雪佛兰的《新来的男孩》改写自《奥赛罗》,小说轻而易举地制造了紧张感。她将这个关于爱情、嫉妒、种族主义和暴力的故事的背景设在上世纪70年代的华盛顿,那里也是她的家乡。奥塞是一个加纳外交官的儿子,他在6年内换了4家学校。这一次是一所白人学校,而他的存在让人意外。第一个注意到他的人是迪伊。她是6年级最受欢迎的女孩。奥赛在午餐时间证明自己是一个强壮的足球运动员,还在操场上轻抚了迪伊的脸颊。伊恩是班级里最精明最会算计的学生,他发现了迪伊和新来的男生之间的火花,并发誓要毁掉它。在一天放学时,伊恩让迪伊和奥赛反目,并谋划了一场令人震惊的暴力事件。
Charmaine Craig, Miss Burma
夏尔曼•克雷格《缅甸小姐》
When Louisa takes the stage to compete in the Miss Burma competition in the mid-1950s, it's not immediately evident how complicated her lineage is. Her Jewish father Benny was serving as a British customs officer in 1939 when he first spotted her mother Khim, a member of the Karen ethnic minority persecuted for centuries by the Bamar majority. When the Japanese occupied Burma during World War Two, the couple fled to the east to find shelter with Khim's Karen community. Benny is imprisoned, and Khim does what she must to survive. In 1948, after independence, they both support the Karen leaders in what evolves into a decades-long civil war. Craig draws from her own family history for this riveting account of the treacheries, fractures, and courageous acts of wartime. (Credit: Grove Press)
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