Zojambula zakale zosatha komanso zaluso zamakono zomwe zimayesa, kupatsa mphamvu, komanso kusiya zotsatira zokhalitsa. Zabwino kwambiri pokambirana moganizira.
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Abisalomu, Abisalomu!
William Faulkner, 1936
313 p.
March 2007
Ili ndi buku losangalatsa, mtundu wa nkhani yachinsinsi, momwe timadziwa amene anachita upanduwo koma osati chifukwa chake.
Faulkner akufotokoza za kuphedwa kwa mnyamata ndipo mozungulira chochitika chimodzi chimenecho akumanga mbiri yonse ya banja lachifumu la kum'mwera. M'njira zambiri ndi mbiri ya kum'mwera komweko.
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Abisalomu, Abisalomu!
William Faulkner, 1936
313 p.
February 2009
Ili ndi buku lofunika kwambiri la zokumbukira—mbiri ya banja yomwe imayesa kuphatikiza zakale ndikupeza zomwe zikuchitika pano. Koma kukumbukira pankhaniyi kumasefedwa kudzera m'makhalidwe osiyanasiyana...kotero sitidziwa bwino zomwe timapeza—ngakhale tingaganize kuti tili nazo zonse.
AbisalomuNkhaniyi ndi ya Thomas Sutpen, yemwe mu 1833 amayesetsa kupanga ufumu kuchokera ku dambo, ndipo pamapeto pake amadziwononga yekha. Nkhaniyi imayamba zaka zingapo pambuyo pake pamene Miss Rosa Coldfield wachikulire akufotokozera koyamba nkhani ya tsoka la banja la Sutpen kwa Quentin Compson wachinyamata.
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Uphungu ndi Chilolezo
Allen Drury, 1959
638 p.
Ndemanga ya Buku lolembedwa ndi Molly Lundquist
September, 2013
Yolembedwa zaka zoposa 50 zapitazo, Uphungu ndi Chilolezo ikadali buku labwino kwambiri la ndale ku America. Ndi ndale zomwe sizikusangalatsa—kusakaniza kosasangalatsa kwa kusinthana zinthu, ziphuphu, ngakhale kuopseza—zonsezi zimaperekedwa ngati gawo la ndondomeko ya demokalase.
Chomwe chimapangitsa nkhaniyi kukhala yokoma komanso yokoma kwambiri ndi kuzama kwa anthu omwe ali munkhaniyi komanso mfundo yakuti amatidziwitsa maganizo ndi zovuta zomwe zili kumbuyo kwa zisankho zawo. Drury amachita zosatheka: amapangitsa andale ake kukhala achifundo, ngakhale olemekezeka.
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Nthawi Yosalakwa
Edith Wharton, 1920
~ 300 pp. (zimasiyana malinga ndi wofalitsa)
September 2011
Chikondi choletsedwa nthawi zonse chakhala chikugwiritsidwa ntchito m'mabuku—kuyambira kale mpaka Tristan ndi Isolde, mpaka masiku ano. akaponya zino.
Timakopeka ndi nkhani zimenezi chifukwa cha kukangana kwakukulu pakati pa chilakolako ndi kudziletsa. Kukangana kumeneko kumafanana ndi kwathu ndipo, tikakumana ndi nkhani yaikulu yongopeka, miyoyo yathu imakula. Zili ngati ife, ife eni, takhala mbali ya nkhani yaikulu. Buku la Edith Wharton la chikondi choletsedwa limatipatsa zomwezo.
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Nthawi Yosalakwa
Edith Wharton, 1920
~ 300 pp. (zimasiyana malinga ndi wofalitsa)
September 2011
Chikondi choletsedwa nthawi zonse chakhala chikugwiritsidwa ntchito m'mabuku—kuyambira kale mpaka Tristan ndi Isolde, mpaka masiku ano. akaponya zino.
Timakopeka ndi nkhani zimenezi chifukwa cha kukangana kwakukulu pakati pa chilakolako ndi kudziletsa. Kukangana kumeneko kumafanana ndi kwathu ndipo, tikakumana ndi nkhani yaikulu yongopeka, miyoyo yathu imakula. Zili ngati ife, ife eni, takhala mbali ya nkhani yaikulu. Buku la Edith Wharton la chikondi choletsedwa limatipatsa zomwezo.
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Mahatchi Onse Okongola
Cormac McCarthy, 1992
301 p.
Ndemanga ya Buku lolembedwa ndi Molly Lundquist
March 2015
Analowerera mu nthano—ndipo nthawi yomweyo anali wosokoneza nthano—Mahatchi Onse Okongola lakhala buku lakale lamakono. Ngakhale kuti ulendo wa ngwazi ndi wofanana ndi wina aliyense m'nthano zakale, umawononga nthano yomwe dziko lino limadziuza lokha yokhudza kumadzulo kwakukulu kwa America.
McCarthy akunena kuti Kumadzulo kwakale kwatha, ndipo pamodzi ndi mfundo za ulemu wa a cowboy—ubwino woyambira, lingaliro la chilungamo lonse, ndi ufulu wodzisankhira. Ngakhale malo akuluakulu, otseguka atsekedwa ndipo achotsedwa mafuta.
Koma John Grady Cole wachinyamata sakudziwa zimenezo—kapena sakuvomereza. Ndipo akutsata maloto ake kuti alowe m'malo mwa zomwe zamuchotsedwa.
Zili mkati . . .
Onani wathu Buku Lowerengera Mahatchi Onse Okongola.
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Ndipo apo panalibe
Agatha Christie, 1939
320 p.
Ndemanga ya Buku lolembedwa ndi Molly Lundquist
February, 2013
Agatha Christie ndiye mtsogoleri wa zinsinsi zakupha—osati chifukwa chakuti anali katswiri wa ndakatulo (sanali) kapena chifukwa chakuti anali wodziwa zambiri (ngakhale kuti anali wodziwa zambiri). Mphamvu zake zokhalitsa zimachokera ku luso la nkhani zake komanso kapangidwe kake kolimba—zifukwa zodabwitsa, ngakhale kuti zizindikiro zakhalapo kuyambira kale. Kwa zaka pafupifupi zana, olemba zinsinsi akhala akudabwa ndi njira yake.
Zake zakale Ndipo apo panalibe Ndi nkhani yogulitsidwa kwambiri ya Christie—ndipo ndi chinsinsi chogulitsidwa kwambiri nthawi zonse. Ndi nkhani yoopsa komanso yoopsa kwambiri.
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Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy, 1877
838 p.
April 2008
Yamphamvu, yomvetsa chisoni (mukudziwa zomwe zimachitika, sichoncho?), ndipo ndi imodzi mwa mabuku abwino kwambiri owerengedwa m'mabuku onse.
Kunja, Anna Karenina Nkhaniyi ndi ya mkazi amene akuvutika kuti amasuke ku ukonde umodzi—ukwati—koma kenako n’kupeza kuti wakodwa mu ukonde wina. Nkhani yachiwiriyi, yoopsa kwambiri, ndi kupanda pake kwa moyo wokhazikika pa iye mwini. Mu nkhani yomaliza komanso yanzeru yamkati, Anna akuzindikira kuti sangathe kudzithawa yekha.
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Mtsinje
Sinclair Lewis, 1925
masamba 480
November 2010
Sinclair Lewis amadziwika bwino chifukwa cha Babbitt, buku lomwe linamupezera chuma chambiri komanso linamulimbikitsa mawu atsopano m'chinenero cha Chingerezi: "babbitt"—munthu wachikhalidwe, wodzikhutiritsa, komanso wokonda zinthu zakuthupi.
Koma zinali Mtsinje zomwe zinapatsa Lewis Mphotho ya Pulitizer. Ngakhale kuti inalembedwa m'njira yosavuta komanso yosakongoletsedwa (Lewis si katswiri wa sayansi), ndi nkhani yosangalatsa—nkhani yodziwika bwino yomwe imafotokoza za chitukuko cha dokotala wachinyamata amene anali ndi malingaliro abwino. Ndipo monga ngwazi zonse zazikulu, yathu imagwa mumsampha wotaya mtima ndi mayesero, nthawi zina imapita kuchipululu.
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Mbiri ya Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin, 1771-1790
150 pp. (zimasiyana malinga ndi wofalitsa)
February 2010
Zithunzi zonse za moyo wanu zomwe mudaziwonapo ku Hollywood—Yendani Mzere, Ray, Munthu Pa MweziChabwino, mungamuyamike Ben Franklin—ndiye amene anayambitsa kapangidwe kake, pamodzi ndi chitofu cha Franklin, ma bifocal, ndi ndodo ya mphezi.
Mukudziwa kachitidwe kake—kukwera kuchokera pachiyambi chosadziwika bwino, kudzera mu ntchito yolimba ndi mavuto, kupita ku chipambano chachikulu. Kodi nkhani ya Horatio Alger yochokera ku chuma kupita ku chuma? Alger anatsatira nkhani yomwe Franklin anailemba. Sikuti Franklin yekha ndi munthu woyamba ku America, komanso mbiri yake ya moyo.
Werengani zambiri: Mbiri ya moyo wa Benjamin Franklin (Ndemanga)
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Bartleby the Scrivener
Herman Melville, 1853
~50 pp.
July 2009
Nkhani yeniyeni: pulofesa wa Chingerezi wathunthu anandiuzapo kuti cholakwika chachikulu chomwe Herman Melville adachita polemba "Bartleby the Scrivener" chinali kulemba chilichonse pambuyo pa mutuwo. Sizolimbikitsa kwenikweni.
Koma nthawi zonse ndimakonda nkhaniyi—ndipo ophunzira anga, ngakhale kuti sanali kukonda kwambiri "Bartleby," anaphunzira kuiyamikira komanso kukambirana kosangalatsa komwe inalimbikitsa.
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wokondedwa
Toni Morrison, 1987
316 p.
March 2008
Buku ili ndi laposachedwa kwambiri moti silinapambane "Mayeso a Nthawi" a mabuku akale otchuka. Koma lidzapambana. Toni Morrison ndi wopambana Mphoto ya Nobel, ndipo wokondedwa ndiye kupambana kwake kwakukulu—kotero ntchito iyi ikuyenera malo ake m'gulu la mabuku osatha.
Mwina ndi chitsanzo champhamvu komanso chongopeka kwambiri cha ukapolo chomwe tili nacho, wokondedwa ikukumana ndi zoopsa za machitidwe ake komanso cholowa chake.
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Kuitana kwa Chilengedwe ndi woyera fan
Jack London, 1903, 1906
304 p.
March 2009
Ngati mumakonda agalu, kwenikweni kukonda agalu, mupeza mabuku awiri abwino kwambiri a Jack London. London imafotokoza nkhani zonse ziwiri kuchokera pamalingaliro a galu (kapena galu wa nkhandwe), ndipo modabwitsa imagwira ntchito ... bwino kwambiri kotero kuti n'zovuta kuyika buku lililonse pansi.
London ikhoza kukhala yopanda kanthu, ikukumbutsa "chilengedwe cha Tennyson, chofiira m'mano ndi mkanjo" komanso kupulumuka koopsa kwa amphamvu kwambiri. Agalu m'nkhani zonse ziwiri amazunzidwa ndi anthu ndi agalu otsutsana, chiwawa chomwe London sachita manyazi kufotokoza. Komabe onse awiri amamenyana mwamphamvu kuti agonjetse adani awo. Ndi nkhanza komanso ulamuliro womwe London imakondwerera poyera ngati chiwonetsero cha mphamvu ndi chifuniro choyambirira.
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Gwiritsani-22
Joseph Heller, 1961
544 p.
Ndemanga ya Buku lolembedwa ndi Molly Lundquist
January, 2015
Gwiritsani-22—ndi malingaliro ake oseketsa akuda okhudza nkhondo, mphamvu, umbombo, ndi ziphuphu—ndi chimodzi mwa ntchito zazikulu za m'zaka za m'ma 20. Zaka makumi asanu zapitazo, mutuwo unafika mu lexicon yotchuka, ponena za msampha womveka bwino womwe palibe njira yotulukira: Muyenera kuchita A musanachite Bkoma palibe njira yochitira A popanda kuchita kaye BTah-dah...wakodwa.
Monga momwe mutuwo umanenera, kuwerenga bukuli kumabweretsa lingaliro lake la zinthu zopanda pake. Umalikonda, koma sulikonda. Umaliona kuti ndi loseketsa koma loopsa. Umatha ndi chiyembekezo komanso kutaya mtima. Pomaliza, owerenga amatsala ali olendewera—monga chithunzi chodziwika bwino chomwe chili pachikuto chake.
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Chiwembu
Anthony Summers, 1980
640 p.
Ndemanga ya Buku lolembedwa ndi Molly Lundquist
October, 2013
Kwa iwo amene amakonda zinsinsi zakupha, Chiwembu ndi imodzi mwa nkhani zazikulu kwambiri. Ndi nkhani yosatsimikizika ya amene anapha Purezidenti John F. Kennedy—ndipo si nkhani yongopeka.
Ndinayamba kuphunzira za Chiwembu zaka zoposa 30 zapitazo mu 1980. Robert MacNeil, yemwe panthawiyo anali wotsogolera pulogalamu ya nkhani ya PBS, anadabwa kwambiri ataiwerenga kotero kuti anaika pulogalamu yonse ya nkhani ku nkhani zake—chinthu chosayembekezereka. Ndinali kuonera madzulo amenewo.
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Lirani, Dziko Lokondedwa
Alan Paton, 1948
320 p.
December 2008
Ndani sanawerenge izi zaka zapitazo ngati ntchito yakusukulu? Ndikhulupirireni, ndizoyenera kuwerenganso—kwenikweni, ndaiwala momwe ndimakonda bukuli.
Dziko LokondedwaNkhaniyi ikufotokoza za Stephen Kumalo, mbusa wakuda ku South Africa, yemwe akuyesera kupulumutsa mlongo wake ku uhule, mwana wake wamwamuna ku mlandu wakupha, komanso fuko lake ku kusweka.
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Kuvina ku Nyimbo za Nthawi
Anthony Powell, 1951-1975
214, 724, 736, 804 pp. (mavoliyumu I-IV)
Ndemanga ya Buku lolembedwa ndi Molly Lundquist
February 2007
Ichi ndi chuma chomwe sichinaganiziridwe bwino. Ndipotu, n'zovuta kumvetsa chifukwa chake ntchito yodabwitsa ya Anthony Powell siili pafupi ndi lilime la aliyense.
Otsutsa ndi owerenga amavomereza kuti Powell, yemwe anamwalira mu 2000, anali m'modzi mwa olemba mabuku abwino kwambiri—komanso osavuta kuwerenga—a buku la Chingerezi. Kwenikweni, bukuli lili ndi mabuku 12 (otchedwa "duodecalogy"... akumveka ngati chilonda) ogawidwa m'mavoliyumu anayi kapena "mayendedwe."
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David Copperfield
Charles Dickens, 1850
700-800 pp. (zimasiyana malinga ndi wofalitsa)
Ndemanga ya Buku lolembedwa ndi Molly Lundquist
January, 2014
Dickens ndi wolankhula mawu—zomwe timadziwa. Komabe kumuwerenga ndi kusangalala ndi kuchuluka kwa chilankhulo cha Chingerezi. Kenako pali kutalika ndi liwiro: nkhani zikuwunjikana chimodzi pambuyo pa china, kutitsogolera patsogolo mpaka potsiriza, titatsala pang'ono kumaliza, titafika kumapeto!
Ndipo potsiriza—Dickens ndi woseketsa, woseketsa kwambiri. Ngakhale zinthu zitamuipira Davey Copperfield wamng'ono, n'zosatheka kusanyoza anthu ndi mawu ambiri omwe amachokera ku luso la wolembayo loseweretsa mawu. Zonsezi zimapangitsa kuti bukuli likhale limodzi mwa mabuku osangalatsa kwambiri komanso osangalatsa kwambiri nthawi zonse. Ndi chisangalalo chenicheni.
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Imfa ya Wogulitsa
Arthur Miller, 1949
masamba 144
January 2012
Kwa nthawi yayitali ankaonedwa ngati sewero lodziwika bwino la zisudzo zaku America, Imfa ya Wogulitsa nthawi zambiri amaonedwa ngati tsoka la munthu wamba. Cholinga chachikulu chili pa Willy Loman, munthu wotanganidwa ndi dziko lamalonda lochita zinthu mopanda nzeru—dera lomwe limachotsa ulemu wa anthu.
Koma pamene ndawerenga kwambiri seweroli, kuliona likuseweredwa, ndikuliphunzitsa ophunzira, ndimaona kwambiri ngati nkhani ya mwana wa Willy, Biff, ndi kulimbana kwake kuti akhale mwamuna. Kwa ine, nkhaniyi imayang'ana kwambiri pa Biff monga momwe Willy amachitira.
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Nyumba ya Chidole
Henrik Ibsen, 1879
80 pp. (zimasiyana)
mwina 2008
Kambiranani za zisudzo—kapena mafumu a zisudzo—Nora Helmer ndiye munthu weniweni, dalitsani mtima wake.
Chitseko chotsekedwa cha Nora kumapeto kwa sewero la Ibsen chinadziwika kuti "slam yomwe imamveka padziko lonse lapansi" - kunyoza mfundo za Victorian ndikuyambitsa ziyembekezo za ufulu wovota kulikonse. Izi zinasonyeza kusintha kwa dziko la Kumadzulo ndipo pamapeto pake zinapangitsa kuti azimayi asankhe.
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Dracula
Bram Stoker, 1897
300-400 pp. (zimasiyana malinga ndi wofalitsa)
October 2011
Dracula Nkhani yabwino kwambiri moti imachititsa munthu kudzifunsa kuti: ngati si Bram Stoker, kodi pakanakhalapo chilakolako cha vampire? Tidakali pakati pa chilakolako chimenecho—papita zaka zoposa 100.
Stoker sanapange ma vampire—ndi mbali ya nthano zakale—komanso sanapange mtundu wa mabuku. Koma buku lake la 1897 Dracula yapitiriza kupanga mabuku ambirimbiri, mafilimu, mapulogalamu apa TV, zojambula, masewera apakanema, ndi zovala zopusa. Ndi mtundu wa mafilimu womwe watsimikizira kuti ndi wakufa.
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Ntchito: Zikumbutso za Mlembi pa Nkhondo
Robert M. Gates, 2013
640 p.
Ndemanga ya Buku lolembedwa ndi Molly Lundquist
March, 2014
"Chinthu chimodzi pambuyo pa china" ndi momwe Robert M. Gates adafotokozera tsiku lachizolowezi monga mtsogoleri wa chitetezo. Kukhala mlembi inali ntchito yomwe sankaifuna ndipo sankaikonda akafika kumeneko, koma chikondi chake pa asilikali, ndi kudzipereka kwake kwa iwo, zinali zoposa chikhumbo chilichonse chaumwini.
Chikondi chimenecho, chomwe nthawi zina chinali chaumwini komanso chongoganizira kwambiri, chinali mutu waukulu wa nthawi ya Gates ku Defense komanso m'buku lake la mbiri yakale. Powerenga "lipoti" lake la masamba 640 lolembedwa mwachidule, tingayamikire kuti winawake—ndipo, pankhani iyi, winawake anali pamwamba kwambiri—anasamala kwambiri zosowa za "ana" omwe anali kutsogolo.
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Emma
Jane Austen, 1815
560 p.
January 2007
Yambani chaka chatsopano ndi kuvina! Kuvina kodabwitsa komanso kovuta—kokhala ndi masitepe odumphadumpha, kutembenuka, ndi ma sashay. Emma ndi nkhani yodziwika bwino ya Austen, nkhani yomwe nkhani yake imapangidwa ndi mizere itatu ndipo imalumikizana, ndipo Austen saphonya sitepe iliyonse.
Monga momwe Austen mwiniwake adavomerezera, Emma Woodhouse ndi ngwazi yovuta chifukwa sakondedwa kwenikweni.
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Kutali ndi Khamu la Anthu Openga
Thomas Hardy, 1874
512 p.
January 2008
Woyimira Hardy monga wolemba ndi munthu amene amafufuza mozama—ndipo zomwe amapeza pansi pa nthaka nthawi zambiri zimakhala zomvetsa chisoni. Sizili choncho ndi Gulu la Anthu Osasangalala, buku lakale komanso chikondwerero chosangalatsa cha moyo wa ubusa ku England.
Ndi nkhani yabwino kwambiri, yokhala ndi ngwazi ziwiri zokhalitsa...ndi zokondeka...: Bathsheba Everdene ndi Gabriel Oak (mungasangalale kungotchula mayina ophiphiritsa a mayina amenewo).
Werengani zambiri: Kutali ndi Gulu la Anthu Osasangalala (Ndemanga)
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Chinsinsi cha Akazi
Betty Friedan, 1963
382 p.
April 2009
Ngakhale kuti ndi kakang'ono kwambiri kuti kawerengedwe, nayi chithunzi chooneka bwino pansi pa chikuto cha bukuli (kumanzere) akuti:
Yasintha dziko lonse lapansi mokwanira kotero kuti n'zovuta kukumbukira kuchuluka kwa kusintha komwe kunafunikira. —New York Times
N'zovuta kuganiza kuti buku lililonse lingakhale ndi mphamvu yaikulu pa chivomerezi chomwe bukuli linachita—makamaka lolembedwa ndi akazi omwe ambiri amawaona ngati chinthu chonyansa: wokwiya, wankhanza komanso wankhanza. Friedan, osanenapo za buku lake, anali chida choyambitsa mkangano.
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Msilikali Wabwino
Ford Madox Ford, 1915
288 p.
December 2006
Iyi ndi nkhani yoti ikupangitseni kuzunguzika mutu—ndi kukupangitsani kusinthasintha masamba pamene mukudabwa kuti wofotokoza nkhani angakhale bwanji wopusa chonchi.
Koma ndicho chisangalalo. Msilikali Wabwino Nkhaniyi ili ndi nkhani ya mabanja awiri: mkazi wa mmodzi akuchita chibwenzi ndi mwamuna wa winayo, ndi wofotokoza nkhani—mwamuna womangidwa m'khosi—ali mumdima.
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Mphesa za Mkwiyo
John Steinbeck, 1939
446 p.
July 2008
N'zovuta kuganiza kuti buku lolembedwa panthawi ya fumbi komanso panthawi ya kuvutika maganizo, lonena za banja la anthu osamukira kudziko lina omwe ali ndi umphawi ndi mavuto (nkhani zoopsa kwambiri) lingakhale lokopa kwambiri.
koma Mphesa za Mkwiyo ndi imodzi mwa ntchito zomwe anthu ambiri amakonda ku America—ndipo ndi buku losatha chokondedwa cha kalabu yowerengera mabukuNdi buku lokongola chabe.
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Mlatho Waukulu: Nkhani Yodziwika Kwambiri ya
Kumanga Mlatho wa Brooklyn
David McCullough, 1972
562 p.
February 2011
Pambuyo powerenga buku lake zaka zapitazo, David McCullough anandikhulupirira. Mpaka lero ndikukhulupirira kuti nkhani zambiri zofotokozedwa bwino ndi zina mwa mabuku abwino kwambiri omwe amawerengedwa—ngakhale nkhani yokhudza uinjiniya ndi zomangamanga. Ndipo ndine mtsikana.
Inde, tikulankhula za kumanga Mlatho wa Brooklyn—umodzi mwa milatho yakale kwambiri, komanso yokongola kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Monga momwe mutu wa bukuli ukunenera, ndi mlatho "waukulu". Ndiwo, ndipo iyi ndi nkhani yabwino kwambiri.
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Zoyembekeza Zambiri
Charles Dickens, 1860
560 p.
November 2006
Mnyamata wosauka. Ndi dzina ngati Pip, n'zosadabwitsa kuti ngwazi ya bukuli imalota za ulemerero.
Mutuwu ukunena za cholowa chachikulu chomwe mnyamata wolemera akuyembekezera kulandira tsiku lina, zomwe zimamutsimikizira kukhala ndi moyo wosangalala. Koma Pip amachokera ku magulu ang'onoang'ono kotero alibe "ziyembekezo" zotere - mpaka tsiku lina, munthu wina mosadziwika bwino adzagwa m'manja mwake.
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Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1925
143 p.
January 2009
Nthawi yovomereza machimo. Sindimakonda kwenikweni Great GatsbyKoma ndikuganiza kuti ndili ndekha padziko lonse lapansi pankhaniyi—ndipo ndichifukwa chake ndikulimbikitsa izi ngati Ntchito Yabwino ya mwezi uno.
Otsutsa akhala akuganizira kwa nthawi yaitali Great Gatsby Ndi imodzi mwa mabuku ofunika kwambiri aku America chifukwa imagwirizana ndi nthano yapadera yaku America yodziyimira payokha.
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Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1925
143 p.
January 2009
Nthawi yovomereza machimo. Sindimakonda kwenikweni Great GatsbyKoma ndikuganiza kuti ndili ndekha padziko lonse lapansi pankhaniyi, ndichifukwa chake ndikupangira mwezi uno.
Ndemanga iyi ikubwera pambuyo pa filimu ya Baz Luhrmann ya 2013, yomwe ndi buku latsopano la moyo wake. buku la Zelda, ndi buku lofalitsidwa posachedwapa la buku lodziwika bwino la Fitzgerald nkhani za flapper. Pomaliza, ndikupangira gatsby chifukwa otsutsa akhala akuona kuti ndi imodzi mwa mabuku ofunika kwambiri aku America—nkhani yolumikizidwa mu nthano yapadera yaku America yodzilenga.
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Tsoka la Hamlet, Kalonga wa Denmark
William Shakespeare, 1603 (Kota Yoyamba)
~150-160 pp. (zimasiyana malinga ndi wofalitsa)
Ndemanga ya Buku lolembedwa ndi Molly Lundquist
September 2012
Hamlet Ndi nkhani yovuta kuwerenga, palibe kuisiya. Komabe ndi sewero losangalatsa kwambiri mu Shakespeare yonse—kapena, monga ena amakhudzira, m'mabuku onse. Ndi nkhani ya kalonga amene walandidwa bambo ake ndi mpando wake woyenera pampando wachifumu wa Denmark.
Chikondi, kubwezera, kuperekedwa, chiwembu cha anthu akudziko ndi akunja—ndi munthu wovuta kwambiri m'mabuku onse—ndizo zomwe zili m'nkhaniyi. Onjezani zina mwa zilankhulo zochititsa chidwi kwambiri zomwe zalembedwapo...ndipo pamenepo muli ndi nkhani ya Shakespeare Hamlet.
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Mtima wa Mdima
Joseph Conrad, 1899
160 p.
Ndemanga ya Buku lolembedwa ndi Molly Lundquist
June, 2012
Gandhi anafunsidwapo nthawi ina zomwe amaganiza za chitukuko cha Kumadzulo. "Lingakhale lingaliro labwino," anaseka. Kukambirana kumeneko ndi kofunika kwambiri Mtima wa Mdima, buku lomwe m'njira zambiri linali patsogolo pa nthawi yake.
Conrad analemba buku lake pamene ulamuliro wa atsamunda ku Ulaya unali pachimake, dongosolo lomwe adaliwona mu nkhanza zambiri zakupha anthu. Komabe, analinso kulembera anthu aku Britain, omwe ankakhulupirira kuti kubweretsa chitukuko kumayiko "osalamuliridwa" chinali lamulo lopatulika.
Nyumba ya Mirth
Edith Wharton,
274 p.
Ndemanga ya Buku lolembedwa ndi Molly Lundquist
mwina 2013
Zaka khumi ndi zisanu buku lake lopambana mphoto ya Pulitzer lisanayambe, Nthawi Yosalakwa, Edith Wharton anali ataphunzira kale za gulu la anthu azaka zagolide ku New York. Ntchito yakale imeneyo ndi Nyumba ya Mirth, chithunzi choopsa kwambiri, chankhanza kwambiri komanso cholusa kwambiri kuposa chilichonse m'buku lake lotsatira.
Ndipo mu buku la Lily Bart, Wharton watipatsa m'modzi mwa ngwazi zokhazikika m'mabuku. Lily, ndi kukongola kwake kodabwitsa komanso chithumwa chake chachibadwa, amakopa owerenga momwemonso momwe amakopera anthu omwe ali m'bukuli.
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Howard Kutha
EM Forster, 1910
355 p.
September 2007
Zinatenga mafilimu opangidwa bwino a Merchant-Ivory* kuti apange EM Forster kukhala wotchuka kwambiri m'mabuku. Asanayambe, anali ndi malo olemekezeka koma odekha pakati pa olemba mabuku aku England.
Timayamikira Forster chifukwa amalankhula nkhani zabwino kwambiri pamene akulimbana ndi mavuto akuluakulu a anthu, makamaka dongosolo lolimba la magulu a anthu ku England, ukoloni, kugonana kwa amuna kapena akazi okhaokha—ndipo, nthawi zonse, chinyengo.
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Adventures ya Makula
Mark Twain, 1885
July 2007
Akatswiri akhala akuganizira kwa nthawi yaitali Huck Finn imodzi mwa Mabuku Abwino Achimereka (pamodzi ndi Moby-Dick ndi Tsamba la Scarlet).
Ndi nkhani yabwino yosangalatsa yokhudza kuthawa—mnyamata wamng'ono ndi kapolo wothawa akuyenda pa bwato kupita ku Mississippi kupita ku ufulu. Panjira akukumana ndi zochitika zosangalatsa komanso anthu ambiri odzitukumula, ambiri mwa iwo ndi amisala koma ochepa oona mtima.
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Iliad
Homer; Robert Fagels, wosintha chinenero, 1990
576 p.
August 2008
Ngati sikunali kumasulira kwabwino kumeneku kwa Robert Fagels, mwina sindikanalimbikitsa Iliad ngati kalabu yowerengera mabuku. Zoona zake? Mwina sindikanawerenga ndekha.
Zolemba za Fagels ndi zamphamvu kwambiri—ndipo modabwitsa zomveka—kuti mumadzipeza mukusangalala, mukukhala m'dziko longa maloto la milungu ndi anthu.
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Munthu Wosaoneka
Ralph Ellison, 1952
581 p.
Ndemanga ya Buku lolembedwa ndi Molly Lundquist
October, 2014
Limodzi mwa mabuku akuluakulu aku America okalamba, la Ellison Munthu Wosaoneka Nkhaniyi ndi ya mnyamata wakuda yemwe akuvutika kupeza umunthu wake pakati pa anthu azungu.
Bukuli linali lodziwika kwambiri—otsutsa ndi owerenga ankakonda (ndipo akadali nalo) mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya ma prose, nthabwala zake, zithunzi zake, ndi zizindikiro zake. Komabe chithunzi chake cha America sichili chokongola kwenikweni. Bukuli linali limodzi mwa mabuku oyamba ongopeka, ndipo mwina owerengedwa kwambiri, omwe amaika chidwi pa tsankho lalikulu mdzikolo—popanda malingaliro otonthoza ngati Nyumba ya Amalume Tom.
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Jane eyre
Charlotte Bronte, 1847
~500 pp.
Ndemanga ya Buku lolembedwa ndi Molly Lundquist
April, 2013
Mwina palibe buku lina, kupatulapo Kudzitukumula ndi kusankhana, wakhala akukondedwa ndi akazi monga momwe Jane eyre, buku la Cinderella ngati linalipo. Ngati simunawerengepo...mwakhala mukuchita chiyani ndi moyo wanu? Ngati inu ndi werengani, werenganinso. Ndi imodzi mwa ntchito zambiri zakale zomwe zimakula bwino kwambiri mukawerenga motsatizana.
Pamwamba pake, Jane eyre ndi nkhani yachikondi yosavuta: mtsikana wamng'ono, wonyozedwa ndi zochitika komanso wozunzidwa ndi mabungwe omwe akanayenera kumuteteza (banja ndi sukulu), amapambana mtima wa mwamuna wolemera komanso wodziwa bwino ntchito. Komabe, kwenikweni, Jane eyre ndi zambiri, zambiri.
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Tycoon Womaliza (Aka Chikondi cha Tycoon Womaliza)
F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1941
208 p.
Ndemanga ya Buku lolembedwa ndi Molly Lundquist
August, 2012
Fitzgerald anamwalira asanamalize Tycoon Womaliza. Koma monga momwe wotsutsa Edmund Wilson adalembera panthawiyo, ngakhale kuti sinamalizidwe komanso sinakonzedwe bwino, "ndi buku labwino kwambiri la ku Hollywood lomwe tili nalo." Ambiri amaganiza kuti lidakali choncho zaka 70 pambuyo pake.
Monroe Stahr, mwiniwake wa bizinesi ya mafilimu, ndi wopanga mafilimu amene ali pamwamba pa mndandanda wa mafilimu ku Hollywood. Wokongola, wanzeru, komanso katswiri pa nkhani iliyonse yojambula mafilimu, Stahr wamanga njira yopangira mafilimu yomwe amalamulira. Iye ndi mfumu ya ku Hollywood. Ndipo amakonda kwambiri mafilimu.
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Kuwala mu Ogasiti
William Faulkner, 1932
528 p.
August 2011
Chimodzi mwa mabuku osangalatsa kwambiri, Kuwala mu Ogasiti, limatifikitsa mkati mwa nkhani yongopeka ya Faulkner ya ku Yoknapatawpha County ndi mkati mwa maganizo a anthu ake—miyoyo yogawanika, yonse ikuvutika ndi zakale ndipo ikufunafuna malo mu nthawi ino.
Bukuli likutsatira nkhani zitatu zosiyana, zonse zomwe zalumikizidwa ndi kuphulika kwa chiwawa kumapeto. Ndi losalondola kwambiri.
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Aang'ono Akazi
Louisa May Alcott, 1868 ndi 1869
~500 pp. (zimasiyana malinga ndi wofalitsa)
Ndemanga ya Buku lolembedwa ndi Molly Lundquist
January, 2013
Louisa May adasindikiza buku lake lodziwika bwino la classic zaka 145 zapitazo, ndipo ngakhale kuti nthawi zina linali lakale—kalembedwe kake kofotokozera nkhani za akazi komanso kutsindika udindo wa akazi—Aang'ono Akazi akadali ndi zambiri zoti anene zokhudza momwe zinthu zilili masiku ano.
Palibe chilichonse—ngakhale—chakale chokhudza lingaliro la khalidwe labwino: kuwolowa manja ndi chifundo, kukhululukira, kudziletsa, nzeru, ndi kukhala ndi cholinga. Izi ndi mfundo zomwe Marmee amaphunzitsa ana ake aakazi anayi ndipo amaona ngati njira yopitira ku moyo wabwino. N'zosavuta kwambiri kunyalanyaza mfundo zimenezo m'zaka za m'ma 21.
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Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov, 1955
377 p.
Ndemanga ya Buku lolembedwa ndi Molly Lundquist
mwina 2012
Lolita Wakhala wotchuka kwambiri ngati buku lodziwika bwino, ngakhale kuti ndi losokoneza, losokoneza kwambiri chifukwa cha nkhani yake—kugonana ndi ana. Choyipa kwambiri n'chakuti mumadzipeza kuti mukutenga mbali—kuchirikiza, ndikugwirizana ndi—munthu wokonda ana. Ndipo mumapezanso kuti mukuseka chifukwa munthu wokonda ana ndi wokamba nkhani woseketsa komanso wanzeru.
Kodi Nabokov amachita bwanji zimenezi? Amagwiritsa ntchito mfundo—ndipo amaitembenuza. Mfundo (onani LitCourse 7 yathu yaulere) ndi momwe olemba amatithandizira kuzindikira anthu ena—timaona zochitika za m’bukuli kudzera m’maso mwawo, ndipo nthawi zambiri iwo ndi anthu abwino.
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Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov, 1955
317 p.
September 2008
Lolita yafika paudindo wodziwika bwino monga buku lodziwika bwino, ngakhale kuti ndi losokoneza, losokoneza kwambiri chifukwa cha nkhani yake—pedophilia.
Choyipa kwambiri n'chakuti mumadzipeza kuti mukutenga mbali—kuchirikiza, ndikugwirizana—ndi munthu wokonda ana. Ndipo mumapezanso kuti mukuseka chifukwa munthu wokonda ana ndi wolankhula moseketsa komanso wanzeru.
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Mbuye wa Ntchentche
William Golding, 1954
304 p.
Ndemanga ya Buku lolembedwa ndi Molly Lundquist
December, 2011
Kuyambira pomwe idasindikizidwa koyamba mu 1954, Mbuye wa Ntchentche yakhala ngati mtundu wa mayeso a Rorsach. Owerenga ena amaona ngati fanizo lachipembedzo pakati pa chabwino ndi choipa...ena ngati nkhondo ya Freudian pakati pa id ndi superego...enanso ngati mbiri ya kukwera kwa chitukuko. Pomaliza, ambiri amaona ngati ndemanga pa mabungwe andale padziko lonse lapansi.
Kwenikweni, chilichonse onse, mwa mawerengedwe amenewo—ndi zina zambiri—zimadalira nkhani yochititsa mantha ya Golding ya anyamata omwe afika poipa.
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Lord of the Rings (Trilogy Yathunthu)
JRR Tolkein, 1937-1949
432; 352; 432 mape.
Ndemanga ya Buku lolembedwa ndi Molly Lundquist
October, 2012
N'zopanda nzeru kuyesa ngakhale kubwerezanso mabuku atatu a Tolkein. Chifukwa chake sindidzatero. Chomwe ndichita ndikulemba za zomwe ndakumana nazo powerenga bukuli—mabuku onse atatu.
Chifukwa chake ndinayamba ...
Kunali usiku kwambiri, sindinathe kugona, ndipo mabuku anali atandithera. Choncho ndinalowa m'chipinda cha mwana wanga wamkazi, ndinafufuza m'mashelufu ake a mabuku ndipo ndinapeza ... tah dah! ... mndandanda wonse wa "Lord of the Rings". Bwanji osatero, ndinaganiza. Sindikonda maloto ... kotero izi zidzandigonetsa tulo.
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Munthu wa Nyengo Zonse
Robert Bolt, 1960
163 p.
September 2010
Pamene sewero la Robert Bolt linayamba zaka 50 zapitazo, otsutsa analitcha "lokongola kwambiri"... "lowala," ... "lonse." Kwa zaka zambiri pambuyo pake, seweroli linkaseweredwa m'mabwalo owonetsera zisudzo ndipo linkaphunzitsidwa m'makalasi m'dziko lonselo. Masiku ano, lanyalanyazidwa modabwitsa. Siliyenera kutero.
Munthu wa Nyengo Zonse Ndi nkhani ya Thomas More—winanso amene anavulala kwambiri mu nthawi ya Tudor-Boleyn. Ngakhale kuti anzake ndi abale ake anamupempha, ngakhale mfumu yake, More sadzavomereza kusudzulana ndi kukwatiwanso kwa Henry. Monga munthu wodzipereka ku tchalitchi, amasankha mfundo m'malo mochita zinthu mwanzeru—poika moyo wake pachiswe.
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Middlemarch
George Eliot, 1871-72
~800 pp. (zimasiyana malinga ndi wofalitsa)
October 2007
Iyi ndi imodzi mwa ntchito zabwino kwambiri m'mabuku a Chingerezi. Ndipo monga kuwerenga mabuku ambiri otere, ndi ntchito yaikulu. Mudzafunika nthawi ndi khama (buku langa lili ndi masamba oposa 800).
Kodi ndakuchititsani mantha? Chabwino, muyenera kudziwa zomwe mukufuna. Koma ngati mungasankhe kuwerenga bukuli—ndi kulitsatira—lidzakusangalatsani. Pali chifukwa chabwino chochitira izi Middlemarch ili pamwamba pa buku la Realistic.
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Ana a Pakati pa Usiku
Salman Rushdie, 1981
560 p.
November 2008
Palibe buku lina m'Chingelezi lomwe lili ndi zokongoletsa zambiri ngati Ana a Pakati pa UsikuInapambana mphoto ya Booker mu 1981...kenako inapambana mphoto ya Booker of the Bookers mu 1993...kenako inapambana mphoto ya Best of the Bookers patatha zaka 15. Palibe ntchito ina yomwe yapambana mphoto zimenezo.
Monga Toni Morrison's wokondedwa kapena Garcia Marquez's Zaka zana limodzi zakukhala pawekha, bukuli lakhala limodzi mwa mabuku angapo akale amakono.
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Moby-Dick
Herman Melville, 1851
500-600 pp. (zimasiyana)
mwina 2007
Zifukwa 10 Zowerengera Moby-Dick
1. Ndi Buku Lalikulu la ku America.
2. Ndi nkhani yabwino kwambiri.
3. Zili ngati sipinachi—ndi zabwino kwa inu.
4. Zimapezeka paliponse—zimapezeka m'mabuku, chipembedzo, ndale, ndi zamaganizo.
5. Funso limakhala lofunika kwambiri mukamachita masewera a Jeopardy.