Isizukulwane Esilahlekile saseMelika (ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-XNUMX) sasingewona nje umfanekiso ofanayo wababhali abanganelisekanga, noma ama-nihilists, noma ama-hedonists. Ukudangala kungafana, ukuqondana okungokomlando yilokho ayenakho, kepha indlela yokuthatha uhlangothi empilweni yayihluke kakhulu komunye nomunye.
Umehluko omkhulu kunayo yonke wawungenzeka phakathi kombhali osikhathaza namuhla, UJohn Dos Passos y UFrancis Scott Fitzgerald. Ngesikhathi uJohn ehamba futhi eshiya izwe lakubo ukuze abone amazwe ahlukene nezinkinga zawo (njengecala laseSpain), uFrancis Scott wenza okufanayo kodwa cishe ngaso sonke isikhathi ukuze aziphumulele.
Indaba engavumelekile, ithoni empunga ingahle ifane, kepha indlela yokwenza komunye nomunye ifinyelela ezinqumweni zomuntu uqobo ngaphezulu kokuthambekela okushiwo yisizukulwane esinelebula.
UJohn Dos Passos wahamba kakhulu eSpain ngaphambi nangemva kwempi. Ngombono othambekele kakhulu ku-socialism, wasekela izibalo ze-republic. Kodwa-ke, kwakusezweni lakithi lapho abhekana khona nokudumazeka okukhulu ngenguqulo enodlame kakhulu yobukhomanisi kanye nokudumazeka ebunganeni bakhe no. Ernest Hemingway.
Amanoveli anconyiwe kaJohn Dos Passos
Ukudluliswa kweManhattan
Imvelaphi yesiPutukezi yombhali ibonakala igcwele kule noveli. Konke kuzalwa kusuka esiteshini, ukudluliselwa eManhattan, lapho-ke idolobha limatasatasa lisethulela isiphetho salowo nalowo, iningi lalabo balingisi abangaziwa esenzelwa ukuba silungise amehlo ethu.
Ngenkathi belinde isitimela sabo esiya kwi-Big Apple, siqala ukwazi amacebo abo empilo, izinhloso zabo kanye nentando yabo, ukuzenzisa kwabo nephupho labo lempumelelo elizuzwe nganoma iyiphi intengo. Iqiniso ngukuthi ukubheka ngokushesha noma ibaphi kulabo ababambe isitimela kuleso siteshi kungaqagelwa njengokwehluleka kusengaphambili, kungenzeki ukwehluleka.
Kepha ithemba kalilahli. Umlingo wale noveli yizibopho ezidalwa phakathi kwalabo abake bahlanganyela isizini, namaphupho, kepha abalondolozi nakancane nethemba.
Ukufana 42
Ngale noveli kwaqala i-trilogy yase-USA, lapho iDos Passos yayimanziswe kahle ezweni elikhulu laseNyakatho Melika. Le ncwadi ingumfanekiso othize womusa, inhlanganisela yomlando kanye noveli ekhombisa isifiso sakhe sokukhombisa lelo qiniso elidlula konke okuqanjiwe, noma ngabe liyinqaba kangakanani indlela elicutshungulwa ngayo.
Umbono wokuziphatha wabalingiswa wethulwe kithi njengokuphindaphinda ngaphambi kwesenzo. Sengathi bonke labo balingisi bahlala phambi kwethu bachaza ingqikithi yabo, yini ebashukumisela ukuba baziphathe ngendlela esizobona ngayo. Ukubhujiswa okukodwa okuphule isikhunta kulokho okubhalwe kuze kube manje.
1919
Ukufakwa kwesibili kwesaga kubaluleke ngaphezu kokuvalwa kwayo, okunesihloko esithi Imali Enkulu, ngombono wami inhloso yokufakelwa ukuqedela i-trilogy kunanoma yini enye. Kodwa-ke, i-1919 ihlala ihlanzekile futhi iyintsha njengama-Parallel 42.
Ubunjalo bekwaya babalingiswa nezimo zisalokhu zibalulekile. Kufana nalowo muzwa ngezinye izikhathi okwenzeka kithi edolobheni... Ubungeke yini uthande ukunyonyoba kwelinye lamafasitela amaningi ubone ukuthi kwenzekani? Okuthile okufana nalokhu kungu-1919, inoveli yamakwaya eyenzeka ingxenye enkulu eParis.
Futhi kulapho sihlangana khona nabantu abaningi baseMelika abakhe amakoloni amadolobha aseYurophu okwesikhashana, benethemba lokuthi i-United States ingazakha kabusha, ngandlela thile ...