Pofika nthawi yomwe nkhaniyi ikuyamba kugwira ntchito, ndingakhale mwini wa wailesi yodzitamandira yomwe inali patebulo la usiku m'chipinda chachikulu cha Philip Roth.
Mukudziwa Philip Roth, wolemba mabuku akale monga “Goodbye, Columbus,” “Portnoy’s Complaint” ndi “The Plot Against America”? Anamwalira chaka chatha, ndipo kumapeto kwa sabata yatha, zina mwa zinthu zake zinagulitsidwa pamsika wamalonda wokhala ndi ma bid pa intaneti.
Wailesi ya wotchiyi ndi ya Proton Model 320, ndipo palibe china chapadera pa iyo kupatulapo kuti inali m'chipinda chachikulu cha Philip Roth.
Mwina ndi zimene Philip Roth ankaona akadzuka pakati pa usiku pamene ubongo wake unkayamba kuluma vuto linalake lolemba. Pamene ankayang'ana manambala omwe anali pa chiwonetserocho, kodi anatemberera vuto lake lomwe linamulepheretsa kugona tulo tofa nato, kapena zinali zotonthoza kudziwa kuti ngakhale pamene anali kupuma, mbali ina ya iye inali kulemba?
Sindikudziwa chifukwa chake ndikufunira kukhala ndi chinthu cha Philip Roth, koma nditangopeza malonda pa intaneti, ndinayamba kukonda kwambiri.
Mwatsoka, ndalephera kale kugwiritsa ntchito makina olembera a Olivetti Roth omwe adagwiritsa ntchito kumayambiriro kwa ntchito yake. Ma IBM Selectric model omwe Roth adasinthira pambuyo pake nawonso ndi olemera kwambiri kuposa magazi anga.
Ndakhala ndikuyang'ana sofa yachikopa yochokera ku studio yolembera ya Roth yomwe mungadutse ngati itakhala yaulere pamphepete mwa msewu. Yakanda ndi yopaka utoto, yophwanyika kwambiri moti sindingathe kuizindikira. Ndikumva fungo lofunika kwambiri kudzera pa kompyuta koma ndimayang'ana, ndikuganiza zopereka mwayi, kuyesa kuwerengera ndalama zomwe zinganditengere kuti nditumizidwe. Mwina ndingatenge ulendo wapamsewu ndikubwereka galimoto kuti ndibwerere nayo. Ndingapeze nkhani yake: "Ine ndi Philip Roth's Moldy Couch Across America."
Ngakhale kuti malo anga ogwirira ntchito ndi osowa kwambiri — chipinda chogona chowonjezera chokhala ndi desiki — nthawi zonse ndakhala ndikufunitsitsa kuona malo olemba mabuku. Paulendo woyendera mabuku zaka zapitazo, ndinakonza nthawi yopita ku Rowan Oak, nyumba yakale ya William Faulkner ku Oxford, Mississippi. Tsopano ndi nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale komwe mungawone chipinda chake cholembera, chokonzedwa bwino monga momwe chinalili pamene anali kugwira ntchito, magalasi patebulo lapafupi. Mu chipinda china, mutha kuwona ndondomeko ya buku lake lakuti "A Fable" yojambulidwa mwachindunji pakhoma.
Ngati mutapita ku Duke University, mutha kuwona desiki yolembera ya Virginia Woolf, yopangidwa ndi mtengo wa oak wokhala ndi pamwamba pake pomwe pali hinges kuti musungire zinthu komanso chithunzi chojambulidwa cha Clio, chomwe ndi malo osungiramo zinthu zakale. Malo a Roth sapereka chilichonse chokongola chonchi, makamaka osati mu malonda awa.
Ayenera kukhala mawu ofunika, osati zinthu zozungulira wopanga wawo. Mipando ya Roth yokhala ndi khonde (palibe zotsatsa mpaka pano) si gwero la luso lake. Mwina zinthuzo sizofunika kwenikweni, ndipo ndikuziphatikiza ndi tanthauzo lomwe sizikuyenera. Mapepala ndi makalata okhudzana ndi ntchito ya Roth yolemba mabuku amachitikira ku Library of Congress komwe adzasungidwa ndikupezeka mosavuta.
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Nthawi yotumizira: Julayi-23-2019