Iwotshi ye-alam kaPhilip Roth yathengiswa kwifandesi: Kutheni ikhala kum

Ngethuba le kholamu iqhuba, ndinokuba ngumnini ozingcayo werediyo yewotshi eyayihleli kwi-nightstand kwigumbi lokulala likaPhilip Roth.

Uyamazi uPhilip Roth, iMbasa yeSizwe yeNcwadi- kunye nombhali ophumelele iBhaso lePulitzer kwiiklasi ezifana ne "Goodbye, Columbus," "Isikhalazo sikaPortnoy" kunye "nePlot Against America"? Usweleke kulo nyaka uphelileyo, kwaye kwimpelaveki ephelileyo, ezinye zezinto zakhe zathengiswa kwifandesi yezindlu enebhidi ye-intanethi.

Irediyo yewotshi yiProton Model 320, kwaye akukho nto ikhethekileyo ngayo ngaphandle kokuba yayihleli kwigumbi lokulala likaPhilip Roth.

Kucingelwa ukuba yile nto uPhilip Roth wayeyijongile xa wayevuka ezinzulwini zobusuku njengoko inxalenye yengqondo yakhe yayikrazula ingxaki ethile yokubhala. Njengoko wayejonge amanani akhanyisiweyo awayekuloo mboniso, ngaba wayiqalekisa inkxwaleko yakhe eyayimenza angalali ngokwaneleyo, okanye ngaba kwakuthuthuzela ukwazi ukuba naxa wayephumle, kukho inxalenye yakhe eyayibhala?

Andazi ncam ukuba kutheni ndinqwenela ukuba nento kaPhilip Roth, kodwa ndakuba ndifumene ifandesi kwi-intanethi, ndiye ndaxakeka.

Ngelishwa, sele ndikhutshiwe kwincwadana ye-Olivetti yokuchwetheza uRoth esetyenziswe ekuqaleni komsebenzi wakhe. Iimodeli ze-IBM ezikhethiweyo uRoth wafudukela kamva nazo zizityebi kakhulu egazini lam.

Bendijonge isofa yesikhumba evela kwisitudiyo sokubhala sikaRoth onokuthi uqhube ngayo ukuba ibihleli simahla emgceni. Ikrwelwe kwaye inebala, ibethwe ngendlela engenakuqondwa. Ndiphantse ndanuka i-must kwiscreen sekhompyuter kwaye ndijonge kuyo, ndicinga ngokufaka isithembiso, ndizama ukubala ukuba kuya kuba yimalini ukuyithumela kum. Mhlawumbi ndingathatha uhambo lwendlela ndiqashe ilori ukuze ndibuye nayo. Ndifumana ibali kuyo: "Mna kunye noPhilip Roth's Moldy Couch kulo lonke elaseMelika."

Nangona indawo yam yokusebenza iyinto eqhelekileyo - igumbi lokulala elinedesika - bendisoloko ndinomdla wokubona amagqabantshintshi kwindawo yokubhala yababhali. Kukhenketho lweencwadi kwiminyaka eyadlulayo, ndaqinisekisa ukuba ndiyalibekela ixesha uRowan Oak, ikhaya langaphambili likaWilliam Faulkner eOxford, eMississippi. Ngoku isebenza njengemyuziyam apho unokubona igumbi lakhe lokubhala, licwangciswe njengoko kwakunokuba njalo xa wayesebenza, iiglasi kwitafile ekufutshane. Kwelinye igumbi, unokubona ulwandlalo lwenoveli yakhe ethi "Intsomi" ezotywe ngokuthe ngqo ezindongeni.

Ukuba undwendwela iDyunivesithi yaseDuke, unokubona idesika yokubhala kaVirginia Woolf, umsebenzi oqinileyo we-oki onehenjisi ephezulu yokugcina kunye nomboniso opeyintiweyo weClio, imyuziyam yembali kumphezulu. Impahla kaRoth ayinikezeli nantoni na enqwenelekayo, ubuncinci hayi kule fandesi.

Ifanele ukuba ngamagama abalulekileyo, hayi izinto ezingqonge umdali wazo. Ifenitshala ye-roth ye-wicker ye-porch (i-zero bids njengoko ibhaliwe) ayiyena umthombo wengqondo yakhe. Mhlawumbi izinto ngokwazo azibalulekanga kangako, kwaye ndizifaka ngentsingiselo yokuba azifanelekanga. Amaphepha kunye nembalelwano efanelekileyo kwikhondo loncwadi likaRoth ibanjwe kwiThala leeNcwadi leCongress apho ziya kugcinwa kwaye zifikeleleke ngethemba ngonaphakade.

UJohn Warner ngumbhali we "Kutheni bengakwazi ukubhala: Ukubulala iSincoko esineMihlathi emihlanu kunye nezinye izinto eziyimfuneko."

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Zonke izinto ezingeyonyani, ikakhulu ezibalisayo, kodwa kwanemiba esisiseko yenkcubeko/ekhoyo. Ndinento nje: "I-Heartland: Isikhumbuzo sokusebenza nzima kunye nokuqhekeka kwelona lizwe lityebileyo emhlabeni" nguSarah Smarsh.

Xa ndifunda ukhupho olutsha olufanele ukucetyiswa kakhulu, ndilubeka kwi-post-kwikhompyuter yam kwaye ukusuka kuloo mzuzu ukuya phambili ndijonge umfundi ofanelekileyo. Kule meko, "iMithetho yokuTyelela" kaJessica Francis Kane ilungile ngokugqibeleleyo kuJudy.

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