1. What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi
1. 《不是你的就不是你的》海倫·歐葉密著

Keys are a recurring theme in Helen Oyeyemi's highly imaginative short story collection What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours — keys both metaphorical and literal that unlock magical diaries and clues and hearts. Every story in What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours feels like its own enchanting, intoxicating world; you'll certainly get lost in them.
在海倫·歐葉密的短篇科幻故事集《不是你的就不是你的》中,鑰匙是反復(fù)出現(xiàn)的主題,鑰匙既是比喻意也是字面意思,開啟了魔幻日記、線索和心靈。故事集中的每一篇故事仿佛是一個(gè)迷幻而且讓人陶醉的世界,你肯定會迷失其中。

Publication date: March 8
出版日期:3月8日

2. Girls on Fire by Robin Wasserman
2. 《玩火的女孩》羅賓·沃瑟曼著

Wasserman's novel Girls on Fire will utterly terrify you — in the best way possible. After the mysterious death of a high school basketball star one Halloween in the '90s, two girls form an intense friendship, but soon spiral into danger. A dark, chilling story of secrets, violence, and female friendship, Girls on Fire will burn in the mind long after you finish reading.
沃瑟曼的小說《玩火的女孩》盡各種可能來恐嚇你。90年代的一個(gè)萬圣節(jié),一位高中籃球明星離奇死亡后,兩個(gè)女孩結(jié)成了親密的朋友關(guān)系,但是很快陷入了危險(xiǎn)之中。是一部關(guān)于秘密、暴力和女性之間友情的黑暗恐怖的故事。讀完這篇小說后,故事的情節(jié)會在腦海中久久燃燒無法退卻。

Publication date: May 17
出版日期:5月17日

3. The Association of Small Bombs by Karan Mahajan
3. 《炸彈聯(lián)盟》卡拉·馬哈詹著

With deep compassion, Karan Mahajan's The Association of Small Bombs explores what happens to both the victims and perpetrators of terrorism in its aftermath. When a series of small bombs detonate in a South Delhi marketplace, two young boys are killed and their surviving friend is forever traumatized. Thought-provoking and devastating, The Association of Small Bombs is a rumination on humanity, loss, grief, guilt, and redemption.
懷揣著深深的同情,卡拉·馬哈詹的《炸彈聯(lián)盟》探索了恐怖襲擊后受害者和行兇者的遭遇。當(dāng)一系列小型炸彈在印度德里南部市場被引爆時(shí),兩個(gè)小男孩被炸死了,而他們幸免于難的同伴們卻因此受到了心靈上的創(chuàng)傷。令人震驚、引人深思。本部小說是對人性、失去、悲痛、愧疚和救贖的反思。

Publication date: March
22出版日期:3月22日

4. Zero K by Don DeLillo
4. 《零K》唐·德里羅著

Set in a future where humans can control death, Don DeLillo's new novel Zero K centers around a secret scientific compound that preserves bodies indefinitely until technological and medical advances can heal and revive them. With humor and wisdom, DeLillo reflects on our relationship with death (and life), and our choices to preserve or leave behind those we love.
背景定位在未來,人們可以控制自己的死亡。唐·德里羅的這部新小說中心圍繞著一個(gè)神秘的科學(xué)混合物展開,這一混合物可以無限期保存尸體直到科技和醫(yī)療的進(jìn)步可以治療他們或者使他們復(fù)活。小說帶有幽默和智慧,作者反映了在我們的關(guān)系中生命和死亡的關(guān)系,以及我們決定去保全或者離開我們所愛之人的選擇。

Publication date: May 3
出版日期:5月3日。

5. Blackass by A. Igoni Barrett
5. 《黑家伙》艾格尼·卜雷提

A. Igoni Barrett's brilliant novel Blackass is a provocative, contemporary reworking of Kafka's Metamorphosis — but set in the bustling metropolis of Lagos and starring a Nigerian man who wakes up one day as a white man. A searing satire about race and identity in modern-day Nigeria, Blackass will make you both laugh and marvel at its insight.
卜雷提這部杰出的作品《黑家伙》是根據(jù)卡夫卡的《變形記》重塑的比較有爭議的一部當(dāng)代小說,背景是在熙熙攘攘的拉各斯都市,主角是一個(gè)黑人,有一天醒來后發(fā)現(xiàn)自己變成了白色人種。是在當(dāng)代的尼日利亞關(guān)于人種和身份的一部極其有諷刺烙印的作品。這部小說會讓你對你它的觀點(diǎn)既驚又喜。

Publication date: March 1
出版日期:3月1日。

6. The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
6. 《巢》辛西婭·德阿普里斯·斯威尼著

Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney's debut novel The Nest follows the dysfunctional Plumb family as they wait to finally receive their joint trust fund in hopes of it solving all of their problems, but when the oldest sibling gets into a car accident, he suddenly endangers everything. A witty, tender portrait of a very peculiar family, The Nest is a testament to the consequences of our past choices and the ways in which expected inheritance can intimately change relationships.
斯威尼的處女作品《巢》講述了功能失調(diào)的普朗布家庭的故事,正當(dāng)這家子在等待最終收到他們的共同信托基金從而希望解決家里所有問題之時(shí),家里最大的一個(gè)孩子遭遇了車禍,忽然之間他讓一切都變得不確定了。故事對一個(gè)奇特家庭展開了風(fēng)趣而又輕柔的描述。我們因曾經(jīng)的選擇以及期望通過繼承能立即改變關(guān)系的一些方法而產(chǎn)生一系列后果,而《巢》這部作品正是對那些后果的證明。

Publication date: March 22
出版日期:3月22日。

7. We Love You, Charlie Freeman by Kaitlyn Greenidge
7. 《我們愛你,查理·弗里曼》凱特琳·格林尼治著

In Kaitlyn Greenidge's debut novel We Love You, Charlie Freeman, an African-American family is invited to participate in an experiment teaching sign language to a chimpanzee by a New England research institute with a questionable past. With skill and humor, We Love You, Charlie Freeman thoughtfully examines history, race, and language in America.
小說《我們愛你,查理弗里曼》是凱特琳·格林尼治的處女作品,描述了這樣一個(gè)故事:一個(gè)美籍非洲裔家庭被英國一個(gè)研究協(xié)會邀請去參加教大猩猩手語的實(shí)驗(yàn)。本文巧妙而幽默地審視了美國那個(gè)時(shí)候的歷史、種族和語言問題。

Publication date: March 8
出版時(shí)間:3月8日。

8. Some Possible Solutions by Helen Phillips
8. 《一些可能的方法》海倫·飛利浦著

Helen Phillips’s new collection Some Possible Solutions is a journey in possibility — every story involves a quirky “what if” scenario that often borders on downright bizarre. Sometimes surreal and always clever, Some Possible Solutions will make you reexamine your own reality.
海倫的這集新作是對可能性探索的旅程,每一個(gè)故事都包含了奇怪的“如果”推測場景,經(jīng)常臨界于直截了當(dāng)?shù)墓之?。有時(shí)超級不真實(shí),但是總是那么聰明,《一些可能的方法》這部小說總能讓你重新滲透你自己的實(shí)際情況。

Publication date: May 31
出版日期:3月31日。

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