Ngokuqinisekileyo akukho mntu wayenokubatyhola ngokungakhuthazi. I-Foer endala, uFranklin, 31, ngumhleli we IRiphabhlikhi eNtsha ; UJonathan Safran Foer, oneminyaka engama-29 ubudala, ngumbhali weenoveli zoncwadi Yonke into ikhanyisiwe kwaye Kakhulu ngokuKhulu nangokumangalisayo ngokuValiweyo ; kwaye uYoshuwa, emva kokungenelela e Isilayidi kwaye ukuzibandakanya kubuntatheli obuzimele, uyasebenza kwincwadi yakhe, enesihloko Ukuhamba kwenyanga kunye no-Einstein , malunga nokuhla kwakhe kwilizwe lokhuphiswano lweenkumbulo (incwadi yayisele ikhethwe ukuba ifilimu).
Amayelenqe ajikeleze iFoers kwizangqa zoncwadi lwaseNew York kukuba omnye umhleli oqwalasele isindululo sencwadi kaJoshua wasebeza isiqwenga seFoe lore: amarhe okuba xa bekhula, amakhwenkwe amathathu kwakufuneka enze intetho kubazali babo ngexesha lesidlo sangokuhlwa. ngokuhlwa ngalunye njengoluhlobo loqeqesho kwinqanaba loluntu.
Iidinala zosapho yayiyinto enkulu, uFranklin Foer, ohlala eWashington, D.C., watsho ngomnxeba. Ubuzocima iindaba zasebusuku emva koko uhlale phantsi utye. UFranklin uchaze utata wakhe njengompheki olinga kakhulu, kwaye wakhankanya i-falafel spaghetti sauce katata wakhe njengesitya esinye esishiya uphawu enkalakahleni yakhe.
Incoko yetheyibhile yesidlo sangokuhlwa yayinendawo yayo yeziganeko zangoku kunye nengxoxo yezembali, kwaye, uyazi, uhlalutyo lwesimboli yaseFrance… kodwa kunye nesabelo sayo seziqhulo ze-fart, utshilo.
Ngokubhekisele kwibali malunga nabadlali bexesha lokutya, uFranklin wathi: Ndicinga ukuba yayindim kuphela, kuba ndandineentloni. Ucacisile ukuba wayengumntwana oneentloni kakhulu, ke ngoko ukumkhuthaza ukuba aphume kwigobolondo lakhe, abazali bakhe bamnika ezembali, ezentanda-bulumko kunye nezinye iintlobo zezihloko ukuba ziphande kwaye zenziwe.
Intsapho isekwe eWashington, apho abazalwana bakaFoer bazalelwa uEsther noAlbert Foer. U-Estere ngumseki kunye nomongameli wequmrhu elinxibelelana noluntu elibizwa ngokuba yi-FM Strategic Communications kunye nowayengunobhala weendaba e-Illinois kuGeorge McGovern, owayesakuba lilungu le-Democratic Senator kunye no-Mongameli. Uzalelwe ePoland emva kweMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi, uEsther wachitha iminyaka yakhe yobuntwana kwinkampu yabantu abafudukayo eJamani. Abazali bakhe baba ngamaxhoba okusinda kweNkohlakalo; Kamva, bafudukela eUnited States baza bavula ivenkile encinci yokutya kwiNorth Capitol Street eD.C.
UAlbert (Bert) uFoer ubonakaliswa njengomfundi onesidima kusapho. Ugqwetha ngoqeqesho, ngoku uqhuba itanki lokucinga elinomdla woluntu elibizwa ngokuba yiAmerican Antitrust Institute, efuna ukonyusa ukunyanzeliswa kokuchasana. Wazalelwa eNorfolk, Va., Kwaye wakhulela e-DC Utata wakhe wayebaleka iivenkile zobucwebe. Uyise kayise wazalelwa eBialystok; wayehanger iphepha lodonga.
Ngokuka-Franklin, yonke loo nto yayiqhelekile ukuba yenziwe kakuhle, kwaye-ngokothusayo-abantwana bavunyelwa ukuba babukele umabonwakude. UFranklin ukwagcine ingqokelela yamaqhosha ezopolitiko. Bobathathu bafunda kwisikolo sikarhulumente kude kube kumabanga aphakamileyo, xa batshintshela kwisikolo senkululeko saseGeorgetown Day. Bachithachitheka baya ekholejini (UFrank waya e-Columbia; Jonathan, Princeton; kunye noJoshua, Yale.)
Ngoku, ababini kwabathathu bahlala eNew York. UJonathan okhetha ukuhlala yedwa uqinisekisiwe kwindlu yedolophu azithenge ngayo ePark Slope kunye nenkosikazi yakhe, umbhali wenoveli uNicole Krauss (banomntwana wabo wokuqala, uSasha, onokuthi angavunyelwa ukuba abukele iTV). UJoshua wafudukela esixekweni kweli hlobo liphelileyo. Oko kushiya iFranklin kwiDC; Unomfazi kunye nentombazana eneminyaka emi-2 ubudala, athe wayichaza ngokuzingca njengesizukulwana sesihlanu sase-Washingtonian.
Ngaba abazalwana bayakhuphisana?
Andiyi kuthi, uFranklin uthe. Kufana kakhulu, ndiyathanda ukucinga ngoJonathan njengomphathi wam okhuselweyo, kwaye uyathanda ukucinga ngoYoshuwa njengo yakhe ukukhusela. Ndingazama ukunyanzela yonke iminqweno yam kuJonathan, awathi akavuma.
