Pet (littafi)

***Pet*** wani labari ne na burin matasa da akayi a 2019 / hasashe labarin almara na marubuci ɗan Najeriya Akwaeke Emezi. Ya zo gabannin littafin *Bitter*, wanda aka saki a cikin shekarar 2022.

## Fage
Dangane da littafin  *Pet*, Emezi ya mayar da hankali wajen rubuta littafin da matasa ke son karantawa a yayin da suke tasowa. A labarin, akwai wata yarinya baƙar fata wacce ta sauya jinsinta a yayin da iyayenta da al'ummarta suka goyi bayanta - kuma tayi abubuwa  ban sha'awa amma bata kasance cikin haɗari - sai dai suna da mahimmanci na musamman. 

A Tsarin littafin, Lucille ta samo asali ne daga tsarin da Toni Morrison ta yi amfani da su a cikin almara.  Aqidar garin (“We are each other’s harvest. We are each other’s business. We are each other’s magnitude and bond") magana ce daga Gwendolyn Brooks ' ode zuwa Paul Robeson . 

## Labari
Jam wata budurwa ce da ke zaune a Lucille, wani gari a Amurka. Lucille wani nau'i ne na utopia; tarihin yankin ya nuna cewa mutanen kirki ke fatattakar mutanen banza. A Lucille, babu sauran shaidanu. Kuma haka kowa yake tsammani. Wata rana, Jam ta zamiye kuma ta faɗi kan zanen mahaifiyarta (wani nau'in zane mai dauke da abubuwa masu kaifi a ciki. ) Jinin Jam ya sako halittar da mahaifiyarta ke zanawa: Pet. Pet ta sanarwa Jam cewa halittar ta zo ne don kawar da wani dodo da ke zaune a Lucille.   

## 'yan wasa

* **Jam** ita ce jarumar novel. Yarinyar Baƙar fata mai shekaru 15, ba ko da yaushe take magana ba. Jam tana samun goyon baya da ƙauna daga danginta da al'ummarta.  
* **Bitter** ita ce mahaifiyar Jam, mai zane.
* **Aloe** mahaifin Jam.
* **Redemption** abokin Jam ne. da dan dambe
* **Pet** shine dodo da aka haɗa daga zanen mahaifiyarta Bitter.
* **Moss** ɗan'uwan Redemption ne
* **Hibiscus** kawun Fansa ne
* **Malachita** ita ce mahaifiyar Redemption
* **Beloved** uban Fansa ne
* **Whisper** shine mahaifan Fansa
* **Glass** ce inuwar fansa (matar Hibiscus)

## Jigogi
A cikin wata hira da akayi da *Teen Vogue* dangane ƙirƙirar littafin, Emezi ya nuna cewa littafin na nuna bambanci tsakanin tasowa a Najeriya da kuma zama a Amurka ya yi tasiri sosai kan babban jigon littafin:“Amma daya daga cikin abubuwan da na fi so dangane da tasowa a gida (a Najeriya) shi ne cewa kowa na bakin ciki sosai kan abin da ke faruwa. Kamar lokacin da gwamnati ke kokarin kashe ka, gwamnati na kokarin kashe ka. *Pet*, ya zuwa yanzu, shine mafi yawan littafina na Amurka, an saita shi a Amurka, game da Amurka ne. A nan, mutane ba sa yarda da abin da ke faruwa a kusa da mu, ba sa kallon abubuwa kai tsaye." Littafin kuma ya yi magana game da cin zarafin yara, amincewa da tsarin adalci, ra'ayoyin da ke kewaye da utopia da abota, da kuma tunanin baki da fari game da mugunta.   Salon sadarwa suna da mahimmanci musamman a cikin littafin, haka nan, kamar yadda Jam zaɓaɓɓe ne amma ba mai magana bane.  

## Salon adabi
Jam yana sadarwa ta hanyoyi daban-daban a cikin littafin, daga baki zuwa amfani da hannu na magana da aksain hakan, zuwa sadarwar tunani. An gabatar da waɗannan a cikin nau'ikan rubutu daban-daban a cikin labari. 

## Tarihin bugawa
*Pet* ya kasance a cikin jerin wallafa na farko don Make Me a World Imprint na Penguin Random House, kokarin da marubucin yara Christopher Myers ya jagoranta. Tambarin, ya mai da hankali kan buga littattafai daban-daban, wanda aka ƙaddamar a cikin fall 2019.  

Faber &amp;amp; Faber na Burtaniya ne suka buga littafin, da kuma mawallafan  Farafina a Najeriya. 

## liyafa
A cikin bita mai tauraro, *Kirkus Reviews* ya nuna cewa "wannan labari mai girma ya harbe taurari kuma ya fashe da sararin sama tare da haskakawa."  A cikin sharhin da aka yi tauraro a *Mako-mako na Mawallafa*, mai bitar ya ce "Labarin Emezi na kai tsaye amma tacit labarin rashin adalci, yarda da shi ba tare da wani sharadi ba, da kuma muguntar da bil'adama ke ci gaba da yi ya zama labari mai ban sha'awa, mai ban sha'awa wanda masu sha'awar tsoro za su cinye da sauri."  *The Horn Book Magazine* kira *Pet* "a haunting da poetic aiki na speculated almara." 

A cikin wani bita na *[[New York Times|The New York Times]]*, marubuci Ibi Zoboi ya rubuta cewa "Emezi, wanda dan Najeriya ne, ya haɗa al'adar baka ta Afirka tare da ma'anar kalmomi masu ma'ana da aka nade a cikin kusan fassarar al'ada na wasu daga cikin gaskiyar ɗan adam." 

## Tasiri
Asalin Jam a matsayin wanda dangi- da al'umma suka goyar wa baya wajen sauya jinsi ya shahara sosai. 

## Kyaututtuka da karramawa
*Pet* ya kasance dan wasan karshe na lambar yabo ta kasa ta 2019 don Young People's Literature. 

An kira *Pet* a *jerin* mujallu 100 Mafi kyawun Littattafan Fantasy na Duk Lokaci.  *[[New York Times|Jaridar New York Times ta]]* nada *Pet* daya daga cikin 25 mafi kyawun littattafan yara na 2019.