Thursday 19 November will see this year’s winner of the
2020 Booker prize announced from a shortlist of six titles, all of which are
very much worth a read. Let’s find out
more about them:
The
New Wilderness by Dianne
Cook - A daring and imaginative debut novel that explores a moving
mother-daughter relationship in a world ravaged by climate change and
overpopulation, a suspenseful second book from the author of the acclaimed
story collection, Man V. Nature.
This
Mournable Body by Tsitsi
Dangarembga - In This Mournable Body, Dangarembga returns to the
protagonist of her acclaimed first novel, Nervous Conditions, to examine
how the hope and potential of a young girl and a fledgling nation can sour over
time and become a bitter and floundering struggle for survival.
Burnt
Sugar by Avni Doshi -
This is both a love story and a story about betrayal between mother and
daughter. Sharp as a blade and laced with caustic wit, Doshi tests the
limits of what we can know for certain about those we are closest to, and by
extension, about ourselves.
The
Shadow King by Maaza
Mengiste - Set during Mussolini's 1935 invasion of Ethiopia, The
Shadow King takes us back to the first real conflict of World War II,
casting light on the women soldiers who were left out of the historical record.
A heartrending exploration of what it means to be a woman at war.
Shuggie
Bain
by Douglas Stuart - Shuggie
Bain is the unforgettable story of young Hugh "Shuggie" Bain, a
sweet and lonely boy who spends his 1980s childhood in run-down public housing
in Glasgow, Scotland. Thatcher's policies have put husbands and sons out of
work, and the city's notorious drugs epidemic is waiting in the wings.
Real
Life
by Brandon Taylor - A novel of
startling intimacy, violence, and mercy among friends in a Midwestern
university town. The author asks if it's ever really possible to overcome our
private wounds and buried histories—and at what cost.
Ar ddydd Iau 19 Tachwedd
bydd enillydd gwobr Booker eleni’n cael eu cyhoeddi o restr fer o chwech o
deitlau, pob un yn werth ei ddarllen. Gadewch i ni ddysgu mwy amdanyn nhw:
The New Wilderness gan Dianne Cook
– Nofel gyntaf feiddgar a chreadigol sy’n edrych ar berthynas deimladwy mam a
merch mewn byd wedi ei anrheithio gan newid yn yr hinsawdd a gorboblogaeth, ail
lyfr afaelgar gan awdur y casgliad o storiâu, Man V. Nature.
This Mournable Body gan Tsitsi
Dangarembga - Yn This Mournable Body mae Dangarembga yn dychwelyd at
arwr ei nofel gyntaf gymeradwy, Nervous Conditions, i edrych ar sut mae gobaith a photensial merch ifanc a
chenedl newydd yn gallu suro dros amser a throi’n ymdrech chwerw a di-drefn i
oroesi.
Burnt Sugar
gan Avni Doshi - Dyma stori serch a
stori am frad rhwng mam a merch. Yn finiog fel cyllell ac yn llawn ffraethineb
pigog, mae Doshi’n gwthio ffiniau’r hyn y gallwn wybod i sicrwydd am y rheiny
sydd agosaf atom ni a, thrwy hynny, amdanon ni’n hunain.
The Shadow King
gan Maaza Mengiste - Wedi ei osod yn
ystod cyrch Mussolini yn Ethiopia yn 1935, mae The Shadow King yn mynd â ni yn
ôl at wrthdaro cyntaf yr Ail Ryfel Byd, gan daflu goleuni ar y milwyr o blith
menywod a adawyd allan o’r cofnod hanesyddol.
Ystyriaeth ddirdynnol o beth yw ystyr bod yn fenyw ar adeg rhyfel.
Shuggie Bain
gan Douglas Stuart - Stori
fythgofiadwy yw Shuggie Bain am yr Hugh "Shuggie" Bain ifanc, bachgen
hawddgar ac unig sy’n treulio’i blentyndod yn ystod yr 1980au mewn cartref
adfeiliedig yn Glasgow, yr Alban. Mae polisïau Thatcher wedi achosi colli
gwaith i ŵyr a meibion ac mae problem gyffuriau’r ddinas wrth law.
Real Life gan Brandon Taylor – Nofel o gyfathrach
ryfeddol, trais a thrugaredd ymhlith ffrindiau
mewn tref prifysgol yng nghanolbarth gorllewinol yr Unol Daleithiau. Mae’r
awdur yn gofyn a yw’n wir bosibl goresgyn ein creithiau preifat a’n hanes a
gladdwyd – ac am ba gost.
