{"id":428746,"date":"2022-04-08T20:06:08","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T17:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/six-must-read-books-for-april-and-may\/"},"modified":"2022-04-08T20:06:08","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T17:06:08","slug":"six-must-read-books-for-april-and-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/six-must-read-books-for-april-and-may\/","title":{"rendered":"#Six must-read books for April and May"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27805902930\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27805902930\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/six-must-read-books-for-april-and-may\/#%E2%80%9CSix_must-read_books_for_April_and_May%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Six must-read books for April and May&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/six-must-read-books-for-april-and-may\/#305_Lost_Buildings_of_Canada\" >305 Lost Buildings of Canada<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/six-must-read-books-for-april-and-may\/#By_Raymond_Biesinger_and_Alex_Bozikovic_Goose_Lane_Editions_March_22\" >By Raymond Biesinger and Alex Bozikovic (Goose Lane Editions, March 22)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/six-must-read-books-for-april-and-may\/#Animal_Person_Stories\" >Animal Person: Stories<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/six-must-read-books-for-april-and-may\/#By_Alexander_MacLeod_McClelland_Stewart_April_5\" >By Alexander MacLeod (McClelland &amp; Stewart, April 5)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/six-must-read-books-for-april-and-may\/#The_Old_Woman_with_the_Knife\" >The Old Woman with the Knife<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/six-must-read-books-for-april-and-may\/#By_Gu_Byeong-mo_Hanover_Square_Press_March_8\" >By Gu Byeong-mo (Hanover Square Press, March 8)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/six-must-read-books-for-april-and-may\/#This_Is_How_We_Love\" >This Is How We Love<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/six-must-read-books-for-april-and-may\/#By_Lisa_Moore_House_of_Anansi_May_3\" >By Lisa Moore (House of Anansi, May 3)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/six-must-read-books-for-april-and-may\/#Son_of_Elsewhere_A_Memoir_in_Pieces\" >Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/six-must-read-books-for-april-and-may\/#By_Elamin_Abdelmahmoud_McClelland_Stewart_May_17\" >By Elamin Abdelmahmoud (McClelland &amp; Stewart, May 17)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/six-must-read-books-for-april-and-may\/#Mansions_of_the_Moon\" >Mansions of the Moon<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/six-must-read-books-for-april-and-may\/#By_Shyam_Selvadurai_Knopf_Canada_May_3\" >By Shyam Selvadurai (Knopf Canada, May 3)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CSix_must-read_books_for_April_and_May%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Six must-read books for April and May&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n                            An ode to Canada&#8217;s lost buildings and a memoir by Elamin Abdelmahmoud are among our picks for the best books of the season\n                        <\/div>\n<div>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1235863 aligncenter lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/305LOSTBUILDINGS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"491\"\/><\/h2>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"305_Lost_Buildings_of_Canada\"><\/span>305 Lost Buildings of Canada<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"By_Raymond_Biesinger_and_Alex_Bozikovic_Goose_Lane_Editions_March_22\"><\/span>By Raymond Biesinger and Alex Bozikovic (Goose Lane Editions, March 22)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Theatres, hotels and industrial plants from St. John\u2019s to Victoria come to life again in this engrossing work of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> history by architecture critic Bozikovic and illustrator Biesinger. Fire and the mid-20th-century mania for \u201curban renewal\u201d may top the list of direct causes, but a host of factors were involved, including technological revolution and changing tastes.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1235860 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MAC03_BOOKS02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<h2\/><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Animal_Person_Stories\"><\/span>\n<h2>Animal Person: Stories<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"By_Alexander_MacLeod_McClelland_Stewart_April_5\"><\/span>By Alexander MacLeod (McClelland &amp; Stewart, April 5)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>This exquisite collection includes \u201cLagomorph,\u201d the moving and occasionally hilarious tale of a man alone in the world except for his family\u2019s pet rabbit. Other gems: \u201cEverything Underneath\u201d and \u201cOnce Removed,\u201d in which MacLeod explores the ways humans \u201cparcel out\u201d their love.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1235858 aligncenter lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MAC03_BOOKS03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"311\" height=\"475\"\/><\/h2>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Old_Woman_with_the_Knife\"><\/span>The Old Woman with the Knife<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"By_Gu_Byeong-mo_Hanover_Square_Press_March_8\"><\/span>By Gu Byeong-mo (Hanover Square Press, March 8)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Korean noir, even when leavened by Gu\u2019s moments of caustic humour, is as noir as it gets. Hornclaw, a self-described \u201cdisease-control specialist\u201d\u2014a.k.a. contract killer\u2014is, at 65, a little creaky and considerably cranky as the riveting centre of a page-turning thriller and a sharp satire of South Korean attitudes toward elderly women.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1235866 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/THISISHOWWELOVE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"457\"\/><\/p>\n<h2\/><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"This_Is_How_We_Love\"><\/span>\n<h2>This Is How We Love<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"By_Lisa_Moore_House_of_Anansi_May_3\"><\/span>By Lisa Moore (House of Anansi, May 3)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The Newfoundland novelist writes characters who specialize in pithy, needle-sharp assessments of one another. But Moore reaches another level in this gritty and compelling story of a mother, her stabbed and beaten son, and a cascade of memories. It features relationships wanted and unwanted, and love that\u2019s unforgettable\u2014all set against the 2020 Snowmageddon, a record-breaking blizzard for St. John\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1235865 aligncenter lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SONOFELSEWHERE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<h2\/><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Son_of_Elsewhere_A_Memoir_in_Pieces\"><\/span>\n<h2>Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"By_Elamin_Abdelmahmoud_McClelland_Stewart_May_17\"><\/span>By Elamin Abdelmahmoud (McClelland &amp; Stewart, May 17)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In essays as arresting as his subtitle, the host of the popular CBC podcast\u00a0<i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">Pop Chat<\/i>\u00a0revisits the building blocks that shaped his sense of self. Subjects include his experience of having \u201cBlackness\u201d thrust upon him at age 12, when he moved from Sudan to Canada; the social possibilities provided by pro wrestling; and what the international stardom of Egyptian footballer Mohamed Salah means to Muslim children living in the West.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1235864 aligncenter lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MANSIONSMOON.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<h2\/><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mansions_of_the_Moon\"><\/span>\n<h2>Mansions of the Moon<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"By_Shyam_Selvadurai_Knopf_Canada_May_3\"><\/span>By Shyam Selvadurai (Knopf Canada, May 3)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>According to Indian lore, Siddhartha Gautama abandoned his family to go in search of enlightenment on the night his wife, Yasodhara, gave birth to their son. 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