Pet (akwụkwọ)

Pet bụ akwụkwọ akụkọ ndị ntorobịa nke Akwaeke Emezi dere n'afọ 2019. Akwụkwọ a so n’ụdị fantasy na speculative fiction, ma e bipụtara ya na United States na United Kingdom.

Nchịkọta

Jam bụ nwa agbọghọ nọ n’oge ntorobịa bi n’obodo a na-akpọ Lucille. Lucille bụ obodo e weere dị ka ụdị obodo n'enweghi ntụpọ (utopia), ebe a na-ekwu na “anụmanụ ọjọọ” adịghịzi adị. Ma n’ezie, ihe nzuzo ka dị n’ime obodo ahụ.

Otu ụbọchị, Jam dara n’elu eserese nne ya. Ọbara ya mere ka ihe e sere n’ese pụta ndụ. Ihe ahu bu nke akpọrọ Pet. Pet gwara Jam na ọ bịara ịchọ "anụmanụ ọjọọ" zoro ezo n’obodo Lucille.

Ndị agwa

• Jam – nwa nwoke di afọ iri na ise ma mechara buru nwa agbọghọ (transgender)
• Pet – ihe e kere eke sitere n’ime eserese nne Jam
• Bitter – nne Jam, onye na-ese ihe
• Aloe – nna Jam
• Redemption – enyi Jam, onye na-eti ọkpọ.
• Ube – onye ọrụ ọba akwụkwọ

Isi echiche

Akwụkwọ a na-elekwasị anya n’echiche nke ezinaulo, ntụkwasị obi, mmegbu ụmụaka, na echiche banyere ihe ọma na ihe ọjọọ. Ọ na-ajụkwa echiche ọdịnala banyere “utopia” na “monsters”, na-egosi na nsogbu nwere ike ịdị n’ebe a na-eche na e nweghị nsogbu.

Jam na-ekwurịta okwu n’ụzọ dị iche iche—okwu ọnụ, akara aka (sign language), na echiche n’ime uche—ihe a na-egosipụta n’ụdị ederede dị iche iche n’akwụkwọ ahụ.

Nnabata

Pet nwetara otuto n’aka ndị nkatọ akwụkwọ. Kirkus Reviews kọwara ya dị ka akwụkwọ “na-efe elu ma na-egosipụta ike okike siri ike.” Publishers Weekly toro ya dịka akụkọ gbasara ikpe ziri ezi na nnabata zuru oke.

The New York Times kwukwara na Emezi mepụtara akụkọ na-eji akụkọ ọdịnala Afrịka na echiche ọgbara ọhụrụ jikọta ọnụ.

Onyinye na nkwanye ugwu

• Finalist – 2019 National Book Award (Young People's Literature)
• Finalist – 2020 Lambda Literary Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature
• Honor Book – Stonewall Book Award
• A họpụtara ya n’ime ndepụta 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time nke TIME