KwiLake Success, nguGary Shteyngart

Ngaba inokuba yiloo nto UIgnatius wanda yaba kukuzalwa i-Ad hoc de ICixixote. Ubuncinci kwingcinga yakhe yegeza elibambelele kwindawo yokulwa nezixhobo zomoya ezenziwe isigebenga yintelekelelo ephuphumayo. Kwaye ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo uBarry Cohen, i-protagonist yeli bali UGary Shteyngart, unobuninzi be-Ignatius emangalisayo ngenxa yokukwazi kwakhe ukuvusa inzondo kunye nokucaphuka kwe-antihero yemihla ngemihla.

Kuphela kule meko siye sahlangula i-Dulcinea eyanikezelayo phambi kobungqina obucacileyo kunye ne-grotesque drift yesithandwa sakhe. Yile ndlela uBarry Cohen asibonisa ngayo ubukho bakhe benziwe ngeempungutye kunye nokuphela komqhubi wefantasy yokuhlala njengemodus vivendi.

Ingongoma kukuba ezi ntlobo ze-antihero zine-hook yazo. Kungenxa yokuba ukungazi apho banokuqhekeka khona kusikhokelela kwinto engekho ngqiqweni ethi maxa wambi ibe yinto ebonakalayo. Ekungqubaneni kwethu negosa elisemsebenzini elisoloko lifuna iphepha lokugqibela (eli singenalo esandleni) ukuba liqhubele phambili isicelo sethu; nommelwane uzimisele ukuchama inja yakhe emnyango wendlu... Amayelenqe eziziyatha alandela icebo lazo, ukuba nje eli hlabathi liphambeneyo liqhubeka lijika...

I-Narcissistic, ikrwada, usozigidi, umntwana, ukuzola, ukuziphakamisa, ukungazithembi, ukungabi namsebenzi, ukuthabatheka, i-stereotypical, ayikwazi, ukungabi naluxanduva: UBarry Cohen ungaphezulu kokufanelekela ukuba ngumzekelo oyintlekele wephupha laseMelika. Xa, ekhathazwa ziingxaki zeshishini, uxelelwe ukuba unyana wakhe ufunyaniswe ene-autism, uthatha isigqibo sokushiya yonke into, alahle usapho lwakhe kwaye aqalise i-odyssey enesiphithiphithi kunye ne-hilarious apho aya kuwela i-United States ngebhasi efuna ibhasi. uthando olungeyonyani kwaye elahleka kwiminyaka eyadlulayo.

Olu hambo lokuzazi olukwazi ukutshabalalisa yonke into, apho uBarry aya kuseka ubudlelwane obungaqhelekanga naye nabani na oza ngendlela yakhe, ngumboniso othembekileyo wokubhabha ukuya phambili kweMelika ephulukene nolawulo ngokwayo. Oku, emva kwayo yonke into, ngoku yelizwe elifunayo ube mkhulu kwakhonamhlawumbi inkulu kakhulu.

Ngokuzibaxa izinto, ukugqwetheka kunye nokuphoxa okungenakuthintelwa, u-Shteyngart ujolise kumoya wamaxesha kwinoveli eyonakalisayo, ehlazisayo nehlekisayo.

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