Shin kun san lokacin da kuke karanta littafi kuma da alama yana da ruɗani don ruɗani ko kuma * burgewa*? (Ba ma so mu ambaci sunaye, amma misali ɗaya wanda ya zo a hankali da waƙoƙin da Shmavity's Shmainbow.) Yana da irin takaici. Ba haka lamarin yake ba tare da lakabi takwas masu zuwa, waɗanda suke da wuyar karantawa, amma sun fi dacewa da lokacinku da ƙoƙarinku.
MAI GABATARWA : Littattafai 11 don Lokacin da kuke Buƙatar Kuka mai Kyau
Rufin: Pantheon Marubuta Na Zamani; Bayani: Ashirin20
Hopscotch da Julio Cortazar
Gaskiyar sihiri ba nau'in mai sauƙi ba ne, amma Hopscotch ( Hopscotch a cikin ainihin Mutanen Espanya) dole ne ya zama ɗaya daga cikin misalan mafi wahala. Littafin labari na Cortázar na 1963 game da bohemians na Paris bai wadatu ba don rikitar da masu karatu tare da labarin rafi-na sani kawai. Ana iya karanta ta ta hanyoyi guda biyu mabanbanta: daga gaba zuwa baya, ko kuma ta hanyar zura ido cikin surori 155 da ke bin 'Table of Umar' daga marubucin. Ee, kuma mun ambaci akwai surori da aka keɓe waɗanda ba sa buƙatar karantawa don fahimtar shirin? Duk abin da aka faɗi, za ku ji babban ma'anar nasara bayan kammala shi - komai yadda kuka kai ƙarshe.
Rufe: Littattafan Baya; Bayani: Ashirin20
Mara iyaka Is by David Foster Wallace
Furci: Ya ɗauki ƙoƙarinmu uku don kammala aikin Wallace na 1996, kuma ya cancanci hakan. Tome mai shafuka 1,079 ya bazu komi daga jaraba da wasan tennis zuwa ka'idar fim da kuma rabuwar Quebec. Abin baƙin ciki, ban dariya, mai tunzura tunani da ƙirƙira mai ban mamaki, akwai dalilin da ake ɗaukan shi da daraja.
Murfin: Gidan Random; Bayani: Ashirin20Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner
Doguwa, jumlolin juzu'i alamar kasuwanci ce ta Faulkner, kuma babu wani babban misali na wannan kamar Absalom, Absalom! (wanda aka ba shi, a cikin 1986, Guinness World Record don jimla mafi tsayi a cikin adabi, yana buɗewa a cikin kalmomi 1,288). Wannan littafi na 1936 yana game da, gabaɗaya, Thomas Sutpen, ɗan Kudu wanda aka haifa cikin talauci wanda ya sami dukiya, yayi aure kuma ya yi sanadin mutuwarsa. An faɗa daga ra'ayoyi da yawa a cikin wani lokaci rafi-na-hankali salon, shi ne — a ce mafi ƙanƙanta — m. A matsayin daya Goodreads mai amfani Ya sanya shi, littafin shine, da farko, kamar shiga cikin abokanka suna tattaunawa mai mahimmanci amma, saboda ka rasa rabin farko na shi, ba za ka iya gaya wa wanda yake da shi ba kuma dalilin da yasa suke jin dadi sosai. Har yanzu, masu suka suna la'akari da shi a matsayin mafi kyawun aikin Faulkner (kuma muna son shi gabaɗaya fiye da Kamar Yadda Na Kwance Ina Mutuwa ).
Rufe: Bantam; Bayani: Ashirin20Wasan Al'arshi da George R.R. Martin
Kuna tunanin nuna yana da rudani? Gwada littattafan, inda ba ku da ƙarin kyauta na iya bambanta haruffa daga juna bisa ga kamannin su. Jerin Martin wani tsari ne na ban dariya na gidaje da masarautu-da kuma cikakken yare da aka yi na jiki. Da zarar ka sami rataya na wanene, ko da yake, zai zama hanya mafi sauƙi don bi kuma ba zai yiwu a ajiye shi ba. Ƙari ga haka, za ku iya kasancewa ɗaya daga cikin mutanen da suka ƙasƙantar da kai suna kokawa game da yadda Ser Jorah Mormont ya kasance babu komai kamar yadda ya kamata.
Murfin: Sa hannu Classics; Bayani: Ashirin20
Jahannama by Dante Alighieri
Kashi na farko na 14th-waka almara The Divine Comedy , Jahannama ya ba da labarin tafiyar Dante ta cikin da’irori tara na jahannama (ka sani, kwaɗayi, zamba, ɓacin rai, da dai sauransu), kamar yadda mawaƙin Romawa Virgil ya jagoranta. Ƙarshe misali ne na neman mutum don wayewar ruhaniya, amma wahalar karatu Jahannama ya fito ne daga zurfin tarihi mai zurfi da tushen tauhidi wanda ke nesa da sanin kowa. Idan za ku iya karanta shi a cikin ainihin Italiyanci, kuna da girmamawarmu ta har abada. Idan ba haka ba, gwada nemo fassarar da ke da nauyi akan bayanan mahallin (muna so John Ciardi) da jin daɗin ɗanɗano mai cizon satire da karkatacciyar tunani lokaci-lokaci.
Rufin: Ƙirƙirar Dandalin Buga Mai Zaman Kanta; Bayani: Ashirin20Hoton Mawakin Saurayi da James Joyce
Littafin farko na Joyce, wanda aka buga a 1916, shine mai zamani Littafin marubuci (ainihin, zuwan shekarun mai fasaha) na Stephen Dedalus, almara na almara na Joyce da kuma zance ga Daedalus, mai fasaha da fasaha na tatsuniyoyi na Girka. Haɗa labari na mutum na uku da magana kai tsaye na 'yanci (inda muryar marubucin ke shiga tsakani ta wani bangare), Joyce ta ba da cikakken bayani game da farkawa na addini da hankali na Stephen. Babu laifi ga Ulysses ko Finnegan's Wake , amma idan kun karanta wani aiki na Joyce, sanya shi wannan.
Rufe: Vintage; Bayani: Ashirin20Kar Ka Barni Na Tafi by Kazuo Ishiguro
Gargaɗi: Wannan labari zai rage ku da hawaye… da zarar kun fahimci abin da ke faruwa. Sci-fi na dystopian na al'ada, Ishiguro's mai ban mamaki da dabara na 2005 labari yana tunanin yadda rayuwa zata kasance idan kun kasance clone, an haife ku don girbe gabobin ku tun farkon balaga. Abin da ake kamawa shine, duk abin mai kulawa-mai bayarwa (babban jigon littafin) ba a taɓa bayyana shi a zahiri ba, yana yin nuni mai ban sha'awa, jinkirin da ban tausayi. Idan kun tsaya tare da shi, zai daɗe tare da ku.
Rufe: Zondervan; Bayani: Ashirin20
Littafi Mai Tsarki Marubuta Daban-daban
Ya ji labari? An yi la'akari da shi a matsayin mafi kyawun siyarwa a kowane lokaci (muna magana sama da kwafin biliyan biyar), Littafi Mai Tsarki bude tafsiri ne kamar yadda yake da tsawo, kuma za mu bar shi a haka.
MAI GABATARWA : Jama'a Suna Taron Karatun Shiru kuma…Tabbas