Aia kekahi manawa i kākau ai ka poʻe kākau moʻolelo moʻolelo i nā palapala ʻoiaʻiʻo. Ma waho aʻe o ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka noʻonoʻo koʻikoʻi, nā kāne e like me Joseph Mitchell a i ʻole Hemingway o Palau Ua lilo lākou i mau mea kākau koʻikoʻi i hoʻololi i waena o nā moʻolelo maoli, kahi e hoʻopiha ai i nā kolamu e pili ana i ka epic o kēlā me kēia lā, a i ʻole nā moʻolelo i piha i nā manaʻo paʻakikī i ke ʻano a me ka waiwai.
No ka ʻāpana e pili ana iā Joseph Mitchell, aia kāna moʻolelo cosmos i kēlā moʻolelo New York ma ke ʻano he paradigm o ke kenekulia XNUMX e hilinaʻi nei i ka wā hou me kona mau kihi āpau. Epicenter e hoʻāla i nā moʻomeheu me kā lākou hakakā, nā kukui a me nā aka.
Ka mea like ʻO Tom Wolfe Ua ʻike ʻo ia ma Mitchell i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo e hoʻonui ai i nā wahi kūlanakauhale i hoʻopiha ʻia me ka ʻokoʻa o nā manaʻo a me nā manaʻo. He kumu pau ʻole kahi e haku ai i nā moʻolelo e pono ai e hoʻomaopopo i ke kenekulia XNUMX kahi i hoʻāla ai nā kūlanakauhale nui i nā ʻano hana noʻeau a me ke kanaka.
ʻO 3 mau puke i manaʻo ʻia e Joseph Mitchell
Ka Huna a Joe Gould
Hāʻawi mau ka ʻāina kanaka o nā kūlanakauhale nui i nā hiʻohiʻona hoihoi. ʻO ka poʻe e hoʻōki iā mākou i ka nānā ʻana i ka exuberance o kahi ʻano i hoʻopiʻi ʻia me ka waihoʻoluʻu ʻokoʻa i waena o ka mediocrity hina. ʻO ia ka mea huna a Joe Gould, me ka ʻike ʻole paha iā ia iho. No ka mea, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i manaʻo e kālele i ka manaʻo akā e hoʻohuli iā ia i nā hihiʻo e pakele ana ma waena o kēlā ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele.
ʻO wai kēia ʻo Joseph Ferdinand Gould, ka mea hoʻohiwahiwa a hoʻoweliweli o kēia mau kiʻi? ʻO ke keiki a kekahi o nā ʻohana kuʻuna ma Massachusetts, ua puka ʻo ia mai Harvard, i ka makahiki 1916 ua uhaʻi ʻo ia me nā pili a me nā kuʻuna āpau o New England a hele i New York, kahi ma hope koke o kona hoʻomaka ʻana e noi.
ʻO kāna pahuhopu i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo ia ke kākau ʻana i kahi hana, he monumental Oral History of Our Time, kahi e hōʻiliʻili ai ʻo ia i mau tausani o nā kamaʻilio, nā moʻolelo pilikino, a me nā kiʻi o ka anthill kanaka ma Manhattan. Ua lilo ʻo Ezra Pound lāua ʻo EE Cummings, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe he nui i ka hoihoi i ka papahana a kamaʻilio pū nō hoʻi e pili ana i ia mea ma kā lākou mau nūpepa; ʻoiai, ua hiamoe ʻo Gould ma nā alanui a i ʻole ma nā hōkele ʻino, ʻaʻole ʻai, a ʻaʻahu ʻia i nā lole ʻaʻahu i ʻaʻahu ʻole ʻia e kāna haku mele a i ʻole nā hoa pena kiʻi ʻo Greenwich Village.
A ʻoiai he mea maʻamau ka ʻike ʻana iā ia e ʻona a hoʻohālike i ka lele ʻana o kahi manu, ʻo kāna Moʻolelo waha, ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia e kekahi, ua loaʻa i kekahi hanohano. Ma ka make ʻana o Gould i ka makahiki 1957, ua hoʻomaka kona mau hoa e ʻimi lōʻihi i kāna palapala kākau kaulana ma nā kihi o ke kauhale āna i hele pinepine ai.
ʻO ka hopena kamahaʻo o kēlā huakaʻi, e hōʻike ana i ka "mea huna" i kuhikuhi ʻia ai ke poʻo inoa, ʻo ia ka mea a Mitchell e haʻi mai ai iā mākou ma kāna moʻolelo lua. I nā manawa kakaikahi i lilo ai ka puke pai moʻolelo i mea nui, ʻaʻole mākou e kamaʻilio me kahi mea kākau akamai; Pono pū kekahi ʻano nui ʻo "The Last Bohemian", e like me kā Gould i kapa ʻia ai, e hoʻopakele i ka manaʻo aloha o ka mea kākau i loaʻa i kāna hana, hoʻolaʻa piha iā ia a me kahi kūlana kūʻokoʻa, ʻo ka hive o ka ikehu kanaka ʻo New York. ʻO "Joe Gould's Secret" he puke e leʻaleʻa i kēlā me kēia laina, ʻaʻole e nalowale i nā kikoʻī a hoʻomau i ka wehewehe ʻana i kona manaʻo waiwai ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ka heluhelu ʻana.
lalo o ke awa
ʻO ka ʻike mai ka hui ʻana ma waena o ka Hudson a me ka muliwai Hikina kekahi o nā wahi liʻiliʻi e loli i kēlā me kēia nānā. ʻO kahi kahi e hōʻea mai ai nā malihini mamao e hoʻāla ʻia i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā wahi i koho ʻia e nā poʻe e like me Mitchell, i nā hihia maikaʻi loa.
ʻO nā puke like ʻole a lākou i hōʻuluʻulu ai, ua manaʻo mau ʻia kēia ʻo ka mea maikaʻi loa a me ka ʻelele o ke ʻano Mitchell. Hoʻohui ia i ʻeono mau ʻāpana i kākau ʻia i ka makahiki 1940 a me 1950. He mau kikokikona kūʻokoʻa akā pili kekahi i kekahi, no ka mea, ma ia mau mea a pau, hele ka mea kākau ma ke kai o New York a ʻimi i ke kūlanakauhale mamao loa mai nā kāleka mākaʻikaʻi. Hōʻike ʻo Mitchell i nā wahi awa, ʻo ka muliwai Hudson a me ka muliwai Hikina, ka mākeke iʻa, nā hale mahiʻai oyster i kēia manawa, kahi hale kupapaʻu kahiko ma Staten Island, nā moku, nā moku, nā waʻa lawaiʻa a me nā ʻano like ʻole e like me Sloppy Louie, ka mea nona ka he hale ʻaina.
ʻO ke kiʻi o ka ʻōpū o ke kūlanakauhale a me kahi honua e nalowale ana, nā moʻolelo o kēia manawa a me nā kaʻao o ka wā i hala, nā ʻano eccentric, The Bottom of the Harbor is a prodigious chronicle of New York a me kona mau kamaʻāina: first class journalism a me ka palapala nui.
McSorley's Fabulous Tavern
ʻO ka mea i hana ʻia ma New York aia i ka lima o Mitchell ka mea i kēia manawa i ka lima o ʻO Fran lebowitz. ʻO ka hana ʻana i ka nūpepa, ka moʻolelo pilikanaka, ka satire a i ʻole nā huaʻōlelo maʻalahi no nā hanana i ke kūlanakauhale nui e pau ana i kahi moʻolelo transcendent o ka honua, e hoʻonani iā ia mai ka pōʻino a i ka mea mahalo loa. No ka mea, loaʻa i nā pōʻino ko lākou mau manawa o ka nani, ʻoiai ʻo ka tinsel o ka kūleʻa ʻoi loa e hoʻopau koke ʻia e ka huhū o ke kūlanakauhale i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā moʻolelo hou.
ʻO nā wahine ʻumiʻumi, gypsies, gourmets, waiters, India limahana, bohemians, visionaries, fanatics, impostor a me nā ʻano ʻuhane nalowale āpau e holo nei i loko o kēia hōʻuluʻulu ʻana o nā moʻolelo he iwakāluakūmāhiku i paʻi ʻia ma ka ʻāpana o ka New Yorker i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i nā ʻaoʻao o ka exotic loa. ʻano o ke kūlanakauhale.
ʻO nā ʻiʻo a me ke koko a pau i hana i kahi fresco kupaianaha mai nā makahiki 30 a me 40, kahi makahiki gula kahi i hana ʻia ai ka ipu hoʻoheheʻe nui a ʻo New York City.
