本书讲述了一个家庭极其遗传性精神疾病的故事,父亲首当其冲,紧接着长子也患上了精神疾病。当抑郁和焦虑席卷他的家人时,哈撒特从不畏缩,这虽是其家庭逃不开的命运,但同时也为其带来了难以忘怀、令人沮丧却又充满爱意的经历。
7. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
7.雅·吉亚瑟:《回家》
Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi’s debut novel, opens in18th-century Ghana with two half-sisters set upon different paths. While one of the sisters stays in Africa, the other is sold into slavery in America, and each following chapter delves into the lives of their descendants, showing clearly the effects of racism and slavery on the history of the world through its trauma to individual lives. Homegoing is ambitious, panoramic, and continually riveting.
本书是该作者的首部小说,故事发生在18世纪的加纳,两个有一半血缘关系的姐妹走上了截然不同的人生道路——一个留在了非洲,而另一个被卖到了美国做奴隶。接下来的每一个章节详述了她们后代的生活,从对于个人生活造成的创伤谈起,清晰地展示了种族歧视和奴隶制对于世界历史的影响。《回家》是一部有野心、详尽概述并且经久不衰的小说。
8. The Association of Small Bombs by Karan Mahajan
8.卡兰·马哈:《小炸弹协会》
Three young boys visit a New Delhi marketplace when a bomb goes off, killing two of them and devastating their families and the surviving boy. With great empathy and intelligence, The Association of Small Bombs explores the ramifications of a terrorist attack on both the victims and the terrorists themselves.
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