Iwashi likaPhilip Roth lifakwe endalini: Kungani likhala kimi

Ngesikhathi kuqhubeka le kholomu, ngingase ngibe umnikazi oziqhenyayo womsakazo wewashi owawuhlala endaweni yokulala ekamelweni likaPhilip Roth.

Uyamazi u-Philip Roth, i-National Book Award- kanye nombhali owine uMklomelo ka-Pulitzer wama-classics afana ne-"Goodbye, Columbus," "Isikhalazo sika-Portnoy" kanye ne-"The Plot Against America"? Ushone ngonyaka odlule, kanti ngempelasonto edlule, ezinye zezinto zakhe zathengiswa endalini yezindlu equkethe amabhidi aku-inthanethi.

Umsakazo wewashi uyiProton Model 320, futhi akukho lutho olukhethekile ngakho ngaphandle kokuthi uhlezi ekamelweni lokulala likaPhilip Roth.

Cishe yilokho uPhilip Roth ayekubheka lapho ezovuka phakathi nobusuku njengoba ingxenye ethile yobuchopho bakhe iququda enkingeni ethile yokubhala. Njengoba egqolozele izinombolo ezikhanyisiwe embukisweni, ingabe wayiqalekisa inhlupheko yakhe eyayimenza angalali kahle, noma kwakumduduza ukwazi ukuthi noma ephumulile kodwa ingxenye ethile yakhe yayibhala?

Angazi kahle ukuthi kungani ngifisa ukuba umnikazi wento kaPhilip Roth, kodwa lapho ngithola endalini ku-inthanethi, ngavele ngathatheka.

Ngeshwa, sengivele ngenqatshiwe kumshini wokubhala u-Olivetti u-Roth awusebenzise ekuqaleni komsebenzi wakhe. Amamodeli we-IBM Selectric uRoth athuthelwe kamuva nawo acebe kakhulu egazini lami.

Bengilokhu ngibheke usofa wesikhumba ovela ku-studio sokubhala sika-Roth ongayishayela uma uhlezi mahhala onqenqemeni lomgwaqo. Iyaklwejwa futhi inebala, ishaywe ngendlela yokuthi ingabonakali. Ngicishe ngihogele i-must ngesikrini sekhompuyutha kodwa ngiyayigqolozela, ngicabanga ukufaka isithembiso, ngizama ukubala ukuthi kuzobiza malini ukusithumela kimi. Mhlawumbe bengingathatha uhambo lomgwaqo ngiqashe iloli ukuze ngibuye nalo. Ngangithola indaba kuyo: “Mina noPhilip Roth’s Moldy Couch Across America.”

Noma indawo yami yokusebenza ingejwayelekile - ikamelo lokulala elinedeski - bengilokhu nginentshisekelo yokubona amazwibela ezindawo zokubhala zababhali. Ohambweni lwezincwadi eminyakeni edlule, ngenza isiqiniseko sokuhlela isikhathi seRowan Oak, ikhaya langaphambili likaWilliam Faulkner e-Oxford, eMississippi. Manje isisebenza njengemnyuziyamu lapho ungabona khona igumbi lakhe lokubhala, lihlelwe ngendlela okwakungenzeka ngayo lapho esebenza, izibuko phezu kwetafula eliseduze. Kwelinye igumbi, ungabona uhlaka lwenoveli yakhe ethi “Inganekwane” edwetshwe ngqo ezindongeni.

Uma uvakashela iNyuvesi yaseDuke, ungabona ideski lokubhala likaVirginia Woolf, umsebenzi oqinile we-oki onesiphetho esinamahingiwe ukuze ugcinwe kanye nesithombe esipendiwe se-Clio, inqolobane yomlando phezulu. Ifa likaRoth alinikezi lutho oluhle kangako, okungenani hhayi kule ndali.

Kufanele kube amagama abalulekile, hhayi izinto ezizungeze umdali wazo. Ifenisha ye-roth's wicker porch (amabhidi angu-zero njengalokhu kubhala) akuwona umthombo wobuhlakani bakhe. Mhlawumbe izinto ngokwazo azibalulekile kangako, futhi ngizifaka ngencazelo ezingazifanele. Amaphepha kanye nezincwadi ezihambisana nomsebenzi wokubhala ka-Roth zigcinwe e-Library of Congress lapho zizogcinwa khona futhi zifinyeleleke ngethemba kuze kube phakade.

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