我的蒙蒂塞洛 乔斯林妮可约翰逊 这是一部充满诗意且震撼人心的短篇小说集。这些故事探讨了家、接纳和归属感，以及生活在一个不接纳你的地方的感受。家庭、继承、对人和财产的责任，这些主题在六个故事中以不同的方式呈现。自我认知与他人感知之间固有的矛盾也贯穿始终。每个故事都独具特色，与我之前读过的任何作品都截然不同。
本书的第一篇故事《控制黑人》讲述了一位黑人大学教授的故事。他进行了一项实验，为他无人认领的亲生孩子提供巨大的发展机会，以此来检验种族歧视在与普通美国白人的对比中究竟是如何体现的。这篇故事被评为2018年度杰出作品。
In another story in the book, there is a widower from Nigeria. He can’t attain status or a place in his new home in Alexandria, and can’t accept his son is perfect. In one of the story, a single mom has a to do list that keeps on changing. She needs to purchase a house before the world comes smashing down on her thinking this could save her. In another story, a woman looks to get away from her devastated beginnings and where her journey ends. In these Stories, the 字符 寻找一种归属感和家的感觉。
While the Stories are significant and stunning, placing the reader amidst the story. The true masterpiece of this book is Johnson’s novella, My Monticello. The story is set in Charlottesville, Virginia, where the grid has gone down and white supremisists are ready to kill the Blacks. A group of neighbours escape in a hurl of gunfire to Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello. Da’Naisha, a young Black relative of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, her grandma, her white boyfriend, and others look for ways of survive the public, worldwide, destruction. While isolated in Jefferson’s plantation with every one of its reminders slavery in America.
如果你喜欢情节曲折的短篇小说，对当代美国生活方式的评论，并且热衷于探索新锐作家，那么，乔斯林·妮可·约翰逊的《我的蒙蒂塞洛》绝对是你的理想之选！乔斯林·妮可·约翰逊是一位值得关注的作家，我期待阅读她更多的作品。这本书应该列入每个人的书单！
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