A matsayin birni mai ma'ana na gabaÉ—ayan wayewar mu, tare da bambance-bambancensa da tsattsauran ra'ayi, New York kuma ta kan kai ga fina-finai da adabi ta hanyar fina-finai. woody Allen, littattafan Paul auster ko daga Carcaterra. Hakanan ta hanyar gazillion wasu misalai waÉ—anda ba za su cika wannan shigar ba.
Abinda yake Jay McInerney ne adam wata kuma ya yanke shawarar cewa birnin garuruwa ya zama cibiyar makirce -makircen ta har ya kai matsayin jarumi tare da mazaunanta da aka zaɓa don bikin. Ayyukansa na almara, ba su da yawa sosai, suna da nagarta na tsufa da kyau, na gabatar da matsalolin da koyaushe suke aiki. Wannan shine dalilin da ya sa Calloway Trilogy shine tabbataccen ƙima don sake bugawa.
A cikin tafiyar hawainiya na wannan silsila akwai taɓarɓarewar ɓacin rai na ɓangarorin da suka shuɗe da kuma buri da ke cike da tashin hankali na wani birni marar kauri, mai tseren zuciyar Manhattan. Yayin da shekaru ke wucewa a cikin rayuwar Calloway, muna gano ainihin abubuwan ɗan adam da aka rufe cikin takaici, nasarori masu wucewa, ƙauna, da yanayi. Bambance-bambance tsakanin ƙarfin samartaka da kwanciyar hankali na tsufa a wuri, i, wannan ba na tsofaffi ba ne.
A ƙarshe, NY ta sake cinye halittunta. Garin yana ceton sabbin rayuka daga ra'ayoyi masu ƙima kuma yana ajiye tsoffin ɗaukaka. NY a matsayin wani nau'i na Olympus, Allahn kankare wanda ke nuna kaddara kuma wanda yake mantawa, a cikin zafin rayuwar da ba za a iya jin dadinsa ba a cikin yanayin da ba shi da kyau, wannan ɗan gajeren lokaci shine komai ga mazaunan cikin rudani.
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Lokacin da haske ya faÉ—i
Fito da jerin abubuwa a lokacin mafi kyawun alama na birnin New York, a can lokacin da almararsa ta bazu ko'ina cikin duniya kamar na sararin samaniya inda komai zai iya faruwa. Garin da ke dab da bala'in zamantakewa a wasu unguwanni kuma yana da ikon ɓarna mafi ƙazanta a cikin manyan gata, inda Calloways za su so su rayu har abada.
Corrine matashi ne dan kasuwa a Wall Street; Mijinta Russell, edita ne mai É—imbin himma wanda ke É—aukar kansa ba a biyan sa. Sun yi aure cikin farin ciki kuma suna zaune a cikin New York mai ban sha'awa na tsakiyar shekarun tamanin, inda ba a rasa dama ga waÉ—anda ke da hikima da burin cin moriyar su.
Amma duk da haka wannan shine kawai wani ƙazamin zamanin da ke gab da ƙarewa - Calloways ba da daɗewa ba za su gane cewa duk abin da ya tashi ya ƙare zuwa ƙasa, duka a cikin kasuwar hannayen jari da a rayuwa. McInerney ya yi rubutu a kan New York na litattafan adabi da haɗin kamfani. Ga waɗanda ba su rayu da shi ba, Lokacin da haske ya faɗi yana ɗaukar fyaucewar wani zamani kuma ya cika da gaskiya 'yan shekaru waɗanda in ba haka ba za su zama ba daidai ba a gare mu. Labari game da aure wanda ya fara barin ƙuruciyarsa ta zinare kuma ya fahimci cewa rayuwa, wataƙila, ta fi son su kasance masu alhakin da balaga.
Rayuwa mai kyau
Yin rubutu game da New York tare da aikin ba da fifikon birni tsakanin ƙarshen karni na 11 da farkon XNUMX, shima dole ne ya shiga cikin XNUMX/XNUMX kuma ya nemi takamaiman rayuwa tsakanin rayuwar Calloways tare da wuce gona da iri. tarihi mai ban tsoro.
Bayan shawo kan matsaloli da yawa, ma'auratan Calloway har yanzu suna tare. Russell ya ci gaba da aiki a matsayin edita, duk da cewa ba shi da wani matsayi mai mahimmanci, kuma Corrine ta bar aikinta a kasuwar hannayen jari don sadaukar da kanta ga yaranta ƙanana guda biyu da rubuta wasan kwaikwayo.
A Gabashin Gabas, Luke McGavock, manajan saka hannun jari na billionaire, ya yanke shawarar ɗaukar hutun shekara guda don ya sami ƙarin lokaci tare da matarsa ​​da 'yarsa matashiya. Koyaya, wata safiya a cikin Satumba 2001 sararin samaniyar New York ya yi duhu, kuma a cikin kwanakin da suka biyo baya, mutanen da ba a nufin su hadu sun ƙare aiki hannu da hannu kan sake gina birnin.
En Rayuwa mai kyau, Jay McInerney yana É—aukar haruffansa biyu masu ban sha'awa kuma yana amfani da abin da ya fi kyau: gabatar da mu ga rikitarwa na zamantakewa da É—abi'a na New York City da wasu haruffa waÉ—anda a cikin su za mu sami sautin rayuwar mu.
Ranaku masu haske da É—aukaka
Wataƙila a ƙarshe yana da kyau ku gudu daga New York, ku ɗauka cewa garin ya riga ya ci ku ko kuma ba shi da wani abin da zai ba ku. A cikin wannan ɓacin rai, wanda duk da haka ya wuce ko'ina a cikin shekaru, mun gano mafi kyawun hangen ɗan adam na ma'aurata da ba za a manta da su ba.
Bayan shekaru da yawa tare, Russell da Corrine Calloway suna son samun kwanciyar hankali da kwanciyar hankali na iyali, wani abu da kamar ba zai yuwu a cimma ba a New York bayan fatarar Lehman Brothers. Suna mafarkin samun damar rainon yaransu kusa da karkara, amma yanayin kuɗinsu bai yarda ba. A cikin wani yunƙuri na ƙoƙarin sake buɗe gidan buga littattafansa, Russell zai ɗauki hayar littafin da zai zama ceton sa ko kuma rushe shi, yayin da sake bayyana abokin Corrine zai tuhumi kawancen dangantakar su.
Ranaku masu haske da ɗaukaka labari ne na jaraba wanda ke nutsar da mu gabaɗaya a cikin Manhattan na farkon ashirin da ɗaya, tare da zaɓen Obama da durkushewar tattalin arziƙin duniya a matsayin tushen sa. A ciki McInerney ya sake bin sawun Russell da Corrine don zurfafa cikin ƙalubalen soyayya da aure kuma, kamar Fitzgerald na zamaninmu, zana babban hoto na fitilu da inuwar mafarkin Amurka. Kyakkyawan ƙarshe ga littafin tarihin sa na litattafan da aka sadaukar don Calloways.
