Blessings (novel)
| Fáìlì:Blessings book cover.jpg | |
| Olùkọ̀wé | Chukwuebuka Ibeh |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Viking Books |
Publication date | 4 June 2024 |
| ISBN | Àdàkọ:ISBNT |
Blessings jẹ́ ìwé àròsọ ti ọdún 2024 látọwọ́ òǹkọ̀wé Nàìjíríà Chukwuebuka Ibeh . Wọn tẹ jade nipasẹ Penguin Random House 's Viking Books Isamisi ni ọdun 2024.[1][2]
Idite Lakotan
[àtúnṣe | àtúnṣe àmìọ̀rọ̀]Obiefuna Jẹ ọmọ akọkọ àwọn òbí rẹ. Ti a kà si ìbùkún si idile nípasẹ iya rẹ, igbesi aye rẹ yípadà ni pàtàkì nígbàtí ọmọ-ẹkọ baba rẹ wa láti gbè pẹlú wọn. Aboy wa sinu ile o laju Obiefuna, ni rilara pe ko mọ pé o ni. Nigbati baba rẹ ṣe ìwárí wọn ni ipo timotimo, o ran Obiefuna lọ si ile-iwe gbígbé o si rán Aboy jade ninu ile. Nipasẹ awọn iji ati awọn idanwo, Obiefuna ṣe awari ararẹ ninu itan-akọọlẹ apọju ti imọ-ara-ẹni.
Onkọwe
[àtúnṣe | àtúnṣe àmìọ̀rọ̀]Chukwuebuka Ibeh ni a bi ni Port Harcourt, Nigeria, ni ọdun 2000.[3] Lọwọlọwọ o n lepa aleefa MFA kan ni Ile-ẹkọ giga Washington ni St. Louis, Missouri . [4] Kikọ rẹ, ti Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie sàpèjúwe bi “o ṣe akiyesi iyalẹnu pupọ… pẹlu nostalgia fun igba atijọ”, [5] ti han ni Atunwo mẹẹdogun ti McSweeney, [6] The New England Review of Books, Àwon nkan Dappled . [7] ati Lolwe . [8] Ni 2019, o jẹ orúkọ nípasẹ Electric Literature gẹgẹbi ọkan ninu "Awọn ohun ti o ni ileri púpọ julọ ti Iro-ọrọ Naijiria". [9]
Idagbasoke ati atejade
[àtúnṣe | àtúnṣe àmìọ̀rọ̀]Viking Books kede gbigba rẹ ti ìwé àròsọ “miraculous” akọkọ ti Ibeh ni Oṣu Kẹwa ọdún 2022. [10] Ni Oṣu Karun ọdún 2023, ọdún kan ṣaaju itusilẹ iwe naa, awọn ẹtọ fiimu ni a ta si Ajọṣepọ Awọn oṣere, ibẹwẹ talenti kan ti o da ni Ilu Lọndọnu. Ni oṣu kan naa, Ibeh fun Ọrọ TEDx kan ti àkọlé rẹ “Kini Awọn idiyele Afirika?” jišẹ ni TEDxWUSTL ni St Louis, Missouri. [11]
Gbigbawọle
[àtúnṣe | àtúnṣe àmìọ̀rọ̀]Blessings di gbígbà wọle daadaa, pẹlu iṣeduro gbogbo eniyan lati ọdọ Zadie Smith . [12] Ni The New York Times, Joshua Barone yìn awọn iwe-ọrọ ti ìwé àròsọ, ti o ṣe apejuwe rẹ gẹgẹbi "ifihan ti a ko yanju, ti o rọrun sibẹsibẹ polyphonic, ti o ni ireti sibẹsibẹ o kún fun ibanujẹ." [13] Atunyẹwo irawọ marun-un ni The Telegraph pe ni “ikọlu iwe-kikọ ti o gbọn lori awọn ofin ilodi si onibaje Naijiria.” [14] Oluwoye naa sàpèjúwe ìwé àròsọ naa gẹ́gẹ́bí “itan apanilẹrin ti ọmọkunrin Naijiria ti o ni itara si Obiefuna, ti baba olukọ̀ mu ni ifarakan ara pẹlu ọdọmọkunrin miiran”, nikẹhin ro pe o jẹ “imolara, ti o ni ipa akọkọ”. [3] Iwe irohin Buzz ti a npe ni "iwadi jinlẹ ti idanimọ ati gbigba." [15] The Sunday Times a npe ni o "a gbigbe idiwọ nipa ife ati ìka lọlọ." [16]
Ninu atunyẹwo itara diẹ diẹ, Ipilẹṣẹ Literary Times yìn iwe naa “awọn oju iṣẹlẹ ti a ṣe ni iyalẹnu daradara”, lakoko ti o sọ pe o nireti “ifihan ti o lagbara diẹ sii ti ilu ati awọn eniyan Port Harcourt”. [17]
Blessings jẹ atokọ gigun fun 2024 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize. [18] Iwe naa de laarin atokọ Esquire Àdàkọ:' awọn iwe iṣeduro ti 2024. [19] USA Loni sọ orukọ rẹ láàrin “awọn iwe ti o dara julọ nipasẹ awọn onkọwe Dudu”. [20]
Awọn itọkasi
[àtúnṣe | àtúnṣe àmìọ̀rọ̀]- ↑ "Chukwuebuka Ibeh | Blessings". Penguin Books Ltd.
- ↑ Ghosh, Kuhelika (1 November 2022). "22-Year-Old Chukwuebuka Ibeh’s Debut Novel Blessings Will Be Published By Viking in 2024". Brittle Paper (in Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì). Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- 1 2 Mamata, Bidisha (2024-03-03). "Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh review – when a clinch is a crime" (in en-GB). The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/mar/03/blessings-by-chukwuebuka-ibeh-review-when-a-clinch-is-a. Àṣìṣe ìtọ́kasí: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "Bidisha" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ https://brittlepaper.com/2023/05/brittle-paper-alumnus-chukwuebuka-ibehs-debut-novel-secures-film-agent-and-u-s-canada-german-and-spanish-book-deals/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc9ujmTiSG8&t=1319s
- ↑ https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/mcsweeney-s-issue-56
- ↑ https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/mcsweeney-s-issue-56
- ↑ https://lolwe.org/the-ache-of-longing/
- ↑ https://electricliterature.com/meet-the-most-promising-new-voices-of-nigerian-fiction/
- ↑ https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/viking-scoops-miraculous-debut-by-ibeh-in-exclusive-submission
- ↑ What Are African Values? | Chukwuebuka Ibeh | TEDxWUSTL
- ↑ https://brittlepaper.com/2023/09/the-debut-novel-zadie-smith-wants-everyone-to-read-blessing-by-chukwuebuka-ibeh/
- ↑ Barone, Joshua (2024-06-04). "A Queer Coming-of-Age Tale, Set in a Brutal Anti-Gay World". https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/04/books/review/blessings-chukwuebuka-ibeh.html.
- ↑ Waters, Katherine (2024-02-07). "A smart literary attack on Nigeria's anti-gay laws". https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/review-blessings-chukwuebuka-ibeh/.
- ↑ https://www.buzzmag.co.uk/blessings-chukwuebuka-ibeh-book-review/
- ↑ https://penguinrandomhouselibrary.com/book/?isbn=9780593865477
- ↑ https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/blessings-chukwuebuka-ibeh-book-review-estelle-shirbon/
- ↑ https://www.wilbur-niso-smithfoundation.org/index.php/awards/best-published-novel-2019/2024-longlist
- ↑ https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/g46199447/best-books-2024/
- ↑ https://reviewed.usatoday.com/lifestyle/features/books-black-authors-2024