美媒推薦：今年春天最值得一讀的8本新書

1. What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi
1. 《不是你的就不是你的》海倫·歐葉密著

Keys are a recurring theme in Helen Oyeyemi's highly imaginative short story collection What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours — keys both metaphorical and literal that unlock magical diaries and clues and hearts. Every story in What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours feels like its own enchanting, intoxicating world; you'll certainly get lost in them.
在海倫·歐葉密的短篇科幻故事集《不是你的就不是你的》中，鑰匙是反覆出現的主題，鑰匙既是比喻意也是字面意思，開啓了魔幻日記、線索和心靈。故事集中的每一篇故事彷彿是一個迷幻而且讓人陶醉的世界，你肯定會迷失其中。
Publication date: March 8
出版日期：3月8日

2. Girls on Fire by Robin Wasserman
2. 《玩火的女孩》羅賓·沃瑟曼著
Wasserman's novel Girls on Fire will utterly terrify you — in the best way possible. After the mysterious death of a high school basketball star one Halloween in the '90s, two girls form an intense friendship, but soon spiral into danger. A dark, chilling story of secrets, violence, and female friendship, Girls on Fire will burn in the mind long after you finish reading.
沃瑟曼的小說《玩火的女孩》盡各種可能來恐嚇你。90年代的一個萬聖節，一位高中籃球明星離奇死亡後，兩個女孩結成了親密的朋友關係，但是很快陷入了危險之中。是一部關於祕密、暴力和女性之間友情的黑暗恐怖的故事。讀完這篇小說後，故事的情節會在腦海中久久燃燒無法退卻。
Publication date: May 17
出版日期：5月17日

3. The Association of Small Bombs by Karan Mahajan
3. 《炸彈聯盟》卡拉·馬哈詹著

With deep compassion, Karan Mahajan's The Association of Small Bombs explores what happens to both the victims and perpetrators of terrorism in its aftermath. When a series of small bombs detonate in a South Delhi marketplace, two young boys are killed and their surviving friend is forever traumatized. Thought-provoking and devastating, The Association of Small Bombs is a rumination on humanity, loss, grief, guilt, and redemption.
懷揣着深深的同情，卡拉·馬哈詹的《炸彈聯盟》探索了恐怖襲擊後受害者和行兇者的遭遇。當一系列小型炸彈在印度德里南部市場被引爆時，兩個小男孩被炸死了，而他們倖免於難的同伴們卻因此受到了心靈上的創傷。令人震驚、引人深思。本部小說是對人性、失去、悲痛、愧疚和救贖的反思。
Publication date: March
22出版日期：3月22日

4. Zero K by Don DeLillo
4. 《零K》唐·德里羅著

Set in a future where humans can control death, Don DeLillo's new novel Zero K centers around a secret scientific compound that preserves bodies indefinitely until technological and medical advances can heal and revive them. With humor and wisdom, DeLillo reflects on our relationship with death (and life), and our choices to preserve or leave behind those we love.
背景定位在未來，人們可以控制自己的死亡。唐·德里羅的這部新小說中心圍繞着一個神祕的科學混合物展開，這一混合物可以無限期保存屍體直到科技和醫療的進步可以治療他們或者使他們復活。小說帶有幽默和智慧，作者反映了在我們的關係中生命和死亡的關係，以及我們決定去保全或者離開我們所愛之人的選擇。
Publication date: May 3
出版日期:5月3日。

5. Blackass by A. Igoni Barrett
5. 《黑傢伙》艾格尼·卜雷提

A. Igoni Barrett's brilliant novel Blackass is a provocative, contemporary reworking of Kafka's Metamorphosis — but set in the bustling metropolis of Lagos and starring a Nigerian man who wakes up one day as a white man. A searing satire about race and identity in modern-day Nigeria, Blackass will make you both laugh and marvel at its insight.
卜雷提這部傑出的作品《黑傢伙》是根據卡夫卡的《變形記》重塑的比較有爭議的一部當代小說，背景是在熙熙攘攘的拉各斯都市，主角是一個黑人，有一天醒來後發現自己變成了白色人種。是在當代的尼日利亞關於人種和身份的一部極其有諷刺烙印的作品。這部小說會讓你對你它的觀點既驚又喜。
Publication date: March 1
出版日期：3月1日。

6. The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
6. 《巢》辛西婭·德阿普里斯·斯威尼著

Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney's debut novel The Nest follows the dysfunctional Plumb family as they wait to finally receive their joint trust fund in hopes of it solving all of their problems, but when the oldest sibling gets into a car accident, he suddenly endangers everything. A witty, tender portrait of a very peculiar family, The Nest is a testament to the consequences of our past choices and the ways in which expected inheritance can intimately change relationships.
斯威尼的處女作品《巢》講述了功能失調的普朗布家庭的故事，正當這家子在等待最終收到他們的共同信託基金從而希望解決家裏所有問題之時，家裏最大的一個孩子遭遇了車禍，忽然之間他讓一切都變得不確定了。故事對一個奇特家庭展開了風趣而又輕柔的描述。我們因曾經的選擇以及期望通過繼承能立即改變關係的一些方法而產生一系列後果，而《巢》這部作品正是對那些後果的證明。
Publication date: March 22
出版日期：3月22日。

7. We Love You, Charlie Freeman by Kaitlyn Greenidge
7. 《我們愛你，查理·弗里曼》凱特琳·格林尼治著

In Kaitlyn Greenidge's debut novel We Love You, Charlie Freeman, an African-American family is invited to participate in an experiment teaching sign language to a chimpanzee by a New England research institute with a questionable past. With skill and humor, We Love You, Charlie Freeman thoughtfully examines history, race, and language in America.
小說《我們愛你，查理弗里曼》是凱特琳·格林尼治的處女作品，描述了這樣一個故事：一個美籍非洲裔家庭被英國一個研究協會邀請去參加教大猩猩手語的實驗。本文巧妙而幽默地審視了美國那個時候的歷史、種族和語言問題。
Publication date: March 8
出版時間：3月8日。

8. Some Possible Solutions by Helen Phillips
8. 《一些可能的方法》海倫·飛利浦著
Helen Phillips’s new collection Some Possible Solutions is a journey in possibility — every story involves a quirky “what if” scenario that often borders on downright bizarre. Sometimes surreal and always clever, Some Possible Solutions will make you reexamine your own reality.
海倫的這集新作是對可能性探索的旅程，每一個故事都包含了奇怪的“如果”推測場景，經常臨界於直截了當的怪異。有時超級不真實，但是總是那麼聰明，《一些可能的方法》這部小說總能讓你重新滲透你自己的實際情況。

Publication date: May 31
出版日期：3月31日。