Freshwater (littafi)
Freshwater labari ne na tarihin rayuwar marubucin dan Najeriya Akwaeke Emezi na 2018.    Littafin na farko na Emezi, ya ba da labarin Ada, yarinya mai yawan ogbanje a cikinta.  Jerin wasan talabijin wanda ya kunshi labari daga  littafin yana nan FX na shirya wa.

Labari 
Freshwater ya ba da labarin rayuwar jarumi, Ada, wanda shi ne ogbanje . Emezi ya binciko tarihin ruhu da jinsi na al'adun Igbo dangane da wanda Yammacin Turai suka kawo musu, kuma ya gayyaci masu sauraron su suyi tunani mai zurfi game da wannan ruhi/jiki.

liyafa 
The New Yorker ya kira Freshwater " sabon labari mai ban mamaki";  The Guardian ya kira shi "sabon littafi mai ban mamaki";  su kuma LA Times sun kira shi da "mai ban mamaki".  An daɗe ana jera Freshwater don ambobin yabo masu yawa.  Freshwater ya kasance sanannen littafi na New York Times,  an kira shi Mafi kyawun Littafin Shekara ta New Yorker  da NPR .  An kuma san Emezi a matsayin 2018 National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" wanda aka karrama. 

A cikin 2019, an zaɓi Freshwater don kyautar "Women's Prize for Fiction"  - karo na farko da aka zaɓi marubucin transgender wanda ba na binary ba don kyautar. Shugabar alkalan, Kate Williams, ta kira shi "lokacin tarihi". Williams ta ce kwamitin bai san Emezi ba na binary ba ne a lokacin da aka zabi littafin, amma ta ce Emezi ya yi farin ciki da aka zaba.  Wani mai sharhi wanda ba na binary ba Vic Parsons ya rubuta cewa nadin ya haifar da tambayoyi marasa dadi, yana tambaya: "Shin ba za a sanya mawallafin da ba na binary ba wanda aka sanya namiji a lokacin haihuwa? Ina shakku sosai."  Bayan nadin, an sanar da cewa Women's Prize Trust na nan tana aiki akan sabbin ka'idoji don masu sauya jinsi, waɗanda ba na binary ba, da masu rubutun jinsi.

Rigima 
Bayan Emezi ya buga labari a shafin twitter game da haɗin gwiwar marubuciyar Najeriya Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie tare da masu fafutuka,  Adichie (wanda a baya ta taimaka wajen buga aikin Emezi a cikin wata mujalla ta yanar gizo) ta nemi a cire duk abubuwan da aka ambaci sunanta daga "game da marubucin. " sashe na jaket ɗin littafin akan duk kwafin Freshwater na gaba,  da kuma cewa littattafan da ba a sayar da su ba an sake buga jaket ɗin su. A cikin wata makala da ta wallafa a shafinta na yanar gizo, Adiche ta musanta zargin cewa wannan yunkuri na da nufin yin zagon kasa ga aikin marubuciyar, inda ta bayyana cewa ta yi hakan ne saboda imanin cewa marubucin (wanda ba ta fadi sunansa ba a lokacin) yana kokarin neman kudi. amfana daga ƙungiyar da sunanta tare da bata mata suna tare da batanci ga jama'a:

Dangane da haka, Emezi ya wallafa wani bidiyo a shafinta na Instagram, yana mai cewa a wani bangare:
 
Ba a san kwafi nawa ne na littafin da aka amso, haka kuma ba a san adadin nawa aka sake fitar da su ba bayan an sauya musu bango ba.

Kyaututtuka 

 2019 Nommo Award, ya ci 
 2019 In ba haka ba lambar yabo , ya ci 
 Kyautar Mata ta 2019 don Fiction, wanda aka zaɓa

Daidaitawa 
A cikin watan Mayun 2019, labarai sun ba da sanarwar cewa FX ta zaɓi littafin don shirya wa a jerin wasan talabijin.  Emezi zai rubuta wasan kwaikwayo na allo da kuma aiwatar da tsarin tare da Tamara P. Carter. FX Productions za su shirya tare da Kevin Wandell da Lindsey Donahue.

Nassoshi 

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