I ka manawa e holo ai kēia kolamu, ʻo wau paha ka mea nona ka lekiō uaki i kau ʻia ma ka papa moe ma ka lumi moe nui o Philip Roth.
Ua ʻike ʻoe iā Philip Roth, ka mea kākau moʻolelo kaulana i lanakila i ka National Book Award a me ka Pulitzer Prize e like me "Goodbye, Columbus," "Portnoy's Complaint" a me "The Plot Against America"? Ua make ʻo ia i ka makahiki i hala, a i ka hopena pule i hala, ua kūʻai ʻia aku kekahi o kāna mau mea ma ke kūʻai kūʻai waiwai e hōʻike ana i ke kau ʻana ma ka pūnaewele.
He Proton Model 320 ka lekiō uaki, ʻaʻohe mea kūikawā e pili ana i ia mea koe wale nō ka waiho ʻana i loko o ka lumi moe nui o Philip Roth.
ʻO ia paha ka mea a Philip Roth i nānā ai i kona ala ʻana i waenakonu o ka pō i ka wā e nau ana kekahi ʻāpana o kona lolo i kahi pilikia kākau kikoʻī. I kona haka pono ʻana i nā helu i hoʻomālamalama ʻia ma ka hōʻike, ua hōʻino anei ʻo ia i kona pilikia i pale ai iā ia mai ka hiamoe maikaʻi, a he mea hōʻoluʻolu paha ka ʻike ʻana ʻoiai ʻo ia e hoʻomaha ana, aia kekahi ʻāpana o ia e kākau ana?
ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu ke kumu e makemake ai au e lilo i mea na Philip Roth, akā i koʻu ʻike ʻana i ke kūʻai aku ma ka pūnaewele, ua lilo wau i mea hoihoi loa.
ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ua lanakila mua au i ke kūʻai ʻia ʻana ma luna o ka mīkini paʻi lima ʻo Olivetti a Roth i hoʻohana ai i ka wā mua o kāna ʻoihana. ʻO nā kumu hoʻohālike IBM Selectric a Roth i neʻe ai ma hope aku ua waiwai nui loa ia no koʻu koko.
Ua nānā pono au i kahi sofa ʻili mai ke keʻena kākau ʻo Roth āu e kalaiwa ai inā e waiho manuahi ana ma ke kaʻe alanui. Ua kahakaha ʻia a ua ʻeleʻele, ua ʻino loa a hiki ʻole ke ʻike ʻia. Ua aneane hiki iaʻu ke honi i ka mea pono ma o ka pale kamepiula akā ke nānā aku nei au iā ia, ke noʻonoʻo nei au e hāʻawi i kahi hāʻawi, e hoʻāʻo ana e helu i ke kumukūʻai e hoʻouna ʻia mai iaʻu. Malia paha e lawe wau i kahi huakaʻi kaʻa a hoʻolimalima i kahi kalaka e hoʻihoʻi mai. E loaʻa iaʻu kahi moʻolelo mai ia mea: "ʻO wau a me ka Moldy Couch a Philip Roth ma ʻAmelika."
ʻOiai he wahi maʻamau loa koʻu wahi hana ponoʻī - he lumi moe keu me kahi pākaukau - ua makemake mau wau e ʻike i nā ʻike i loko o nā wahi noho kākau o nā mea kākau. Ma kahi huakaʻi puke i nā makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hōʻoia wau e hoʻonohonoho i ka manawa no Rowan Oak, ka home mua o William Faulkner ma Oxford, Mississippi. I kēia manawa, he hale hōʻikeʻike ia kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kona lumi kākau, i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e like me ia i kāna hana ʻana, nā aniani ma kahi papa kokoke. Ma kekahi lumi ʻē aʻe, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka ʻōkuhi no kāna puke moʻolelo "A Fable" i kahakiʻi pololei ʻia ma nā paia.
Inā ʻoe e kipa aku i ke Kulanui ʻo Duke, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka pākaukau kākau a Virginia Woolf, kahi hana paʻa o ka ʻoka me kahi uhi hinged no ka mālama ʻana a me kahi kiʻi pena ʻia o Clio, ka muse o ka mōʻaukala ma ka ʻili. ʻAʻole hāʻawi ka waiwai o Roth i kekahi mea nani, ʻaʻole ma kēia kudala.
Manaʻo ʻia ʻo nā huaʻōlelo ka mea nui, ʻaʻole nā mea e pili ana i kā lākou mea nāna i hana. ʻAʻole nā lako lānai wicker a Roth (ʻaʻohe uku e like me kēia kākau ʻana) ke kumu o kona akamai. Malia paha ʻaʻole nui nā mea ponoʻī, a ke hoʻokomo nei au iā lākou i ka manaʻo ʻaʻole lākou e kūpono. Aia nā pepa a me nā leka e pili ana i ka ʻoihana palapala a Roth ma ka Hale Waihona Puke o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo kahi e mālama ʻia ai a hiki ke loaʻa mau loa.
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Mai Pepeluali mai kēia, he pūʻulu o nā noi aʻu i hoʻouna hewa ai i kaʻu leka uila ponoʻī. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke hoʻouna iā lākou a pau, akā ma ke ʻano he hana liʻiliʻi, hiki iaʻu ke ʻae i ko lākou ola ʻana. Mai Pepeluali mai, ua heluhelu ʻo Carrie i nā puke hou aku, akā ma muli o kēia papa inoa, ke paipai nei au iā "Bad Things Happen" na Harry Dolan.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Iulai-23-2019