{"id":3135867,"date":"2026-03-01T00:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T05:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/book\/the-pacifist-riwaya\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T15:06:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T19:06:00","slug":"the-pacifist-riwaya","status":"publish","type":"fpb_book","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/book\/the-pacifist-riwaya\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pacifist: Riwaya"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Na Lyn Bixby. Rootstock Publishing, 2026. Kurasa 282. $19.99\/karatasi; $7.99\/kitabu cha kielektroniki.   <\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\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-march-2026\">Nunua kutoka kwa QuakerBooks<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mhusika wa mpacifist anatokea kwa muda mfupi tu katika riwaya hii ya fumbo iliyopewa jina lake.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ikiwa imewekwa mwaka wa 1968 wakati wa kilele cha Vita vya Vietnam, Chris Thompson anaenda katika kituo cha kuandikisha jeshi la U.S. Army huko Boston, Mass., akiwa tayari kukataa kuingia jeshini. Anapokataa kusonga mbele alipoamrishwa kufanya hivyo, askari wawili wanamshika kwa mikono na kumtoa nje ya chumba. Baada ya dakika kadhaa, wale walioandikishwa wengine wanasikia ghasia kubwa, na gari la wagonjwa linaitwa.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jeshi linadai kwamba Chris, ambaye alikuwa ameshiriki kwamba alikuwa akifanya kazi na Boston Draft Resistance, alianguka kwa bahati mbaya kwenye ngazi, na anakufa hospitalini bila kupata fahamu. Lisa, dada yake Chris, anaamini kwamba jeshi lilisema uongo na kumuua ndugu yake kwa makusudi. Anaapa kugundua ukweli ambao unamaanisha kwamba ni lazima apambane na serikali ya Marekani.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kama hadithi yoyote nzuri ya kuchunguza, mwenendo wa <em>The Pacifist<\/em> una mapinduko mengi kabla hatujafahamu kilichotokea kwa Chris na kwa nini. Katika mchakato huo, tunakutana na wahusika na washukiwa mbalimbali ikiwa ni pamoja na maafisa wa jeshi waliooza, wauza heroin, mwarifu wa FBI, mwanasheria jasiri wa haki za kiraia, wapinzani wawili wa uandikishaji wa kijeshi wanaofanya uvamizi wa usiku katika kituo cha uandikishaji wa jeshi, na wapya wawili waliokusudia kufanya kila wanachoweza ili wafukuzwe kutoka jeshini. Katika kila kipengele, kuna mhusika wa ajabu anayejiita &#8221;Johnny Dollar&#8221; na anaonekana kujipatia kipato chake kwa kusugulia viatu na kufanya kazi ya msafishaji katika ofisi ya FBI.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Niliikuta kitabu hiki kuwa cha kuvutia sana. Mwandishi anatufanya tuendelee kukisia hadi kipengele cha mwisho kabisa. Hii ni riwaya ya kwanza ya Lyn Bixby, lakini ni dhahiri anajua jinsi ya kuandika. Alitumia kazi yake kama mwandishi wa habari za magazeti na alishinda Tuzo ya Pulitzer kwa mojawapo ya hadithi zake.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zaidi ya hayo, Bixby aliishi katika enzi ambayo anaandika kuhusu katika hadithi hii. Aliandikishwa jeshini wakati wa Vita vya Vietnam, na aligundua vipengele vyote vya maisha ya kijeshi kuwa visivyopendeza. Wahusika wake wanaonyesha mara kwa mara kutopendezwa kwao na jeshi.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mwandishi pia amefanya kazi nzuri ya kuirudisha nyakati za mwishoni mwa miaka ya 1960. Katika kitabu chote, Bixby anarejea nyimbo maarufu na alama nyingine za kitamaduni za wakati huo. Wahusika wake hata wanatumia misemo iliyokuwa ya kawaida wakati huo, kama &#8221;right on.&#8221;  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nilivutiwa hasa na jinsi anavyoandika vizuri kuhusu utamaduni mdogo wa kupinga vita, kwani mimi mwenyewe nilikuwa nimezama ndani yake kama mhamasishaji wa kupinga vita na mpinga uandikishaji. Niliweza kuhusiana na kipengele cha kituo cha kuandikisha, lakini kwa wazi sikupata hatima sawa na mpacifist katika riwaya. Katika kesi yangu, nilifukuzwa kwa sababu FBI haikupenda kutoa kwangu vipeperushi kwa wale wengine walioandikishwa nikiwaambia kwa nini sikuwa tayari kwenda Vietnam.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Pacifist<\/em> ingewavutia wengine zaidi ya wale wetu walioishi katika nyakati hizo zenye msukosuko. Niliiona kuwa muhimu kwa sababu mazingira ya kisiasa ya leo yana ufanani mwingi na miaka ya 1960. Ni ya kutia moyo kuona jinsi wahusika katika kitabu hiki wanavyokuwa tayari kupambana na &#8221;mfumo&#8221; na hatimaye kufanikiwa.  <\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mshiriki wa Mkutano wa Santa Cruz (Calif.) Robert Levering alikuwa mratibu wa wakati wote na Kamati ya Utumishi ya Marafiki wa Marekani na vikundi vingine vya amani wakati wa Vita vya Vietnam. Yeye ni mtayarishaji mtendaji wa <em>The Movement and the &#8221;Madman,&#8221;<\/em> ambayo ilionyeshwa kwa mara ya kwanza kwenye PBS mnamo 2023 na sasa inapatikana kwenye Prime Video.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5090,"featured_media":3135861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[25302],"fpb_issue_category":[25299],"class_list":["post-3135867","fpb_book","type-fpb_book","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vitabu-vya-machi-2026","fpb_issue_category-utambulisho-wa-jinsia-na-kimapenzi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Pacifist na Lyn Bixby - Mapitio ya Kitabu na Robert Levering<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Soma Mapitio yetu ya The Pacifist, hadithi ya kifo cha ajabu cha mpinga wito wa jeshi na mapambano ya dada yake kwa ukweli katika kipindi cha machafuko cha Vita vya Vietnam.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/book\/the-pacifist-riwaya\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"sw_KE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ILIPITIWA: The Pacifist: Riwaya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Soma Mapitio yetu ya The Pacifist, hadithi ya kifo cha ajabu cha mpinga wito wa jeshi na mapambano ya dada yake kwa ukweli katika kipindi cha machafuko cha Vita vya Vietnam.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/book\/the-pacifist-riwaya\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Friends Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/friendsjournal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-30T19:06:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ThePacifist_FBcrop.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@friendsournal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/book\\\/the-pacifist-riwaya\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/book\\\/the-pacifist-riwaya\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Pacifist na Lyn Bixby - 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