Akwai lokacin da marubutan tarihin jarida suka rubuta littattafan gaskiya. Bayan bayar da tunani mai mahimmanci, mutane kamar Joseph Mitchell ko ma Hemingway o Faulkner sun zama mawallafa masu mahimmanci waɗanda suka canza tsakanin ingantattun labarai, waɗanda za su cika ginshiƙai zuwa almara na yau da kullun, ko kuma litattafan da suka rigaya sun mamaye wasu zato masu rikitarwa a cikin tsari da abubuwa.
Ga bangaren da ya yi daidai da Joseph Mitchell, duniyar labarinsa ta kasance a cikin wannan almara na New York a matsayin misali na karni na XNUMX yana jingina da zamani tare da dukkan gefuna. Matsala don tada al'adu tare da rikice-rikicensu, haskensu da inuwarsu.
Duk daya Tom Wolfe ya gano a cikin Mitchell cewa bayyananniyar magana daga wacce za ta yawaita a cikin saitunan birane masu cike da banbance-banbance na mai da hankali da fahimta. Madogarar da ba ta ƙarewa daga inda za a tsara labarun da suka fi dacewa don fahimtar karni na XNUMX inda manyan birane suka tayar da zane-zane da ɗan adam.
Manyan Littattafai 3 da aka Shawarar na Joseph Mitchell
Sirrin Joe Gould
Mafi kyawun yanayin ɗan adam na manyan birane koyaushe yana ba da hangen nesa mai ban sha'awa. Waɗanda ke sa mu daina kallon farin ciki na wani hali da aka caje tare da sabon launi a cikin launin toka mai launin toka. Wannan shine sirrin Joe Gould, watakila ba tare da sanin shi da kansa ba. Domin bai yi niyyar mayar da hankali ba sai dai ya karkatar da shi zuwa ga wahayin da ke tserewa tsakanin wannan launin toka na fili.
Wanene wannan Joseph Ferdinand Gould, mai gaskiya kuma mai tayar da hankali na waɗannan zane-zane? Dan daya daga cikin manyan iyalai na gargajiya a Massachusetts, ya sauke karatu daga Harvard, a 1916 ya karya dukkan alaka da al'adun New England kuma ya tafi New York, inda jim kadan bayan ya fara bara.
Burinsa da aka ayyana shi ne ya rubuta wani aiki, babban tarihin Baka na Zamaninmu, wanda a ciki zai tattara dubban tattaunawa, tarihin rayuwa, da kuma hotunan tururuwa na ɗan adam a Manhattan. Ezra Pound da EE Cummings, da sauransu, sun yi sha'awar aikin har ma sun yi magana game da shi a cikin mujallunsu; A halin da ake ciki, Gould ya kwana a kan tituna ko a cikin otal-otal masu yawa, da kyar ya ci abinci, sanye da tarkacen kayan da mawaƙinsa na Greenwich Village ko abokansa masu zane suka daina sakawa.
Kuma ko da yake an saba ganinsa yana buguwa yana kwaikwayi jirgin ruwan teku, amma Tarihinsa na Baka, wanda ba wanda ya taɓa gani, ya riga ya sami wata daraja. A kan mutuwar Gould a shekara ta 1957, abokansa sun fara bincike mai tsawo don neman shahararren rubutunsa a cikin kusurwoyin Kauyen da yake yawan zuwa.
Sakamakon abin mamaki na waccan balaguron, wanda ya bayyana “asirin” da taken ke nufi, shi ne abin da Mitchell ya gaya mana a tarihinsa na biyu. A lokuta da ba kasafai aikin jarida ya zama babban adabi ba, ba wai kawai muna hulda da hazikin marubuci ba ne; Ana kuma buƙatar wani babban hali "Bohemian na Ƙarshe", kamar yadda ake kira Gould, ya ceci kyakkyawar manufa ta marubucin da aikinsa ya yi, wanda ya keɓe gaba ɗaya zuwa gare ta da kuma wani wuri na musamman, na gungun makamashin ɗan adam wanda shine New York. na arba'in da hamsin "Sirrin Joe Gould" littafi ne don jin daɗin layi ta layi, ba don rasa cikakken bayani ba kuma a ci gaba da fayyace ma'anarsa mai yawa bayan an gama karantawa.
kasan tashar jiragen ruwa
Ra'ayi daga haɗuwa tsakanin Hudson da Kogin Gabas ɗaya ne daga cikin ƴan wuraren da ke canzawa a kowane kallo. Wurin da har yanzu bakin haure ke tashi don neman wuraren da mutane kamar Mitchell suka karba, a mafi kyawun lokuta.
Daga cikin littattafai daban-daban da aka tattara su, an yi la'akari da wannan koyaushe mafi kyawun kuma mafi wakilcin salon Mitchell. Ya haɗu da guda shida da aka rubuta a cikin 1940s da 1950. Rubuce-rubuce ne masu zaman kansu amma suna da alaƙa da juna, domin dukansu marubucin yana yawo a bakin tekun New York kuma ya bincika wani birni mai nisa daga katunan yawon shakatawa. Mitchell ya kwatanta yankunan tashar jiragen ruwa, Kogin Hudson da Gabas ta Gabas, kasuwar kifi, wuraren noman kawa da ba a gama ba, tsohuwar makabarta a tsibirin Staten, jiragen ruwa, jiragen ruwa, jiragen kamun kifi da halaye na musamman irin su Sloppy Louie, mai mallakar kawa. gidan abinci.
Hoton ciki na birni da kuma na duniyar da ke ɓacewa, na labarun yau da tatsuniyoyi na baya, na nau'ikan abubuwan ban mamaki, The Bottom of the Harbor wani babban tarihin New York ne da mazaunanta: aikin jarida na farko. da manyan adabi.
Gidan Gidan Abinci na McSorley
Abin da ya faru a New York yana hannun Mitchell wanda yanzu ke hannun Fran Lebowitz. Yin aikin jarida, tarihin zamantakewa, satire ko kuma kawai faɗar abubuwan da suka faru a cikin babban birni ya ƙare ya zama tarihin tarihin duniya, yana ƙawata shi daga bakin ciki zuwa mafi abin sha'awa. Domin bala'i yana da lokacin ɗaukaka, yayin da tinsel na mafi girman nasara yana ƙarewa da sauri da gogewa da hauka na birni don neman sabbin tatsuniyoyi masu wucewa.
Mata masu gemu, gypsies, gourmets, masu jira, ma'aikatan Indiya, bohemians, masu hangen nesa, masu tsattsauran ra'ayi, masu yaudara da kowane nau'in rayuka da suka ɓace suna yaduwa a cikin wannan tarin tarihin tarihi ashirin da bakwai da aka buga a cikin ɓangaren New Yorker wanda aka sadaukar don bayanan martaba na mafi ban mamaki. halayen birni.
Duk haruffan nama da na jini waɗanda suka haɗa da fresco na ban mamaki daga shekarun 30 zuwa 40, zamanin zinare wanda aka ƙirƙira babban tukunyar narkewa da take kuma har yanzu a birnin New York.
