Ihlala ibhalwa, ngokuyinxenye, ngokwembono yombhali. Akunakuphikwa ukuqaphela ukuba, phakathi kweeprofayili zengqondo zabalinganiswa abasemsebenzini, kuhlala kukho ukubethelwa ngumenzi okunikwe umsebenzi we-titanic wokubuyisela umhlaba omtsha. UBen lener nangona kunjalo iyaqhubeka kwaye itsalele ekutshintsheni okucacileyo, ukufihla okuziswe kwinyani yayo.
Isiphumo kukuba uncwadi oluvulekileyo lwengcwaba, ubunyani buye balayishwa kunye nefantasy yezinto ezikhoyo. Njenge IiFoenkinos kwiYankee yadlula kwisihlunu se-idiosyncrasy nayo iSpanish. Imikhondo eyahlukeneyo yobomi ebethelelwe kwingxelo yangoku, ukuze umfundi afumanise elo vumba libalulekileyo lento esidibanisa sonke kule nto ukuze siqhubele phambili ngaphandle kwayo yonke into.
Uburharha obudibanisayo, isigqebelo, olokuchukumisa intlekele yemihla ngemihla kunye nokuqaqamba okungahambelaniyo nokungabikho kwanto nangaphezulu kwako konke. Imvelaphi kunye nefom exhasa iintsika zoncwadi olunjengobali kwaye ziyinto ethelekiswa nesymphony kunye nezigaba zayo ezahlukeneyo. Ukufumanisa iLerner kukuya kwinyani njengoko ngumbhali kuphela ogqiba ukuyifumana, ezimisele ukuba sonke sinokuziva ngokufanayo.
Eziphezulu ezi-3 ezinconyelweyo iinoveli zikaBen Lerner
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Izinto ezinkulu zenzeka ngeeyure zokungahloneli Thixo, ngaphandle kwamanani ajikelezayo okanye imihla yokumelwa. Imbali ibhaliwe ngeziganeko ezinakho ukutshintsha yonke into, hayi kuphela oko kubhalwe kwi-almanacs kodwa nakuzo zonke iimbali zangaphakathi ezinxulunyaniswa sisambuku sezihlandlo.
10:04 usazisa ngombhali oselula waseNew York othe wafumana utshintsho olukhulu kunyaka ophelileyo: uphumelele ukubonwa njengoncwadi, wafumanisa ukuba unesifo esibi, kwaye umhlobo wakhe osenyongweni umcele isidoda ukuba singene.
Ukuthandabuza kwakhe malunga noku kuphelela ekubeni akhokelele kwincoko emnandi (kwisitayile esinyulu sikaWoody Allen) nonyana wakhe ocingelwayo malunga nokungabinantsingiselo yokuba ngutata kwihlabathi elingenasiphelo. Kwangelo xesha, uqala ubudlelwane bezesondo kunye negcisa elivelayo lobugcisa obubonwayo othanda ukufuthaniselwa xa usabelana ngesondo… Ukwanomdla kwintshukumo ye-Occupy Wall Street, enikezela indlu yakhe ukuze abaqhankqalazi bahlambe.
Kwaye ubomi buxubene nendalo yoncwadi: onke amabali, ahamba ngokungaphaya, achaphazela imbono yenyani, umahluko phakathi kwento eyenzekayo kunye noko sicinga ukuba kuyenzeka. Ke, umlinganiswa ophambili uya kuqala ukoyisa ibhloko yakhe. Iziphumo zokugqibela ziya kuba libali olithumela kulo The New abantu base-yorkers. Kwaye ngelixa konke oku kuqhubeka, isiXeko saseNew York silumkele iNkanyamba uSandy ...
IZiko laseTopeka
Sonke sidlulileyo, uLerner naye. Umbuzo kukwazi ukubeka i-ego eguqukayo phambi kweloxesha elidlulileyo elinokwazi ukujongana noko besikho kwaye kusekwe kokuseleyo kuthi ...
UAdam Gordon, udidi lwama-97, kukunyaka wakhe wokugqibela weSikolo samaBanga aPhakamileyo saseTopeka eKansas. Ngomnye wabafana kuhle ukusuka kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo, unentombi, kwaye yinkwenkwezi yeqela leengxoxo. Ngoku kulindeleke ukuba aphumelele ubuntshatsheli besizwe. Bekunye nabazali babo be-psychotherapist, benza usapho oluqhelekileyo lwaseMntla Melika lweengqondi, amaYuda kunye neDemokhrasi.
Umama, umbhali odumileyo wabasetyhini otyholwa ngabaninzi be-penis envy syndrome, ujongene nocelomngeni lokukhulisa unyana wakhe kwindawo elawulwa bubudoda obuyityhefu. Ubawo, onesiphiwo esikhethekileyo sokujongana nezinto ezibizwa ngokuba "zilahlekileyo", ufumana uDarren Eberheart, ongenabahlobo, ongenantombi kwaye ungabandakanyiwe kuwo nawuphi na umsebenzi, ukuqalisa ukuhlalisana, nangona ukuthotywa koontanga bakhe.
Ukusuka kwezi ngcinga zine kunye nomyalelo oqaqambileyo wolwimi, uBen Lerner usinika umfanekiso wesizukulwana esonganyelwe kukuphila okungaphezulu. Ukunikezelwa ngeBhaso leNcwadi leLos Angeles Times kunye nomlingisi wokugqibela wePulitzer, le noveli ivuselelayo nenamabhongo isibonisa intshayelelo yomntu waseMelika ongazinzanga, ophawulwe lulwazi, ukusilela kweentetho zopolitiko, iitroli, iLungelo elitsha kunye nengxaki yesazisi umlungu okumgangatho ophakathi.
Ukushiya isikhululo seAtocha
Kanye njengokuba i-chicha ezolileyo isisandulela saso sonke isaqhwithi, wonke umzuzu ophilayo uyaphikisana noko kuza kamva. Akukho magama aphakathi okanye ikhefu. Iyahlekisa okanye ibuhlungu, kuxhomekeke kwindlela ojongeka ngayo okanye kuxhomekeke kwindlela ophila ngayo. Inqaku kukuba ukuhleka kuqala iinyembezi kunye neenyembezi, kunye nexesha elininzi kunye nomonde, ngamanye amaxesha zibuyisela uncumo ekuphenduleni. Logama umntu esemncinci ukuba akwazi ukushiya izikhumba ngasemva ...
U-Adam Gordon, igama elingumbhali kunye nombhali ophambili weSaliendo de la Estación de Atocha, uyonwabele imfundo eyaziwayo eMadrid ukuze enze into ayibiza ngokuba yiprojekthi yemibongo. Nangona kunjalo, uzama nokutyhila isazisi sakhe, kunye nobudlelwane bakhe nobugcisa. Kukhuthazwe sisixa esikhulu sekhofi ayinciphisayo nge-tranquilizers ayimiselayo, ukukhangela kuka-Adam kuya kumkhokelela kwisixeko esiza kuthi sifumane isahluko esibalulekileyo kwimbali yaso.
Ngeprosesa eguqukayo ehamba phakathi kwentlekele kunye nokuhlekisa, ukujongela phantsi kunye nokuhlekisa, le noveli yenze uBen Lerner njengombhali othe wonyuselwa kule minyaka idlulileyo, ekhethwe njengeyona noveli ilungileyo luluhlu olungapheliyo lwamajelo eendaba, phakathi kwezinto ezibalaseleyo: INew Yorker, iNewsweek, iBoston Globe, iGuardian, iNew York Magazine o USA namhlanje.
