Cherry, nguMary Karr. IViking, amaphepha angama-276, i-24.95 yeedola.
Ngaba ukwenza iimemo kufuneka kube yinjongo yobukho bethu, okanye ingozi eyenzekayo xa italente kunye nebali elingaqhelekanga lihambelana?
Mhlawumbi akulunganga ukubeka ityala kwimemori yeememoir kuMary Karr, nangona ikopi yebhatyi yencwadi yakhe entsha eqhayisa ngokuchanekileyo ukuba i-Liars 'Club (1995), iakhawunti yakhe ethengiswa kakhulu kubuntwana baseMpuma Texas, yabangela ukuvuseleleka kuhlobo olo. Ayilotyala lakhe ukuba ecaleni kwakhe akukho namnye wababhali bezinto abazilandelayo ababemlandela abakhokelayo abanokubhala nokuba sisiqingatha njengoko esenza. Kodwa incwadi yakhe entsha, uCherry, ilandelelana – ilinde nje emgceni ukuba ibe yi-akhawunti ethengiswa kakhulu yokufikisa e-East Texas –kwaye lowo ulindelweyo, ukuma kwam nam kusikhumbuza konke ukuvuma okuyindinisa kule minyaka mihlanu idlulileyo, konke ezo egos zifana, ziprintiwe, zibotshiwe kwaye zaphazanyiswa, inyanzelisa ukubethela intloko ukuba ndikwindidi yazo.
I-Ego kwiKlabhu yamaXoki yayiyekaMary Marlene Karr (aka Pokey) oneminyaka esi-7 ubudala, kodwa isimemo wabhengeza abanye abalinganiswa kwindawo ebonakalayo, ngakumbi uTata, umntu osela kakhulu, osebenza nzima ococeka ioyile. i-cheekbones kunye neempumlo zomlomo we-hawk; kunye noMama, umculi, naye unxila, utywala, u-sloppy kunye nokukhohlisa njengevumba elimnandi elinamathele kuye, umsi kunye ne-Shalimar kunye nevumba le-vodka. Abazali baka-Pokey alky abangaqhelekanga, bacacile kwaye abalibaleki. Balwa njengee-banshees. Idiom yabo yemveli yiTexas sass, i-spicy ilingo eyenziwe nge-grit, inhlamba, amabali amade kunye nemibongo engacacanga yobomi bemihla ngemihla kwindawo emanyumnyezi.
Kwaye iLeechfield, eTexas, inezinto ezininzi ezimbi. Ikhethwe yiVeki yeShishini njengenye yeedolophu ezilishumi ezimbi emhlabeni, ihleli kumgxobhozo oselunxwemeni ogudileyo, erhangqwa ngumzi mveliso ombi. Esinye sezikwere ezimnyama kwimephu yomhlaza wehlabathi. Utata uthi u-Leechfield umbi kakhulu ukuba angathandi.
Esona sizathu sokufunda Iklabhu yamaXoki kukubhala. UNks Karr uqhuba iindlela eziphantsi eziphantsi ezifanelekileyo i-acrobat yeOlimpiki, eguqa ukuze aqokelele ubukrelekrele obubi kakhulu kwaye abubethelele kubugcisa obuphezulu. Xa uTata ethatha usapho ukuba atyelele uMama, othunyelwe kude kwisibhedlele sabagula ngengqondo, isinqe sokukhuphisana kubantakwabo sibangela ukuba uMary afune ukubetha [udade wabo] kwi-esile lika-Levi's wakhe. Ingcinga elandelayo kaMary (kwaye khumbula, uneminyaka esi-7) kukuba isandla sikaMama, siphakamise indlela yokuvalelisa, simkhumbuza i-orchid emhlophe kakhulu endakha ndayifumana ifafazwe ngomgubo kwaye yagcotywa phakathi kwamaphepha eHamlet. Kwezi zinto zingaqhelekanga, zingenakulindeleka uNks uKarr uveza u-Ophelia ophambeneyo othunyelwe kwiwadi yengqondo yaseTexas.
UNks Karr ufikelela kumaqhinga afanayo kwiCherry. Utata uhambisa imigca enje: Le ntombazana imbi… Kufuneka ubophe inyama yengulube entanyeni yakhe ukuze inja idlale nayo. I-Leechfield ityhafile kunesitshetshe serabha. Ephakamileyo nasezantsi nangokuxubana ngokuziphatha okubi: Ngaphandle kwento uNumbokov's Humbert awayefuna ukuyicinga, andikaze ndidibane nentombazana encinci njengokuba ndandinjalo ngeloxesha eyayirhalela ibhoning eyinyani.
Eminye yemibhalo ebhalwe kwiCherry iyoyikeka, ngakumbi izicatshulwa ezimalunga neziyobisi (ixesha elimiselweyo, phantse, ngo-1966 ukuya ku-1973). Kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo, uMary oselula sele esenza uvavanyo lwe-LSDD; Apha uchaza ukuba kutheni ukungenisa izinto xa ukhubeka kukwenza ukuba ube nesiqingatha samandongomane: [W] ho unokufumanisa ukuba zingaphi izihlafunwayo ozizithathayo kwaye uziginye nini? Ngaphezulu, ubona umfanekiso ophucukileyo womqala wakho kunye nee-asidi zokugaya ezifihliweyo- ubuchwephesha bokutya okugqithisileyo… [yena] isandwich ihlala ibambe ngesandla yonke le ntsasa de yonke iletisi yomkhenkce nenyama nenyama yetumato zathi gqi bekwa ziimbovane. Kamva uza kufumanisa isantya:… iiveki zityiwe yingqondo yakho skitter-amathontsi amanzi kwisikidi esishushu sentsimbi.
Ngaphandle kokuphazanyiswa kweendinyana ezinamandla, iCherry kukuphinda kusebenze: ayinako ukutsha. Isisombululo sikaNksz Karr kukudlala ngokukhawuleza, ngokukodwa iziyobisi eziselula kunye nesondo.
Isihloko kunye nebhatyi yencwadi emnandi (isibini semilenze ehamba ze, ubumnandi besetyhini) sibhengeza umsitho ophambili- oyindalo, ukungabikho komzimba kunye nayo yonke into. Phambi kokuba sifike kwi-bona fide boning, siphathwa ngokwanga kuqala (kufana nokuba siyasela omnye komnye) kunye namaza okuqala omnqweno ogcweleyo (phantsi kwesandla sam kukho umlilo ovuthayo opholileyo njenge-menthol). Ngokudabukisayo, isini esiseCherry sihlaselwa kukuxhatshazwa kukaPokey kwi-The Liars ’Club, iindawo ezimbini ezoyikisayo zokuthotywa kobundlobongela.
Kwinto ebonakala ngathi lilinge lokuzama ukwenza izinto zihlaziyeke, uNks. Phambi kwebanga lesibhozo, uMary uyi-I kwaye ngesiquphe simbona kuphela kumntu wesibini kwisinye, a wena uhlaselwe sisibetho sendalo yonke yokuziqonda komntu ofikisayo. Nangona utshintsho lwenza ingqiqo yengqondo, luyintshukumo yoncwadi, ebhengezwe ngentloko kwiiHawthorne's Tales-Told Tales: Kuphela xa ufunda ibali kwincwadi yakho yesiNgesi yenqanaba lesibhozo malunga nomphathiswa onyanzelisa ukubukela umhlaba ngomnyama Isigqubuthelo uyaqonda ukuba ukukhutshwa okungacacanga kufike ukuphosa yonke into oyibonayo. Uqikelelo lwam kukuba uNks. Karr udiniwe nje kukujonga kumaphepha agqunywe kukrunwa okukhoyo kwesimelabizo sesimemo: UMary Marlene ukho kuyo yonke indawo kule ncwadi, kwaye uphantse wasoloko uphakathi kwinqanaba; wonke umntu ufumana inxalenye.
Ukwabelana ngesondo, iziyobisi kunye nezixhobo ze-stylistic snappy azikwazi ukubamba iCherry kunye. Iklabhu yeLiars 'yayiyeye-episodic, ukulandelelana kwezigcawu eziqaqambileyo, kodwa ibalisa ibali elihambelanayo, elizaliswe ziimfihlakalo zityhilwe kwaye isiphelo sidibana. Iimpawu zeCherry ubukhulu becala ziyi-murkier (enkosi kuloo mfutho ungacacanga kunye nezinto ezahlukeneyo zemichiza) kunye nebali elixineneyo lezigzags ngokungenanjongo. Ekugqibeleni, emva kohambo olungaqhelekanga lwe-asidi kwigumbi lendlela eyonakeleyo, isisombululo sisondela, ithemba elonwabisayo likaMary Karr lokuphilisa ubuntwana bakhe obahlukeneyo kwaye waba ngu-Same Self: intombazana awayeyiyo, bonke bekhulile.
Kufanelekile ukuvuya, ndiyaqikelela. Kodwa kukho into engonelisiyo, ephantse yakhathaza, njengesangqa esikhohlakeleyo, malunga nesimemo esibonisa ikakhulu indlela ebuyela kwi-I engathintekiyo-ngokungathi inqaku lempilo yonke yayikukukhulisa ilizwi lombhali.
UAdam Begley ngumhleli weencwadi zeMbonisi.
