{"id":3122033,"date":"2023-10-01T00:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T04:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/book\/karibu-na-ukweli-pekee\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T01:43:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T05:43:19","slug":"karibu-na-ukweli-pekee","status":"publish","type":"fpb_book","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/book\/karibu-na-ukweli-pekee\/","title":{"rendered":"Karibu na Ukweli Pekee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Na Ed Higgins. Fernwood Press, 2023. Kurasa 112. $ 17 kwa karatasi.   <\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/lists\/friends-journal-selections-october-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nunua kutoka kwa QuakerBooks<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nampenda mshairi anayemkaribisha msomaji katika ulimwengu wake kwa mikono miwili.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fikiria hili. Sentensi moja tu iliyopita tulikuwa wageni kabisa,<br\/> bahari ya wakati, umbali na mawazo kati yetu. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mistari hii kutoka kwa shairi la kwanza katika <em>Near Truth Only<\/em> ni utangulizi mzuri wa uchunguzi wa Ed Higgins wa asili, asili ya binadamu, upendo, hali ya kiroho, na kejeli za kuvutia za maisha ya kila siku. Sauti yake ni ya uaminifu na upole, yenye ucheshi wa hila na mshangao mdogo. Ni kitabu kinachosomeka sana chenye mada ambazo Marafiki wengi wanaweza kufurahia kuchunguza.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Higgins, profesa mstaafu na mwandishi anayeishi katika Chuo Kikuu cha George Fox huko Newberg, Ore., Amechapishwa katika majarida mengi ya fasihi. Yeye ni mhariri msaidizi wa hadithi za kubuni wa <em>Brilliant Flash Fiction<\/em> na mkulima-hai anayeishi Yamhill, Ore. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mipangilio ya mashairi haya ni pamoja na maeneo ya kawaida kama vile jikoni, kitanda na uwanja wa ndege. Ninapenda sana maelezo na ucheshi katika &#8221;Kujiua kwa Fly Fly Jikoni&#8221;: &#8221;ni protini iliyojaa mvinyo tu.&#8221; Katika shairi lenye sauti zaidi kuhusu anga, taswira nyingine inajitokeza: &#8221;Siku kama hizi \/ hewa ya kijivu iliyo na fedha \/ vijiti kwenye mapafu yako \/ kama marshmallows ya campfire.&#8221;  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shairi la kusisimua katika mkusanyiko, &#8221;Tohono O&#8217;odham: Watu wa Jangwani,&#8221; linaelezea itikio la mshairi kwa picha ya kuhuzunisha ya wanandoa Wenyeji wa Marekani wakiwa wamevalia mavazi ya kitamaduni\u2014ya kupendeza sana. Lakini shairi hilo linaishia na ufichuzi wa kikatili kuhusu watu wa nje ambao wanadai haki ya kuuliza mwanamume na mwanamke kupiga picha uchi. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sehemu mbili za kwanza za kitabu hushughulikia mada anuwai, wakati sehemu ya tatu imejitolea kwa mashairi 16 ya mapenzi. Likichukuliwa kivyake, kila shairi huangazia taswira na mihemko ya kuvutia; wakiwa kikundi, walijihatarisha kuwa wenye kujirudia-rudia kwa sauti, taswira, na lugha. Hii ni kusita kwangu moja juu ya kupendekeza kitabu.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ninachostaajabia sana katika mashairi kadhaa ni maombi ya Higgins ya uwezo wa masimulizi ambayo msingi wake\u2014na kwa kweli kazi ya waandishi wote. \u201cBila kusimulia hadithi,\u201d asema, \u201ctumepotea kabisa.\u201d <em>Karibu na Ukweli Pekee<\/em> ni juhudi za mtu mmoja kuweka sanaa ya kusimulia hai. <\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Catherine Wald ni mshairi anayehudhuria Mkutano wa Morningside huko New York City, NY<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5090,"featured_media":3092492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[9920,10123],"fpb_issue_category":[10304],"class_list":["post-3122033","fpb_book","type-fpb_book","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mapitio-ya-kitabu-cha-quaker","category-vitabu-vya-oktoba-2023","fpb_issue_category-marafiki-wa-kiekumene-na-dini-mbalimbali"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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