Blessings (novel)

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.

 Idite Lakotan 
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 
Chukwuebuka Ibeh ni a bi ni Port Harcourt, Nigeria, ni ọdun 2000. Lọwọlọwọ o n lepa aleefa MFA kan ni Ile-ẹkọ giga Washington ni St. Louis, Missouri . https://brittlepaper.com/2023/05/brittle-paper-alumnus-chukwuebuka-ibehs-debut-novel-secures-film-agent-and-u-s-canada-german-and-spanish-book-deals/ Kikọ rẹ, ti Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie sàpèjúwe bi “o ṣe akiyesi iyalẹnu pupọ… pẹlu nostalgia fun igba atijọ”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc9ujmTiSG8&t=1319s ti han ni Atunwo mẹẹdogun ti McSweeney, https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/mcsweeney-s-issue-56 The New England Review of Books, Àwon nkan Dappled . https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/mcsweeney-s-issue-56 ati Lolwe . https://lolwe.org/the-ache-of-longing/ Ni 2019, o jẹ orúkọ nípasẹ Electric Literature gẹgẹbi ọkan ninu "Awọn ohun ti o ni ileri púpọ julọ ti Iro-ọrọ Naijiria". https://electricliterature.com/meet-the-most-promising-new-voices-of-nigerian-fiction/

 Idagbasoke ati atejade 
Viking Books kede gbigba rẹ ti ìwé àròsọ “miraculous” akọkọ ti Ibeh ni Oṣu Kẹwa ọdún 2022. https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/viking-scoops-miraculous-debut-by-ibeh-in-exclusive-submission 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. 

 Gbigbawọle 
Blessings di gbígbà wọle daadaa, pẹlu iṣeduro gbogbo eniyan lati ọdọ Zadie Smith . https://brittlepaper.com/2023/09/the-debut-novel-zadie-smith-wants-everyone-to-read-blessing-by-chukwuebuka-ibeh/ 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."  Atunyẹwo irawọ marun-un ni The Telegraph pe ni “ikọlu iwe-kikọ ti o gbọn lori awọn ofin ilodi si onibaje Naijiria.”  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”.  Iwe irohin Buzz ti a npe ni "iwadi jinlẹ ti idanimọ ati gbigba." https://www.buzzmag.co.uk/blessings-chukwuebuka-ibeh-book-review/ The Sunday Times a npe ni o "a gbigbe idiwọ nipa ife ati ìka lọlọ." https://penguinrandomhouselibrary.com/book/?isbn=9780593865477

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”. https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/blessings-chukwuebuka-ibeh-book-review-estelle-shirbon/

Blessings jẹ atokọ gigun fun 2024 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize. https://www.wilbur-niso-smithfoundation.org/index.php/awards/best-published-novel-2019/2024-longlist Iwe naa de laarin atokọ Esquire  awọn iwe iṣeduro ti 2024. https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/g46199447/best-books-2024/ USA Loni sọ orukọ rẹ láàrin “awọn iwe ti o dara julọ nipasẹ awọn onkọwe Dudu”. https://reviewed.usatoday.com/lifestyle/features/books-black-authors-2024

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