Ngokomyinge, usuku lwangaphambi kwe-Covid, phakathi kweencwadi ezisixhenxe kunye ne-15 ziya kusiwa kwiofisi kaPampereDpeopleny. Phindaphinda oko ngeentsuku ezintlanu ngeveki kunye neeveki ezingama-52 ngonyaka kwaye… zininzi iincwadi. Emva koko qwalasela ukuba lo nyaka uphawula isikhumbuzo seshumi sePampereDpeopleny. Mhle kakhulu, ngakumbi xa ucinga ukuba zingaphi iibhayografi, imincili, iintsomi zembali kunye nokunye okuthe kwabetha iidesika zethu ngelo xesha. Ngembeko yosuku lwethu lokuzalwa olukhulu oluneedijithi ezimbini zokuzalwa, nazi-ngolandelelwano-iincwadi ezilishumi ezizezona sibe nethamsanqa lokuzifunda kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo.
Nye. Ukufudumala kwamanye amaLanga: Ibali le-Epic lokufuduka okukhulu kweMelika ngu-Isabel Wilkerson (2010)
Isifundo sembali esibalaseleyo, Ukufudumala kwamanye amaLanga imalunga neMfuduko eNkulu kunye neMfuduko eNkulu yesiBini, iintshukumo ezimbini zabantu base-Afrika baseMelika bephuma eMazantsi eUnited States ukuya kuMbindi-ntshona, uMntla-mpuma kunye neNtshona phakathi ko-1915 ukuya ku-1970. Abantu bokwenyani ababomi babo batshintshwa obenze ukuba bukhumbuleke kakhulu--kuquka u-Ida Mae Brandon Gladney, umfazi we-sharecropper owashiya i-Mississippi ngo-1930 waya e-Chicago kunye no-Robert Joseph Pershing Foster, ugqirha owashiya i-Louisiana ekuqaleni kwee-1950, waya e-Los. Angeles.
Mbini. Utyelelo oluvela kwiGoon Squad nguJennifer Egan (2011)
Umsebenzi ophumelele iBhaso lika-Egan's Pulitzer yingqokelela yamabali ali-13 aqhagamshelweyo onke adityaniswe ne-punk rocker eyalupheleyo kunye nomphathi wenkampani erekhodiweyo uBennie Salazar (iqela lakhe laliyiThe Flaming Dildos, oko likuxabisayo), kunye nomncedisi wakhe we-kleptomaniac, uSasha. Ukutsiba phakathi kweminyaka yoo-1970, okwangoku kunye nekamva elikufutshane kwisiXeko saseNew York, eSan Francisco nangaphezulu, lukhenketho oluvuthuzayo lomdlalo womculo wenkulungwane yama-20 ogcwele ukucamngca ngolutsha kunye nokungakhathali (singasathethi ke ngeprose emangalisayo).
3. Umhlobo wam Oqaqambileyo ngu-Elena Ferrante (2012)
Ufakelo lokuqala kwi-Quartet yaseNeapolitan yaseFerrante, Umhlobo wam Oqaqambileyo iqala ukubhala ubuhlobo amashumi eminyaka phakathi kwamantombazana amabini, uLila noLenu, emva kwemfazwe yaseNaples. Kuthatha isihloko esixoxwa rhoqo-ukukhula-kwaye usitofe ngezinto ezincinci kangangokuba ungene ngokupheleleyo kwihlabathi labo. Nangona ingenakunxulumana ngokupheleleyo (amantombazana kufuneka asokole ukuze athathwe njengefanele imfundo ngeminyaka yee-1950 kwaye omnye wabo unyanzelwa ukuba atshate eneminyaka eyi-16), iinkcazo ezicacileyo zikaFerrante zobuhlobo bolutsha ziya kwenza ukuba ufikelele kwifowuni yakho ukuze utsalele umnxeba umhlobo wakho omdala. . Kwaye, sicinezelekile ukuba sicinge ngothotho olwathi lwatsala phantse wonke umntu obhinqileyo ebomini bethu njengoko wenzayo ekuqaleni koo-2010.
Isine. Americanah nguChimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2013)
Njengolutsha lwaseLagos, eNigeria, u-Ifemelu kunye no-Obinze, bathandana. Kunokuba aphile phantsi kolawulo lobuzwilakhe lomkhosi, u-Ifemelu ufudukela eMelika ukuze aqhubeke nemfundo yakhe. Apho, udibana nobuhlanga kunye nokuba kuthetha ukuthini ukuba nguMnyama okokuqala. U-Obinze, enethemba lokujoyina i-Ifemelu e-States, unqatshelwe i-visa emva kwe-9/11, ngoko uya eLondon. Kwiminyaka kamva, u-Obinze yindoda ecebileyo kwi-Nigeria entsha yedemokhrasi ngelixa u-Ifemelu ebhala iblogi eyimpumelelo malunga nobuhlanga eMelika. Ngaphandle kokuhlala ngaphandle kunye namava ehlabathi ngeendlela ezimbini ezahlukeneyo, aba babini abaze balulibale unxibelelwano abanalo. Libali lothando elibuhlungu malunga nesibini esifumana indlela yokubuya emva kokuphila ubomi obahlukeneyo kwisiqingatha sehlabathi kude komnye nomnye.
5. IiFates kunye neFuries nguLauren Groff (2015)
Umdibaniso ofanelekileyo womdlalo ohlekisayo kunye nentlekele, inoveli kaGroff ethengisa kakhulu, kumbindi wayo, libali lomtshato. Ngokukodwa, ibali lomtshato likaLotto noMathilde, abatshatileyo kwi-22 emva kweeveki ezimbalwa zokuthandana. Ukulandela iminyaka engama-25 yomtshato wesibini ngokwembono yeqabane ngalinye, iFates kunye neFuries-intandokazi UMongameli Obama —ichaphazela intsapho, imizobo nemidlalo yeqonga, kwakunye nemiphumo ebuhlungu yobuxoki obuncinane obumhlophe. Ubuchule bukaGroff benkcazelo buboniswe ngokupheleleyo ('Umfazi wakhe wathwala ibhaskithi yabo yepikiniki ukuya emphethweni wechibi phantsi komngcunube owawumdala kangangokuba wayengasalili, nje wathwala ikamva lawo ngobungqingqwa obulinganayo.') ngelixa iingcaciso zakhe ezicacileyo zomnye nomnye.') Abalinganiswa bakhe benza ukuba abafundi batyalwe ngokucokisekileyo kubomi babo.
6. Phakathi kwehlabathi kunye nam nguTa-Nehisi Coates (2015)
Lo ophumelele iMbasa yeSizwe yeeNcwadi ngo-2015 ubhalwe njengeleta eya kunyana kaCoates okwishumi elivisayo kwaye uphonononga ubunyani obungacacanga ngamanye amaxesha bokuba kuthetha ukuthini ukuba Ntsundu eUnited States. Yinto ekufuneka ifundwe kubantu abancinci kunye nabani na onokusebenzisa isikhumbuzo seendlela ezifihlakeleyo-kwaye zingekho ezifihlakeleyo abantu bemibala bacalulwa yonke imihla (funda: abantu abaninzi). UCoates ubalisa ngobuntwana bakhe eBaltimore, apho wayevakalelwa kukuba kufuneka ahlale elindile, amava akhe ngokutshintsha kwekhowudi ukuze abhenele abantu abamhlophe kunye noloyiko olungapheliyo lwenkohlakalo yamapolisa. Ngelishwa, le nto ibonakala ihambelana ngakumbi kunyaka ngamnye odlulayo.
7. Ubomi obuncinci nguYanagihara Kuphela (2015)
Inoveli yesibini kaYanagihara ehlekisayo libali labafundi abane abaphumelele kwikholeji encinci eMassachusetts abafudukela eNew York ukulandela amaphupha abo kwaye babaleke iidemon zabo. Kanye apho, ubudlelwane babo buba nzulu, kunye neemfihlo ezibuhlungu (ezinje ngokunzulu izinto ezimdaka) ukusuka kwixesha labo elidlulileyo liyavela. NgoJude, uMalcolm, uJB kunye noWillem, u-Yanagihara ungene nzulu kubudlelwane bamadoda, umonzakalo, ukuzenzakalisa, intlungu engapheliyo kunye nokunye, kwaye yenza i-tearjerker yakho eqhelekileyo ibonakale inelanga. Nangona kunjalo, ngaphandle kwezilumkiso zokuqalisa ngenxa yezizathu ezininzi, yincwadi ebhalwe kakuhle kwaye inika umdla ngokupheleleyo abafundi abangenakuze bayilibale.
8. Umzila kaloliwe ongaphantsi komhlaba nguColson Whitehead (2016)
Ukujonga kwixesha langaphambi kweMfazwe yoLuntu eMzantsi, Umzila kaloliwe ongaphantsi komhlaba ulandela amakhoboka amabini eGeorgia aqhweshayo asabayo kwinto iWhitehead iphinda icinge njengothungelwano lokoqobo lwemizila kaloliwe engaphantsi komhlaba. Ophumelele iBhaso lePulitzer leFiction, iBhaso leSizwe leNcwadi yeFiction kunye nokunye, luninzi lwamagqabaza kwixesha elidlulileyo njengoko iyiMelika yanamhlanje. Nangona ingekokufunda kumnandi nangayiphi na indlela, umzobo wengqondo kaWhitehead wento esicinga ukuba sifundile ngayo ngumzekelo omangalisayo wentsomi yamandla kufuneka yongeze ubunzulu kwiziganeko zobomi bokwenyani.
9. Phuma eNtshona nguMohsin Hamid (2017)
Ibekwe kwilizwe elingachazwanga ngagama ngexesha lemfazwe yamakhaya, inoveli yesine kaHamid ilandela abafuduki ababini, uNadia noSaeed, abathandanayo, kwaye banyanzelwa ukuba babaleke ilizwe labo njengoko lidlakazwe lugonyamelo. Indlela yabo yokuhamba? Uthotho lweengcango esixekweni ezisebenza njengamasango kwezinye iindawo, kubandakanya iMykonos, iLondon kunye neMarin County. I-Lush, inamandla kwaye ivuselela, libali lothando elingaphelelwa lixesha kunye nenkcazo ngexesha elifanelekileyo malunga nokufudukela kwelinye ilizwe.
10. Abantu abaqhelekileyo nguSally Rooney (2019)
Inoveli yesibini kaRooney (emva kwe2017's Iincoko naBahlobo ) ulandela abantwana ababini afunda nabo kwidolophu encinane yaseIreland—omnye odumileyo nongenabuhlobo. Phezu kwako nje ukungafani kwabo, benza isibini esingalindelekanga. Bathandana, baqhawule kwaye benze-amaxesha ambalwa-kwintando-baya-ngeke-babe nobudlelwane obuya kukugcina unamathele kwiphepha lokugqibela. Ubukrelekrele bukaRooney busekukwazini kwakhe ukuthatha ibali lothando alilenze litsha, ubukhulu becala enkosi kubuchule bakhe bokwenza abalinganiswa bokwenyani, ungafunga ukuba basekwe ebantwini obaziyo. Njengo Umhlobo wam Oqaqambileyo , le yenye yeencwadi eziye zangena kwingqondo yethu ehlangeneyo-yaye yagxininisa ukubaluleka okunzulu kwexesha elibonakala lincinci.
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