IWild West, njenge-synecdoche yezwe laseMelika ekwakhekeni, yanweba ukucabanga kwayo, ubuhlakani bayo nezinhlobo zayo ezweni lonke elikhulu lokuzwela kanye nezinkolelo ezingafani nakho konke. Akusoze kwacatshangwa ukuthi into ebaluleke kangaka ukuthi izokwakhiwa ezweni elifana ne-United States namuhla.
Le akuyona indaba yokuthi yenziwa kanjani kepha incazelo yokunqoba kokuthi kungani yenziwa ... Kuyiqiniso ukuthi lolu daba lwalungelula ukwakhiwa noma into yokuziqhenya ngayo, kwesinye isikhathi, ngokuziphatha kukaMachiavellian. Kepha iphuzu ukugcina okungcono kakhulu. FUTHI ukhwathu Ubambe kabusha uStephen Crane okwazi ukusithumela umlando wakhe ngombono ofanele kakhulu ngezinguquko ezikhombe kokuthile okuhle.
Uhambo oluthokozisayo ngeminyaka lapho i-United States isuka ekubeni yizwe likaBilly the Kid neBuffalo Bill laya ekubeni ngumbuso wonxiwankulu.
Kule biography ebabazekayo kaStephen Crane (1871-1900), uPaul Auster uphinda impilo ethokozisayo namandla okudala wombhali osemncane, intatheli kanye nembongi owabhala Ibheji elibomvu elibomvu lesibindi ngo-1895. U-Crane waphila iminyaka engama-29 kuphela, kodwa kuleso sikhathi esifushane wahlakulela amanoveli, izindaba ezimfushane, izinkondlo futhi wayeyintatheli emnkantshubomvu eyayihlanganisa izingxabano ezifana neMpi yaseCuba. Uhlangane noJoseph Conrad noHenry James, abadumisa ukubhala kwakhe, futhi ngomsebenzi wakhe washintsha izinhlamvu zaseMelika unomphela.
Kula makhasi, i-Auster iphinde inikeze ngefasitela lempilo eNew York naseLondon ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-XNUMX. Iminyaka kaCranane futhi iyisikhathi esingenakuphindwa lapho izwe lilungiselela ukushiya iMelika yaseWest West emuva libe ngumbuso wobungxiwankulu owawuzobusa umhlaba phakathi nekhulu lama-XNUMX; isikhathi sokuchuma, nokho, esifihla okwedlule okungasonjululwanga okuphawulwe ukuhweba ngezigqila kwase-Afrika kanye nokubulawa kwabantu baseNdiya bomdabu, futhi okubhekene nezinhlangano zokuqala zomphakathi nezimfuno zezinyunyana.
Manje usungathenga i- "The Immortal Flame of Stephen Crane", kaPaul Auster, lapha:
