Kuunika M'mabwinja
Chris Bohjalian, 2013
Knopf Doubleday
309 p.
ISBN-13: 9780307743923
Chidule
Buku losangalatsa la chikondi, kutaya mtima, ndi kubwezera—lomwe limapezeka mu Tuscany yomwe yasakazidwa ndi nkhondo.
1943: Banja la a Rosatis, lomwe ndi banja la anthu olemekezeka ku Italy, lomwe lili m'mapiri okongola kum'mwera kwa Florence, limakhulupirira kuti makoma a nyumba yawo yakale adzawateteza ku nkhondo yomwe ikupitirira ku Ulaya konse. Cristina wazaka 18 amakhala masiku ake akusambira m'dziwe losambira, akusewera ndi mdzukulu wake wamng'ono komanso mdzukulu wake, komanso akuyendayenda m'minda ya m'munda ndi minda ya azitona.
Koma asilikali awiri, Mjeremani ndi Mtaliyana, atafika panyumbapo akupempha kuti akaone malo akale a ku Etruscan, bata la Rosatis linasokonekera. Mkulu wa asilikali wachinyamata wa ku Germany anayamba kukonda Cristina, ndipo a Nazi anafika pamalopo n’kupempha kuti awalandire bwino, ndipo malo awo opatulika anakhala ndende yawo.
1955: Serafina Bettini, wofufuza milandu ku dipatimenti ya apolisi ku Florence, ali ndi ziwanda zake. Mkazi wokongola, Serafina amabisa mosamala mabala ake pamodzi ndi zokumbukira zake zoopsa za nkhondo.
Koma pamene apatsidwa mlandu watsopano woopsa—wakupha anthu ambiri amene akuyang'ana a Rosatis, kupha otsala a m'banjamo mmodzi ndi mmodzi mwa anthu osadziwika bwino—Serafina akupeza kuti akufufuza zakale zomwe zimakhudza ozunzidwawo komanso mbiri yake yomvetsa chisoni.Kuchokera kwa wofalitsa.)