Ihlala ibhalwa, ngokwengxenye, ngombono wombhali uqobo. Akunakuphikwa ukucabanga ukuthi, phakathi kwamaphrofayili wengqondo yabalingisi abasemsebenzini, kuhlale kunama-brushstrokes omdali anikezwe umsebenzi we-titanic wokwakha kabusha imihlaba emisha. UBen lener kodwa-ke iyaqhubeka futhi idonsela ekushintsheni okusobala, ukufihla okulethwe eqinisweni layo.
Umphumela uba ukuthi izincwadi ezivulekile zamathuna, lokho okungokoqobo nakho kulayishwe ngefantasy yobukhona obukhona. Njenge AmaFoenkino eYankee kudlule ngesihlungo se-idiosyncrasy futhi neSpanishi. Imikhondo ehlukahlukene yokuphila efakwe endabeni yamanje, ukuze umfundi athole lelo phunga elibalulekile lalokho okusenza sihlangane sonke kulokhu ukuze sikwazi ukuqhubeka naphezu kwakho konke.
Ukuhlekisa okuhlanganisayo, indida, lokho kuthinta kwenhlekelele yansuku zonke kanye nokukhazimula okukhazimulayo kuya kokungenalutho futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke. Isendlalelo nefomu elisekela izinsika zalokho okuyizincwadi njengokulandisa kwezinto nokuthile okuqhathaniswa ne-symphony enezigaba zayo ezihlukene. Ukuthola uLerner ukubhekelela iqiniso njengoba kungumbhali kuphela ogcina ekutholile, kunqunywa ukuthi sonke singazizwa ngokufanayo.
Amanoveli anconyelwe aphezulu ka-Ben Lerner
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Izinto ezinkulu zenzeka ngamahora angamhloniphi uNkulunkulu, ngaphandle kwezibalo eziyindilinga noma izinsuku zokumelwa. Umlando ubhaliwe mayelana nokuqondana okwenzeka ukuguqula yonke into, hhayi kuphela okurekhodwe kuma-almanacs kodwa nakuyo yonke imininingwane yangaphakathi exhunywe yi-instants of instants.
10:04 usethula kumbhali osemusha waseNew York obenezinguquko ezinkulu ngonyaka owedlule: uzuze ukuqashelwa okubalulekile kwemibhalo, kutholakale ukuthi unesifo esingahle sibe yingozi, futhi umngani wakhe omkhulu umcele isidoda ukuba sisetshenziswe.
Ukungabaza kwakhe ngakho kugcina kumholele ekutheni abe nengxoxo ethandwayo (ngendlela emsulwa kaWoody Allen) nendodana yakhe yokuqagela ngokungasho lutho kokuba ngubaba ezweni eligulayo. Ngasikhathi sinye, uqala ubudlelwano bezocansi nomculi osafufusa wobuciko obubonwayo othanda ukuminyaniswa ngesikhathi sokuya ocansini… Ubuye abe nentshisekelo nenhlangano i-Occupy Wall Street, anikele ngendlu yakhe ukuze ababhikishi bakwazi ukugeza.
Futhi impilo ixubene nokwenziwa kwemibhalo: zonke izindaba, ezigqagqene, zithinta umbono weqiniso, umehluko phakathi kwalokho okwenzeka ngempela nalokho esicabanga ukuthi kuyenzeka. Ngakho-ke, i-protagonist izoqala ukunqoba ibhulokhi yakhe. Umphumela wokugcina uzoba indaba oyithumela kuyo The New York. Futhi ngenkathi konke lokhu kuqhubeka, iNew York City iqaphe iSiphepho iSandy ...
Isikhungo seTopeka
Sonke sinesikhathi esedlule, noLerner. Umbuzo ukwazi ukuthi ungabeka kanjani i-ego eguqukayo ngaphambi kwalowo owedlule okwazi ukubhekana nalokho ebesiyikho futhi ngokuya ngalokho okusele kithi ...
U-Adam Gordon, ikilasi lama-97, ukwenza unyaka wakhe wokugcina eTopeka High School eKansas. Ngomunye wabafana cool kusukela esikoleni samabanga aphakeme, unentombi, futhi uyisihlabani seqembu lempikiswano. Manje kulindeleke ukuthi anqobe umqhudelwano kazwelonke. Bekanye nabazali babo be-psychotherapist, bakha umndeni ojwayelekile waseNyakatho Melika wezihlakaniphi, zamaJuda namaDemocrat.
Umama, umbhali odumile olwela amalungelo abantu besifazane osolwa abaningi nge-penis envy syndrome, ubhekene nenselele yokukhulisa indodana yakhe endaweni egcwele ubudoda obunobuthi. Ubaba, onesiphiwo esikhethekile sokubhekana nalokho okubizwa ngokuthi "amacala alahlekile", uthola uDarren Eberheart, ongenabungane, ongenantombi futhi ukhishwe kunoma yimuphi umsebenzi, ukuqala ukuzijabulisa, naphezu kokuhlazeka kontanga yakhe.
Kule mibono emine nangomyalo ohlaba umxhwele wolimi, uBen Lerner usinikeza isithombe sesizukulwane esigcwele impilo enhle ngokweqile. Njengoba siklonyeliswe ngomklomelo weLos Angeles Times Book Prize kanye nowamanqamu kaPulitzer, le noveli ekhuthazayo nenesifiso sokuvelela isikhombisa isandulela sesikhathi saseMelika esinezinkinga, esiphawulwe nge-avalanche yolwazi, ukwehluleka kwezinkulumo zepolitiki, ama-troll, i-New Right nenkinga yobunikazi umlungu osezingeni eliphakathi nendawo.
Ishiya isiteshi se-Atocha
Njengoba ukuthula kwe-chicha kukodwa kuyisandulela sazo zonke izivunguvungu, umzuzu ngamunye ophilayo uphikisana nalokho okuzayo kamuva. Awekho amatemu aphakathi noma amakhefu. Kuyahlekisa noma kubuhlungu, kuya ngokuthi ubukeka kanjani noma kuya ngokuthi uhlala kanjani. Iqiniso ukuthi ukuhleka kuqala izinyembezi nezinyembezi, ngesikhathi esengeziwe nokubekezela, kwesinye isikhathi kubuyisa ukumamatheka kuphendula. Uma nje umuntu esemncane ukwazi ukushiya izikhumba ngemuva ...
U-Adam Gordon, igama eliyigama lomlobi nomphikisi omkhulu weSaliendo de la Estación de Atocha, uthokozela umfundaze ohlonishwayo eMadrid ukwenza lokho akubiza kakhulu ngokuthi "iphrojekthi yezinkondlo." Kodwa-ke, futhi uzama ukuveza ubunikazi bakhe, kanye nobudlelwano bakhe nobuciko. Kukhuthazwe inqwaba yekhofi ayinciphisayo ngama-tranquilizers ayichazayo, ukusesha kuka-Adam kuzomholela edolobheni elizobhekana nesahluko esibalulekile emlandweni walo.
Ngombhalo oshintshashintshayo ohamba phakathi kwenhlekelele namahlaya, ukwedelelwa nokuhlekwa usulu, le noveli yenze uBen Lerner umbhali oklonyeliswe kakhulu eminyakeni yamuva, ekhethwe njengenoveli ehamba phambili ngohlu olungapheli lwabezindaba, phakathi kwalokhu okuvelele: INew Yorker, iNewsweek, iBoston Globe, iThe Guardian, iNew York Magazine o USA Today.
