Сезон малиновых цветов
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| Автор | Абубакар Адам Ибрагим |
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| Язык | Английский |
| Genre | Romantic fantasy, adult fiction, family saga, literary fiction |
| Set in | Jos, Nigeria |
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Publication date | 2015 |
| Publication place | Nigeria |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 346 |
| Awards | Nigeria Prize for Literature (2016) |
| ISBN | 9781911115007 |
| Preceded by | Painted Love in Valentine's Day Anthology |
Season of Crimson Blossoms - это дебютный роман для взрослых нигерийского писателя и журналиста Абубакара Адама Ибрагима . Роман, в основном на окраине Абуджи , Нигерия, изображает необычное непристойное дело между 55-летней вдовой Хаджия Бинта и 26-летним торговцем наркотиками и лидером местной банды Реза.
Впервые он был опубликован в Нигерии в 2015 году Parrésia Publishers . Позже Кассава Республика приобрела права на международную публикацию и выпустила их в Германии, Кении, Южной Африке и Великобритании. Он был выпущен в Соединенных Штатах в 2017 году. [ 1 ] Книга получила премию Нигерии за литературу 2016 года , как правило, считается самой большой литературной наградой в Африке за лучшую прозаискую фантастику. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Это один из немногих международно выпущенных нигерийских фантастических романов, в которых изображен нигерийский народ хауса и язык хауса .
Синопсис
[ редактировать ]История предназначена преимущественно Северной Нигерией на фоне насилия в родном городе автора Джос , штат Плато . [ 5 ] Сюжет также распространяется на другие части северной Нигерии, включая столицу, Абуджа ; История происходит примерно между 2009 и 2015 годами. [6] The story focuses on Binta Zubairu, a Muslim widow in her mid-50s who falls for Reza, a local political thug and drug lord in his early 20s. Binta, a survivor of violence that tore her family apart in her former home in Jos, sees in Reza not her murdered husband but her slain son Yaro. In turn, Reza, with an ailing father and a mother he last saw as a child, feels the undertow of parental warmth in his budding liaison with Binta. When they meet again and have sex, the dynamic feels incestuous to them, as Binta reminds Reza of his mother who abandoned him and he reminds her of her slain son, whom she could not address by his given name due to social norms.[7]
Characters
[edit]- Hajiya Binta (Binta Zubairu) is the lead protagonist and a 55-year-old Muslim widow. She is known by the local community for her adherence to the Islamic faith. She lives in the suburbs of Jos with her teenage niece, Fa'iza, and her young granddaughter, Ummi. Her husband was killed by a mob of religious zealots in Jos, and her first son Yaro was killed by the police. The book opens after their death and finds Binta extremely unhappy because she was not able to show affection to her firstborn son during his life due to tradition forbidding it.[8] Binta has now aged, but has an unfulfilled inner desire of love and a sexual relationship she never had in all her life, but she is confronted with a cultural dilemma by the conservative society she lives in.[7]
- Reza (Hassan Babale) is the supporting protagonist and a notorious thug. He is also a drug dealer and the chief thug at the San Siro, a local hideaway for petty thieves involved in mugging and drug dealing. They are also hired as political thugs for a dishonest politician, Senator Buba Maikudi, who uses them at political rallies and to intimidate opposition candidates.[9]
- Senator Buba Maikudi is a selfish, rogue politician.
Critical reviews
[edit]"[This] intense, compelling novel navigates violence and taboo sexuality, tenderness and longing, family and the individual. It reminds us, masterfully, about the irrevocable force of love and physical passion even in the face of brutality." –Indian novelist Namita Gokhale[10]
The novel received many critical reviews[10] and is seen by many as a departure from northern Nigeria's norm, with German broadcaster Deutsche Welle describing the author as a northern Nigerian "literary provocateur"[11] for daring to speak openly about female sexuality, breaking a taboo in the deeply conservative northern Nigeria.
As the theme of the novel centers around the sexual emancipation of Hajiya Binta, who lives in a society where women are denied the right to sexual desire and certain activities, the book has drawn interest and reviews from many women writers and feminist activists, including Indian writer Namita Gokhale, Sudanese author Leila Aboulela,[10] Ivorian novelist Veronique Tadjo, and United Kingdom-based writer Zoë Wicomb, the inaugural winner of the Windham–Campbell Literature Prize.[12]
Development and publication
[edit]Ibrahim has been asked many times whether the story reflects details from his own life, given the circumstances of the characters and the setting, but he has always maintained that although he was at one time compelled to relocate from Jos due to the violence, similar to Hajiya Binta, he was "conscious not to write him[self] into the story".[13] However, he did think a fatwa would be issued against it after the book's release,[1] alluding to the binding opinion issued by Islamic scholars on something deemed to be sacrilegious to Islam or popular norms.
Awards
[edit]In September 2016 the book was shortlisted for the Nigeria Prize for Literature, Africa's biggest literary prize.[14] On 12 October 2016, Ibrahim was announced as the winner for Season of Crimson Blossoms, beating Elnathan John's Born on a Tuesday and past winner Chika Unigwe's Night Dancer, the two other finalists from the initial 173 nominated books.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: a b Alexandra Alter (23 November 2017). "A Wave of New Fiction From Nigeria, as Young Writers Experiment With New Genre". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- ^ NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature (18 November 2017). "Shortlist of three for NLNG sponsored US$100,000 literature prize emerges (press release)". Nigeria Prize for Literature.
- ^ Odeh, Nehru (18 November 2017). "2016 Winner of $100,000 NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature announced". Premium Times. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "Abubakar Ibrahim wins Nigeria Prize for Literature". The Guardian. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ Olotuon Williams. "Season of Crimson Blossoms: Review". Borders Literature. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ^ Salamatu Sule (20 December 2015). "'Sason of Crimson Blossoms': The effect of society on the human personality In Abubakar Adam Ibrahim's debut novel". Words Rhymes & Rhythm Publishers. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b James Murua (11 February 2016). "Season of Crimson Blossoms: Religion, politics and sex in Nigeria". The Star, Kenya. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ Gloria Mwaniga (9 April 2016). "Season of Crimson Blossoms breaking barriers". The East African. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Jennifer Nagu (6 November 2016). "Season of Crimson Blossom: A literary criticism". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Season of Crimson Blossoms". November 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- ^ Gwendolin Hilse (6 February 2017). "Nigeria's Literary Provocateur". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- ^ Pan Macmillan. "Season of Crimson Blossoms By Abubakar Adam Ibrahim Wins $100,000 NLNG Nigeria Prize For Literature 2016". Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ Чиедю Эзиана (6 октября 2016 года). «Изучение человеческого состояния, помимо« местного », - это великая цель искусства - Абубакар Адам Ибрагим» . Премиум раз . Получено 16 января 2018 года .
- ^ Эрезия-Эке, Кудо (31 октября 2016 года). Полем Нигерия LNG 13 2018января
Библиография
[ редактировать ]- Онебучи, Джеймс; Сьюзен, Дауда (декабрь 2016 г.). «Культурные сферы и их последствия для развития: изучение сезона абубакар Адама Адама Ибрагима» . Нил журнал английского языка . 2 (3): 11–14. doi : 10.20321/nilejes.v2i3.96 . Получено 13 января 2018 года .
Внешние ссылки
[ редактировать ]- Сезон малинового расцвета: литературная критика на Guardian
- Писатель, мораль и культурные проблемы в сезоне багровых цветов обширный обзор в журнале Praxis.