Inā ʻo ke ʻano noir o kēia manawa he ʻano me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka moʻolelo detective, ʻo Jonathan Lethem, ke hoʻokokoke ʻo ia i kēia ʻano, ʻo ia kekahi ʻano o ka hoʻololi pilikino mai kēlā kumu like. I kekahi manawa me he mea lā e haki ana ia mea i kahi mākaʻi maʻamau Chandler, akā i ka hopena, ua hoʻonui ʻia kā lākou mau manaʻo i nā manaʻo ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka nīnau e like me ka huki ʻana i ka moʻolelo kalaima e hoʻomaʻemaʻe a hoʻopau i nā ʻano pilikia ʻē aʻe.
He mea maopopo loa ka lawe ʻana o ke ʻano ʻeleʻele iā mākou i ke ʻano koʻikoʻi i ka hana, i nā hopena a i ʻole nā kumu o ka hewa. ʻO ka wehewehe ʻana i kēia ʻano ʻano o ka pepehi kanaka o ka lā ma kekahi ʻaoʻao a i ʻole kekahi e hiki ai ke komo i loko o nā abysses i hana ʻia i ka modus vivendi. A i ka hopena, inā makemake ka mea kākau, e neʻe nā mea a pau i mua e pivoting a puni ka hewa a i ʻole, ma ka hihia o Lethem, ʻo ka pepehi kanaka ke lilo i mea kuhikuhi a hōʻailona no nā mea āpau e hiki ke hoʻomohala ma hope.
Akā e like me kaʻu i ʻōlelo ai, ʻaʻole ʻo Lethem's noir tangential wale nō. I loko o kāna puke moʻolelo, ʻike mākou i nā moʻolelo ʻē aʻe e hoʻokokoke iā ia i kahi Jonathan ʻē aʻe me ka inoa hope ʻO Franzen. Me ia kaʻana like i ka ʻono no nā hiʻohiʻona manaʻo maikaʻi loa, i kekahi manawa ke hoʻopilikia ʻia mai ke kuanaʻike kūʻē. A me Franzen pū kekahi, kaʻana like ʻo ia i ka ʻike o ka wāwahi ʻana i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo e nānā i kāna mau moʻolelo ola i nā ʻano e hiki ai i nā mea haʻi moʻolelo maikaʻi ke lawe mai iā mākou.
ʻO nā manaʻo kumu e hāʻawi i kēlā ʻono ʻē aʻe ma muli o ka hoʻoholo ʻana o ka mea kākau e haʻi iā mākou i kāna mea e makemake ai, e hele liʻiliʻi ana i ka pahu i hiki ke lilo i mea nui a lawe hou aku iā mākou, i nā lālā kahi e kau ai nā hua definitive o kāna manaʻo moʻolelo.
ʻO 3 mau moʻolelo i manaʻo ʻia e Jonathan Lethem
Nā keiki makua ʻole ʻo Brooklyn
ʻO nā mea noiʻi, nā mākaʻi a me nā ʻano protagonists āpau i ka ʻimi ʻana i ka mea hana hewa. ʻO ia mau mea a pau i kūkulu ʻia e ka mea kākau nāna i hāʻawi i ke ola. ʻO nā ʻeha, ka hewa, nā loulou i manaʻo ʻole ʻia... Hele nā mea a pau e hiki ai i ka twist twist. Akā ʻo ka Lionel Essrog mea he hiʻohiʻona nui ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke poina.
"Ua loaa ia'u ka ma'i o Tourette." Holo nā huaʻōlelo, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia, a ʻaʻole hiki i nā lima ke hoʻopā i nā mea āpau e pili ana iā lākou. ʻO ia ka hopena o Lionel Essrog, i hānai ʻia i loko o kahi keiki makua ʻole a ʻo ia pū me kāna mau hoa kamaliʻi ʻekolu, e hana ana no kahi mobster kūloko, ʻo Frank Minna, i loko o kahi keʻena detective kānāwai.
ʻO ka pepehi kanaka ʻo Frank e koi iā ia e hoʻoheheʻe iā ia iho i loko o ka pilina paʻakikī a me ka malu o ka pilina, nā hoʻoweliweli a me nā lokomaikaʻi e hoʻokumu ai i ka Brooklyn āna i manaʻo ai ua ʻike maikaʻi ʻo ia a ʻaʻohe mea i ʻike ʻia. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā keiki makua ʻole o Brooklyn i ka mea hiki iā mākou ke noʻonoʻo i kahi moʻolelo hewa, hoʻohuli i ke ʻano a hāʻawi iā ia i nā nuances hou e hoʻokō i kahi kikokikona kumu.
ka makaʻu ʻino
ʻĀhiu e like me ka honua hoʻokahi e mālama ai i nā holoholona hihiu. He aha ka mea ma waho, ma waho aʻe o ke keʻena like ʻole o Phoebe Siegle, ke manaʻo nei ʻo Gehena i ka ʻai ʻana i nā mea āpau o ke kanaka. No ka mea ʻo ka hihia i hōʻike ʻia ʻo ia ka kikoʻī, ʻo ka mea nui ʻo ka wahi hoʻokipa e koe ma hope.
Hoʻomaka ka Savage Detective me ka kipa ʻana o kahi wahine i kahi mākaʻikaʻi pilikino: ʻO Phoebe Siegle, kahi mea hoʻohenehene ʻo New Yorker, hōʻike ʻia ma ka hale kiʻi ʻoniʻoni a Charles Heist ma waho o Los Angeles e kōkua iā ia e ʻike iā Arabella, ke kaikamahine i nalowale mai kāna hoaaloha.
ʻO nā hōʻailona wale nō e hiki iā ia ke hāʻawi iā ia he kaiāulu Buddhist quirky ma Kaleponi a me Leonard Cohen, me ka mea e nānā ai ke kaikamahine. ʻO kahi mau huaʻōlelo liʻiliʻi e mālama ana i kahi opossum pipi i loko o kāna pākaukau, e ʻae koke ʻo Heist iā Phoebe exuberant a kamaʻilio ma ke ʻano he hoa. E hoʻomaka ka kāne ʻokoʻa i kahi huakaʻi ma waena o ka poʻe ʻole ma waho o Los Angeles a ma nā wahi hoʻokipa maikaʻi ʻole ma ka wao nahele ʻo Mojave, kahi e noho ai nā hui ʻē aʻe ma waho o ke kānāwai a me ka hoʻoponopono āpau.
I loko o kēia noir me nā apocalyptic overtones, ka mea kākau kaulana o Orphans o Brooklyn e lawe iā mākou i kahi pilikia a me ka politika palupalu ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻO ka Savage Detective kekahi mea i hoʻokō maikaʻi ʻia mai kekahi o nā kuhikuhi nui o ka palapala ʻAmelika.
Anatomy o kahi mea pāʻani
Welina mai i ka honua kupanaha o ka piliwaiwai. ʻO nā kaha e hele mai a hele a pau ka pōʻino i nā mea a pau. ʻOi aku hoʻi i ka wā i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ai kekahi i ka manaʻo o ka hoʻopaʻi ma ke ʻano he hoʻowalewale suicidal. A me he mea lā e hoʻomaka maikaʻi ana nā mea a pau.
Ua hoʻolilo ʻo Alexander Bruno i kāna ʻoihana. Me kāna pahu backgammon a me ka uhi ʻokiʻoki, hele ʻo ia ma Berlin a hiki i ka hale nani o Herr Köhler, kahi e pāʻani ai ʻo ia i ka pāʻani e uku ai i nā aie i hōʻiliʻili ʻia ma hope o ka holo ʻana o ka pōʻino ma Singapore. ʻAʻole naʻe nā dice ma kona ʻaoʻao a hele hewa ka pāʻani. Ua manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo ia ʻo nā makana telepathic a hiki i kēia manawa i lanakila ai ke hāʻule nei iā ia.
Ma muli paha o ka ʻike ʻia ʻana o kahi wahi ʻoluʻolu ʻole i loko o kāna kahua o ka hihiʻo e uhi ana i kāna ʻike a no laila pono ʻo ia e huakaʻi i Kaleponi me ka ʻae ʻana i ke kōkua kālā a kahi hoaaloha kahiko o ka wā kamaliʻi e hāʻawi ʻole iā ia. E like me kāna ʻike, ʻāwīwī kona ola i kekahi manawa.
Hoʻi hou mai ʻo Jonathan Lethem me kahi moʻolelo hoʻopilikia a kupaianaha e pili ana i ke ʻano o nā kāleka maikaʻi i ka pāʻani o ke ola e hiki ai ke huli kūʻē iā ʻoe a nalowale ʻoe. ʻO ka hōʻike noʻonoʻo hohonu o nā protagonists o kēia moʻolelo hou e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana iā Lethem ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea kākau moʻolelo maikaʻi loa o kāna hanauna.
