Μαθήματα χημείας
Bonnie Garmus, 2022
A chemist with a fierce mind and no patience for being underestimated becomes the unlikely star of a 1960s cooking show, and refuses to shrink.
Bonnie Garmus
Bonnie Garmus writes with a straight face and a sharp eye, letting her characters say the plainly true thing everyone around them is trying not to hear. Her books share a stubborn, dry warmth: clever women who keep their dignity in rooms that would rather they didn't, and a humor that comes from watching them refuse to soften. Start with «Lessons in Chemistry», the 1960s story of a chemist pushed out of the lab and into a television kitchen, if you want the clearest sense of what she does.
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Garmus was a creative director in advertising and wrote the novel in her sixties; it became a bestseller, and the character of Elizabeth was inspired by a rowing teammate. It was her debut at 64. She has said the character was inspired by a feeling of being talked over, and the book went on to sell millions worldwide.
What if a child's gift is the one nobody knows how to name?
Όμως εκείνη άρχισε να διαβάζει από τριών ετών και τώρα, κοντεύοντας τα έξι πια, είχε τελειώσει σχεδόν όλον τον Ντίκενς. Τέτοιο παιδί ήταν η Μάντλεν, ένα παιδί που μπορούσε να σιγομουρμουρίσει κάποιο κονσέρτο του Μπαχ αλλά δεν μπορούσε να δέσει τα κορδόνια του, που μπορούσε να εξηγήσει την περιστροφή της Γης αλλά μπερδευόταν στην τρίλιζα. Και αυτό ήταν το πρόβλημα. Διότι, ενώ οι μουσι κές ιδιοφυΐες πάντα αναγνωρίζονται, δεν ισχύει το ίδιο για τους πρώιμους αναγνώστες. Κάτι που συμβαίνει επειδή οι πρώιμοι αναγνώστες είναι απλώς καλοί σε κάτι στο οποίο τελικά θα γίνουν καλοί και όλοι οι υπόλοιποι. Συνεπώς η πρωτιά τους δεν θεωρείται ξεχωριστή, απλώς ενοχλητική. Και αυτό η Μάντλεν το αντιλαμβανόταν. Books by Bonnie Garmus
Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, 2022
A 1960s chemist is pushed out of the lab, becomes an unlikely television cook, and refuses — flatly, unsmilingly — to be diminished.
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