidan ruhohi" - suna zama haruffa masu ban sha'awa da jan hankali.
Labarin ya fara ne da mutuwar Rosa mai kyau da gashin kore mai ban mamaki, mace ɗaya tilo a cikin littafin wacce sunansa ke nufin launi. 'Yar uwarta Clara (bayyane) daga ƙarshe ta auri amaryar Rosa, Esteban Trueba—ta haka ta fara da layin mata waɗanda sunayensu fararen fata ne, Blanca da Alba.
Tabon Mutum
Philip Roth, 2000
384 p.
Agusta 2008
A shafi na 4, jarumin littafin Roth, farfesa na gargajiya, ya tambayi ɗalibansa:
Ka san yadda adabin Turai ya fara?... Da jayayya. Duk adabin Turai ya samo asali ne daga faɗa.... Agamemnon, Sarkin mutane, da kuma babban Achilles. Kuma me suke jayayya game da waɗannan rayuka biyu masu ƙarfi da ƙarfi? Yana da sauƙi kamar faɗan mashaya. Suna jayayya kan mace.
Rashin Rai na Henrietta Rashin
Rebecca Skloot, 2010
369 p.
Fabrairu 2011
Rayuwa Mai Mutuwa dole ne ya zama ɗaya daga cikin labaran da suka fi ban mamaki a kowane lokaci, wanda ya haɗa matsalolin ɗan adam na dangin mace ɗaya da tarihin ci gaban kimiyya da likitanci.
A shekarar 1951, wata kyakkyawar budurwa ta mutu sakamakon wani nau'in ciwon daji na mahaifa mai tsanani. A lokacin da ake yi mata magani a Asibitin Johns Hopkins, an ɗauki nama na Henrietta Lacks ba tare da saninta ba... aka kuma yi amfani da shi a dakin gwaje-gwaje na al'adar ƙwayoyin halitta. Kwayoyin halittarta sun yi ban mamaki—ba kamar sauran al'adun ƙwayoyin halitta ba, sun rabu ba tare da iyaka ba. Babu wani abu makamancin haka da aka gani a baya.
Masu Rashin Kammalawa
Tom Rachman, 2010
shafi na 272
Nuwamba 2010
"Masu Rashin Kammalawa" shine cikakken suna ga littafin Tom Rachman wanda ya kusa cika. Halayensa suna da wayo, hazaka, barkwanci, wani lokacin kirki, amma koyaushe suna da kurakurai - a wata ma'anar, ajizai ne. Mutane ne masu ban mamaki.
Rachman ya gabatar mana da ƙungiyar 'yan wasan kwaikwayo, ƙungiyar mutane da ke aiki tare don buga jaridar ƙasa da ƙasa da ke Rome. Kowane hali yana samun nasa babi amma ya sake bayyana a cikin wasu - wanda ya sa littafin ba wai kawai labari ba ne, har ma da jerin gajerun labarai masu alaƙa.
Masu laifi
Francesca Segal
288 p.
Sharhin Littafi daga Molly Lundquist
Nuwamba 2012
Sabuntawar wayo ta Francesca Segal ta Zamanin rashin laifi cikakke ne sosai—daga kamanceceniya tsakanin sunayen har zuwa kallon barkwanci da aka nuna a matsayin daidaito a zamantakewa. Har ma sunayen haruffa suna da kamanceceniya—Adam Newman ga Newland Archer, da Ellie ga Ellen.
Duk da haka, Segal yana ba da hukunci mai zurfi game da al'umma fiye da Edith Wharton. Masu laifiYankin Yahudawa mai manne da juna a Arewacin Landan na ƙarni na 21 ya fi sauƙi, idan har yanzu yana cikin duhu, fiye da saman ɓangaren Manhattan na ƙarshen ƙarni na 19. Kuma daidaiton da Adam Newman ke fama da shi yana cikin tunaninsa kamar yadda aka tilasta shi daga waje.
Sirrin Dakin Girki: Kasada a cikin Ƙarƙashin Abincin Dafa Abinci
Anthony Bourdain, 2000
312 p.
Sharhin Littafi daga Molly Lundquist
Satumba, 2014
Bourdain ba shi da hankali. Aƙalla yana da shekaru 30 - wasu shekaru da suka wuce; yanzu ya zama fitaccen mutum a duniyar abinci tare da littattafai da shirye-shiryen talabijin da dama a ƙarƙashin fararen fatarsa. Kuma yana da wuya a yarda da hakan. Sirrin Dakin Girki yana rufewa da shekaru 15.
Amma wannan littafi ne mai daɗi! Ɓatanci, na sirri, koyaushe yana da ban dariya kuma wani lokacin yana da ban mamaki, yana da ikon zama mai koyarwa ga ƙwararrun masu dafa abinci da kuma masu cin abinci. Shawara mai kyau ga masu dafa abinci masu tasowa? "Ku zo kan lokaci." Ga masu cin abinci? "Ku yi tunanin hakan, ku tsallake abincin rana na Lahadi gaba ɗaya".
Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini, 2003
400 p.
Yuli 2007
Wannan littafin ya shahara a cikin ƙungiyar, mutane da yawa suna da'awar cewa yana ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka fi so. Kuma saboda kyakkyawan dalili.
Labarin ya biyo bayan halin da yara maza biyu 'yan Afghanistan suka shiga. An rene su ba tare da uwaye ba, an ciyar da su biyun a nonon mai kula da jarirai ɗaya, wanda hakan ya haifar da alaƙar 'yan'uwa da za ta daɗe har abada. Ba shakka ba haka lamarin yake ba.
Rayuwar Pi
Yann Martel, 2001
348 p.
Iya 2007
Me za ku yi da damisar Bengal mai nauyin fam 450?
Yana kama da tsohon barkwancin gorilla mai nauyin fam 800, kuma amsar kusan iri ɗaya ce—ku ba shi duk abin da yake so, musamman idan ku biyun kuna raba kwale-kwalen ceto a tsakiyar Tekun Pacific.
Matashi Piscene Patel ɗa ne ga wani mai kula da namun daji a Pondicherry, Indiya...
Ƙaramin Aljani a Birnin Haske: Gaskiyar Labari Game da Kisan Kai a Belle Epoque Paris
Steven Levingston, 2014
352 p.
Sharhin Littafi daga Molly Lundquist
Afrilu, 2015
Da ace wannan littafin mai ban mamaki littafi ne na laifuka, da zai yi sauƙi a yi watsi da shi a matsayin abin da ba zai yiwu ba ko kuma ya dogara sosai da haɗuwa. Karamin Aljani labari ne na gaskiya kuma ya kamata ya bar masu karatu cikin damuwa game da yanayin da rayuwa ta gaske ke ciki.
A matsayin tsarin 'yan sanda mai tsauri—kuma wanda masu bincike suka bayyana a fili ba su da ƙwarewa yayin da suke da wayo a hankali—Karamin Aljani ya burge ni. Wani ƙarin fa'ida kuma shine kyakkyawan hoton Belle Epoque Paris.