ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu ehia mau manawa, inā paha, ua ʻike ʻia ka mea a kahi mea kākau i hana hou ai i ka Pulitzer. He aha o Colson Whitehead Me ka Pulitzer ma 2017 a me 2020 he idyll ia o kahi mea hana nui, kahi hanohano e ʻae iā ia e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i nā wahi āpau. No ka mea ma hope ona, ua ʻōlelo ke ala o ka mea lanakila.
Akā ke kuhi ke kamaʻilio nei mākou e pili ana i kahi makana kūpono, e hōʻino ai i nā mea i loko o kēlā lili e hōʻino ai i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, he aha kaʻu e ʻike ai, ʻo ka Paul auster ʻaʻole ʻo ia i lanakila.
Lawe kēia puke hou i ka ʻono a ka mea kākau no nā mea pohō ʻaina, nā mea nona ka wā e hiki mai ana i kahi māno ulu a me ka hopena i kahi hana ikaika ʻole. ʻOi aku paha inā, mai ka wā ʻōpio, ka hoʻopaʻi a me ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa e ʻike ʻia e like me kēlā me kēia hua o ke kanaka.
ʻO ka mea hoʻomākeʻaka e pili ana iā ia e hoʻolilo iā mākou āpau i ka manaʻo o ka eo. Ma muli o ka hana maʻalahi a me ka maʻalahi a mākou e ʻimi nei i kahi eo nui a me ka hiki ʻole ke ʻike ʻia, ʻike ʻoe i kahi, ʻeā?
Mai ka wā kamaliʻi, ua hoʻolohe ʻo Elwood Curtis me ka hoʻolaʻa, ma ka mea kākau moʻolelo kahiko o kona kupunawahine, i nā haʻiʻōlelo a Martin Luther King. ʻO kāna mau manaʻo, e like me kā James Baldwin, i hoʻolilo i kēia ʻōpio ʻeleʻele i haumāna e hoʻohiki i ka wā e hiki mai ana maikaʻi.
Akā hoʻohana iki ʻia kēia ma ka Nickel Academy for Boys: kahi hoʻoponopono e kaena ana i ka hoʻolilo ʻana i kāna mau paʻahao i mau kāne piha akā hūnā i kahi mea kū ʻole i kākoʻo ʻia e ka nui a nānā ʻole ʻia e nā mea āpau. Ke hoʻāʻo nei ʻo Elwood e ola ma kēia wahi me Turner, kāna hoaloha ʻoi loa ma Nickel. ʻO ka idealism o kekahi a me ka maʻalea o kekahi e alakaʻi iā lākou e hoʻoholo i nā hopena i hiki ʻole ke hoʻoponopono ʻia.
Ma hope Ke alahao honua, Colson Whitehead e lawe mai iā mākou i kahi moʻolelo e pili ana i ka hihia maoli weliweli o kahi Florida reformatory i luku i ke ola o nā keiki he mau kaukani a loaʻa iā ia kāna Makana Pulitzer ʻelua. ʻO kēia puke kahakaha, e hoʻopili ana i ka manawa o kēia manawa a me ka hopena o ka hoʻokaʻawale lāhui ʻAmelika o nā kanaonokūono, hoʻokūkū pololei i ka mea heluhelu a hōʻike i ke akamai o kahi mea kākau ma ka piko o kāna ʻoihana.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i ka puke "The Nickel Boys", na Colson Whitehead, ma aneʻi: