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Here’s a list of books I’m looking forward to this fall season. Not all of them will rise to the level of the advertisement, but it’s an abundant crop.
“Home After Dark” by David Small( Liveright, Sept.11)
In 2017, Small published a celebrated graphic memoir(回忆录) called “Stitches”. Now the Caldecott Medal winner is back with a graphic novel about a motherless 13-year-old boy brou ght up in an unhappy home in California. This is a tale told in few words and many striking images. On Sept. 11 at 3p.m, Small will be at Amazonbooks at Union Market. More information at www. amazon. com/graph-tale.
“Waiting for Eden” by Elliot Ackerman(Knopf, Sept.25)
This brief novel is related by a dead soldier who is watching over a horribly burned partner in a Texas hospital. That sounds embarrassingly emotional, but Ackerman, who served in a Navy in lraq and Afghanistan, is one of the best soldier-writers of his generation. More information at www. amazon. com/military-essay.
“All You Can Ever Know” by Nicole Chung(Catapult, Oct.2)
Chung, the editor of the literary magazine Catapult, was adopted as a baby by a white family in Oregon. In this memoir, she writes about her childhood, her Asian American identity and her search for the Korean parents who gave her up. More information at www. amazon. com/politics-prose.
“Unsheltered” by Barbara Kingsolver(Harper, Oct. 16)
Alternating between past and present, this novel tells the story of a woman investigating a late-19th-century science teacher who was caught up in the controversy over Darwinism. Like her other novels, this one promises to exp lore social and scientific problems. Visit www. amazon. com/tech-science for more information.
21．If you hope for a signature of the author, you will probably buy a copy of ________.
A．All You Can Ever Know B．Waiting for Eden
C．Home After Dark D．Unsheltered
22．Who joined the army and was sent to the Middle East?
A．Elliot Ackerman. B．David Small.
C．Barbara Kingsolver. D．Nicole Chung.
23．If you want to read a book about seeking roots, you can surf ________.
A．www. amazon. com/graph-tale B．www. amazon. com/politics-prose
C．www. amaz on. com/military-essay D．www. amazon. com/tech-science
24．Which of the statements is true about “Unsheltered”?
A．It interprets the past and present of Darwinism.
B．It is set in the late nineteenth century only.
C．It is contradictory to the author’s other novels in themes.
D．The science teacher in it was involved in the argument about Darwinism.
25．In which section of the newspaper can we read this passage?
A．Social issues. B．Literature
C．Recreation D．Education
