Muaj ib lub sij hawm thaum cov neeg sau xov xwm chroniclers sau cov ntaub ntawv muaj tseeb. Tshaj li muab kev xav zoo, cov txiv neej nyiam Joseph Mitchell lossis txawm tias Hemingway o faulkner lawv tau dhau los ua cov kws sau ntawv tseem ceeb uas tau hloov pauv ntawm cov lus piav qhia tseeb, nrog rau cov kab lus ntawm txhua hnub epic, lossis cov ntawv dab neeg twb dhau mus rau ntau qhov kev xav hauv daim ntawv thiab cov khoom siv.
Rau qhov uas sib haum rau Yauxej Mitchell, nws cov lus piav qhia cosmos nyob rau hauv cov lus dab neeg New York raws li lub ntsiab lus ntawm lub xyoo pua XNUMXth leaning ntawm modernity nrog tag nrho nws cov npoo. Epicenter los txhawb kev coj noj coj ua nrog lawv cov kev tsis sib haum xeeb, lawv lub teeb thiab lawv cov duab ntxoov ntxoo.
Tib yam Tom Wolfe nws pom nyob rau hauv Mitchell qhov kev siv meej meej los ntawm qhov uas muaj ntau nyob rau hauv nroog chaw loaded nrog disparity ntawm focuses thiab kev nkag siab. Ib qhov chaw uas tsis muaj peev xwm los sau cov dab neeg tsim nyog tshaj plaws kom nkag siab txog lub xyoo pua XNUMXth uas cov nroog loj tau txhawb nqa kev kos duab thiab tib neeg cov ntsiab lus.
Sab saum toj 3 Phau Ntawv Pom Zoo los ntawm Joseph Mitchell
Joe Gould's Secret
Tib neeg toj roob hauv pes feem ntau ntawm cov nroog loj ib txwm muaj qhov pom kev txaus nyiam. Cov uas ua rau peb nres saib ntawm exuberance ntawm ib tug ua cim them nrog txawv xim ntawm grey mediocrity. Qhov ntawd yog Joe Gould qhov zais cia, tej zaum tsis paub nws tus kheej. Vim nws tsis npaj siab tsom ntsoov tab sis hloov mus rau qhov pom kev uas khiav ntawm qhov pom tseeb grey.
Leej twg yog Yauxej Ferdinand Gould, tus neeg ncaj ncees thiab tsis txaus siab ntawm cov duab kos duab no? Tus tub ntawm ib tsev neeg feem ntau nyob hauv Massachusetts, kawm tiav hauv Harvard, xyoo 1916 nws tau tawg nrog txhua txoj kev sib raug zoo thiab kev coj noj coj ua ntawm New England thiab mus rau New York, qhov chaw tsis ntev tom qab nws pib thov.
Nws lub hom phiaj tshaj tawm yog los sau ib txoj haujlwm, ib qho tseem ceeb ntawm Oral Keeb Kwm ntawm Peb Lub Sijhawm, uas nws yuav sau ntau txhiab qhov kev sib tham, biography, thiab cov duab ntawm tib neeg anthill hauv Manhattan. Ezra Pound thiab EE Cummings, ntawm ntau lwm tus, tau nyiam ua haujlwm thiab txawm tham txog nws hauv lawv cov ntawv xov xwm; Lub sijhawm no, Gould tau pw ntawm txoj kev lossis hauv tsev so uas tsis zoo, tsis tshua noj, hnav khaub ncaws hnav uas nws tus kws sau paj huam Greenwich Village lossis cov phooj ywg pleev xim tsis hnav.
Thiab txawm hais tias nws yog ib qho uas pom nws qaug dej qaug cawv thiab ua raws li lub davhlau ntawm tus seagull, nws qhov ncauj Keeb Kwm, uas tsis muaj leej twg tau pom, twb tau nyiam qee yam koob meej. Ntawm Gould txoj kev tuag hauv xyoo 1957, nws cov phooj ywg tau pib tshawb nrhiav nws cov ntawv sau nto moo nyob rau hauv cov ces kaum ntawm Lub Zos uas nws nquag mus.
Qhov tshwm sim tsis txaus ntseeg ntawm qhov kev ntoj ke mus kawm, uas qhia txog "kev zais cia" uas lub npe hais txog, yog qhov Mitchell qhia peb hauv nws phau ntawv thib ob. Nyob rau lub sijhawm tsis tshua muaj kev sau xov xwm dhau los ua cov ntaub ntawv zoo, peb tsis tsuas yog cuam tshuam nrog tus kws sau ntawv ntse; ib tug loj tus cwj pwm tseem xav tau "Lub Xeem Bohemian", raws li Gould tau raug hu, cawm lub siab nyiam ntawm tus kws sau ntawv muaj los ntawm nws txoj haujlwm, mob siab rau tag nrho rau nws thiab qhov chaw tshwj xeeb, uas yog lub Hive ntawm tib neeg lub zog uas yog New York. ntawm lub forties thiab fifties. "Joe Gould's Secret" yog ib phau ntawv kom txaus siab rau kab los ntawm kab, tsis txhob poob kom meej thiab mus txuas ntxiv deciphering nws nplua nuj lub ntsiab lus ntev tom qab nyeem ntawv tiav.
hauv qab ntawm qhov chaw nres nkoj
Qhov kev pom los ntawm qhov sib txuam ntawm Hudson thiab East River yog ib qho ntawm ob peb qhov chaw uas hloov pauv txhua lub sijhawm. Ib qho chaw uas tuaj txog ntawm cov neeg tsiv teb tsaws chaw nyob deb tseem tau ua rau hauv kev tshawb nrhiav cov chaw thaum kawg tau txais los ntawm cov txiv neej zoo li Mitchell, hauv qhov zoo tshaj plaws.
Ntawm ntau phau ntawv uas lawv tau muab tso ua ke, qhov no yeej ib txwm suav tias yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws thiab feem ntau tus neeg sawv cev ntawm Mitchell style. Nws ua ke rau 1940 daim ntawv sau nyob rau hauv 1950s thiab XNUMXs. Lawv yog cov ntawv ywj pheej tab sis txuas mus rau ib leeg, vim hais tias nyob rau hauv tag nrho cov ntawm lawv tus sau wanders nyob rau hauv lub New York seafront thiab tshawb ib lub nroog nyob deb ntawm cov neeg mus ncig tebchaws postcards. Mitchell piav qhia txog thaj chaw chaw nres nkoj, Hudson River thiab East River, khw ntses, cov chaw ua liaj ua teb tam sim no tsis muaj, ib lub toj ntxas qub ntawm Staten Island, cov nkoj, nkoj, nkoj nuv ntses thiab cov cim tshwj xeeb xws li Sloppy Louie, tus tswv ntawm ib lub tsev noj mov.
Portrait ntawm lub plab ntawm lub nroog thiab kuj ntawm lub ntiaj teb uas ploj mus, ntawm cov dab neeg ntawm tam sim no thiab legends ntawm yav dhau los, ntawm eccentric hom, Hauv qab ntawm lub Harbor yog ib tug prodigious chronicle ntawm New York thiab nws cov inhabitants: thawj chav kawm ntawv xov xwm thiab cov ntaub ntawv zoo heev.
McSorley's Fabulous Tavern
Dab tsi tshwm sim hauv New York yog nyob rau hauv tes ntawm Mitchell dab tsi tam sim no nyob rau hauv tes ntawm Fran lawb. Ua kev sau xov xwm, kev sib raug zoo chronicle, satire los yog tsuas quotes rau cov xwm txheej nyob rau hauv lub nroog loj xaus mus ua ib tug transcendent chronicle ntawm lub mundane, embellishing nws los ntawm kev nyuaj siab mus rau lub feem ntau admirable. Vim tias kev nyuaj siab muaj lawv lub sijhawm muaj yeeb koob, thaum lub tinsel ntawm qhov kev vam meej tshaj plaws tau xaus mus sai sai los ntawm kev npau taws ntawm lub nroog hauv kev tshawb nrhiav cov dab neeg tshiab.
Cov poj niam muaj hwj txwv, gypsies, gourmets, waiters, Indian neeg ua hauj lwm, bohemians, visionaries, fanatics, impostors thiab tag nrho cov hom ntawm poob plig circulate nyob rau hauv no muab tso ua ke ntawm nees nkaum-xya zaj dab neeg luam tawm nyob rau hauv seem ntawm New Yorker nplooj siab rau cov profiles ntawm cov kab txawv tshaj plaws. cov cim ntawm lub nroog.
Txhua lub cev nqaij daim tawv thiab cov ntshav uas ua rau lub ntsej muag txawv txawv ntawm xyoo 30 thiab 40s, lub hnub nyoog kub uas lub lauj kaub zoo heev uas yog thiab tseem yog New York City tau tsim.
