Shin kai masoyin karatu ne kuma kana neman sabbin littattafan da zaka karanta? Shin kuna sha'awar duk abin da ya shafi Ostiraliya? Wannan karon zamu hadu da mafi kyawun litattafai game da Ostiraliya.
Bari mu fara da ambata eucalyptus na Murray Bail, wani labari ne na 1998. Littafin labari ne da aka shirya a karkara New South Wales, inda wani mutum da ke zaune a gona ya sanar da 'yarsa' yar shekara 19 mai suna Ellen cewa za ta iya auren miji na farko da ya sa wa dukkan nau'o'in tsire-tsire suna da ke zaune a kusa da ita. Da dama daga cikin masu neman aure daga ko'ina cikin duniya sun bayyana, amma da yawa sun fi sha'awar kalubalen fiye da kyautar kanta. Wannan labarin ya karanta kamar tatsuniya mai ban mamaki game da soyayya, ƙaddara, da yanayi. Wannan littafin ya sami lambar yabo ta Marubutan Commonwealth na 1999 da kuma Miles Franklin na 1999.
Hakanan yana da kyau a lura da batun Oscar da Lucinda, littafin da Peter Carey ya wallafa daga 1988. Oscar da Lucinda wani littafi ne wanda ba za a iya mantawa da shi ba wanda aka kafa a tsakiyar karni na 1988 a Australia. Labari ne mai sauƙin fahimta wanda ya haɗu da soyayya da tarihi, raha, da addini. Wadannan haruffa biyun - Oscar, malamin cocin Oxford, da Lucinda, magajin marayu - suna da sha'awar caca. Wannan littafin ya lashe lambar yabo ta Booker a 1988, da Miles Franklin Award a 1989, da kuma Banjo Council ta XNUMX National Book Award.
Source: Abubuwan Karatu
Photo: Boomerang Littattafai