Izincwadi ezi-3 ezihamba phambili zika-Ottessa Moshfegh

Emsebenzini wakhe omusha wokubhala, U-Ottessa Moshfegh Ukhombise intshisekelo enempilo njengoba ishintshashintsha ngenxa yokungafani kwezindikimba eziya ezinhlobonhlobo zezinhloso njengomxoxi. Okuvame ukwaziwa njengevesi lamahhala nabafundi balo abamangele kakade bawinile futhi baphephile.

Ngaphandle uma umshicileli osemsebenzini emukela lowo moya wabo wokuhlola, ngokuqinisekile sizozithola sibhekene nesimo esisha. UMargaret Atwood, njalo kuyamangaza. Umbhali onokugxila okungajwayelekile kakhulu kwesiphiwo sokudala nentando yokugxila kuso empikiswaneni ehambisa umbhali ngempela kuwo wonke umzuzu.

Okokuqala, sithola e-Ottessa ukunambitheka noma ukuthanda ezinye izinhlobo ezithandwa kakhulu. Izimfihlakalo noma okuthokozisayo okufanele uthathe indaba uyise emhlabathini wakho, kumcabango ongaqondakali ophuka ngemithetho yezinhlobo zezinhlobo zazo lapho kuqala khona ukuzungezwa kwesakhiwo. Okuthile okufana UMariana Enriquez lapho eqala ukulandisa okufihlekile ngephuzu lakhe phakathi kwe-gothic ne-lyrical. Ukwephuka, ukuyibiza ngandlela thile, kuthokozelwa kakhulu ekubuyekezweni okudingekayo kwesakhiwo lapho ubhekene nokunikezwa okungaka okugcwele imithombo efanayo kanye nokusonteka cishe njalo okufundwayo.

Ngaphandle kokuthi u-Ottessa aziphonse ethuneni elivulekile ukuze abhekane nezimpikiswano ezikhona, izimpikiswano zenza impilo yethu ibe yingozi kanye nezingozi zayo ... ukutholakala ...

Amanoveli anconyiwe aphezulu amathathu ngu-Ottessa Moshfeg

Ukufa kusezandleni zakho

Ukubhala kuyisihlawulelo kanye ne-placebo. Noma kungukufakaza ngokubulala noma ukufihla ukuvuma izono. Eqinisweni, mhlawumbe umbhalo obhalwe ngesandla ungukuziphatha okuphephile ukuze ufakazi noma isigebengu esisemsebenzini siqhubeke nempilo yaso kube sengathi akwenzekanga lutho. Uvele wayishiya lapho inothi, ukuze uNkulunkulu azi, ukuze noma ngubani ahlulele. Konke okunye okungenzeka konke kwenzeka ...

Ngenkathi ehamba nenja yakhe ehlathini, uVesta Gul uthola umbhalo obhalwe ngesandla. 'Igama lakhe kwakunguMagda. Akekho ozokwazi ukuthi ngubani owambulala. Kwakungeyimi. Lesi yisidumbu sakhe. " Kepha eceleni kwenothi asikho isidumbu. UVesta Gul, osanda kungena ngemuva kokushona komyeni wakhe futhi ongazi muntu ekhaya lakhe elisha, akanasiqiniseko sokuthi kumele enzeni ngalolu lwazi. Uqala ukuzikhathaza ngesimo sikaMagda futhi azindle ngezindlela ezahlukahlukene abangambulala ngazo, uma ngabe kwenzeka into enjalo.

Ukuhlukaniswa kwakhe kumholela ochungechungeni lwemibono eqala ukuthola ukuvezwa empilweni yangempela. Ngendlela ethokozisayo neyethusayo, izingcezu zibonakala zilingana: ukulingana kanye nezindawo ezimnyama zesikhathi esedlule. Kunezinketho ezimbili kuphela zokuxazulula le mpicabadala: incazelo ye-banal nengumsulwa noma imbangela embi kakhulu.

Unyaka wami wokuphumula nokuphumula

UNihil, akukho lutho oluvela ngaphakathi. Elinye lalawo magama athakazelisayo esiLatini. Ngoba nxazonke kuye kuvuse nefilosofi, umcabango wokuthi akukho lutho olunenani. Ukunqoba kwe-stoicism kuye ezingeni lamaselula. Akukho okufunwayo, akukho okufunekayo, akukho okushodayo ...

En Unyaka wami wokuphumula nokuphumula, U-Ottessa Moshfegh wenza iManhattan ibe yisizinda sempucuko, yonyaka ka-2000, ebuswa ukunganaki. Njengobuhle bokulala obumnyama, umbalisi wale noveli unquma ukuzivalela unyaka efulethini lakhe kwenye yezindawo ezikhethekile kakhulu eNew York, esizwa yifa elikhulu nenani elikhulu lezidakamizwa, ukuzinikela ekulaleni nokubuka ama-movie nguWhoopi Goldberg noHarrison Ford.

Ukuqala kwekhulu leminyaka okuthiwa lixakekile kuthola umlingisi wethu omkhulu elele kusofa ne-TV ivuliwe. Ngokugxeka okuningi, uchungechunge, amafilimu ezentengiselwano kanye nezidakamizwa, futhi ngemali yokunqamula bonke ubuhlobo babantu, noma ngubani angabhekana nale mpilo. Manje esikufunayo yilokhu ukubhekana nakho?

Igama lami ngangingu-eileen

U-Eileen uqoqa lolo hlobo lokufa kwansuku zonke okungenza umuntu abe yisithunzi salokho obekungaba, noma ngisho nokuyikho. Ngoba u-Eileen mhlawumbe wayengeyona ngisho ingane emcabangweni esinayo sonke wobuntwana. Yile ndlela umuntu agcina ngayo ephila nomphefumulo owenze isilo; futhi yile ndlela isilo esiqinisekisa ngayo ukuthi isoni esibi sigcina ngokufika ngamandla kazibuthe wento engenakugwemeka efihliwe njengethuba elibi.

UKhisimusi akaniki lutho ku-Eileen Dunlop, intombazane enesizotha futhi ephazamisekile ebanjwe phakathi kwendima yakhe njengomnakekeli kababa oyisidakwa nomsebenzi wakhe wobufundisi eMoreorehead, ihholo lezingane eligcwele izinto ezishaqisayo zansuku zonke. U-Eileen unciphisa izinsuku zakhe ezidabukisayo ngemicabango emibi namaphupho okubalekela edolobheni elikhulu. Khonamanjalo, ugcwalisa ubusuku bakhe ngokweba okuncane esitolo sendawo, ahlole uRandy, unogada wokuguqula izinto ongenamqondo futhi onemisipha, futhi ahlanze nobubi obushiywe ngubaba wakhe ekhaya.

Lapho uRebecca Saint John ogqamile, omuhle futhi ojabulayo ebonakala njengomqondisi omusha wezemfundo kaMoorehead, u-Eileen akakwazi ukumelana nobungane babo obuyisimangaliso. Kodwa ngendlela efanele uHitchcock, uthando luka-Eileen ngoRebecca lumenza abe isengezo sobugebengu.

Ezinye izincwadi ezinconyiwe ngu-Ottessa Moshfegh

i-lapvona

I-Lo castizo ithengisa uma kuziwa ekwethuleni indaba enezici ezimakiwe ze-autochthonous ye-terroir esemsebenzini. Kungase kube ngokusondelana okukwazi ukusilethela iphunga elimnandi ngisho nokuthinta kusuka ezindaweni ezikude, noma ukusinikeza amazwibela amahle esingaphunyuka ngawo ku-ethnocentrism ekhawulela kakhulu. Kodwa ngisho nesakhiwo se-noir singasondelwa ngalelo phuzu lendlela ye-idiosyncrasy eguqula noma yiluphi uhlobo lube into ephelele kakhulu.

Edolobhaneni lasendulo laseLapvona, uMarek omncane uhlala ebumpofu obukhulu nobaba wakhe ongumfelokazi, ozinikele futhi onolaka uJude. Ekhubazekile, onobuso obukhubazekile nombono osontekile weqiniso, uMarek uthola induduzo kuphela ekwesabeni kwakhe uNkulunkulu nasekuvakasheleni kwakhe u-Ina, isalukazi esinolwazi olufihliwe esihlala kude nezwe.

Lapho ukufa okunodlame kumbeka endaweni eyingqophamlando yempilo yesigodlo, u-Marek uba isicukuthwane sangempela enkantolo yenkosi eyonakele futhi ezicabangela yona ebusa i-Lapvona. Kodwa-ke, isimo sakhe esisha sizosongelwa ukufika kowesifazane okhulelwe ongaqondakali, onezici ezifana nezakhe ngokusolisayo.

McGlue

Umsebenzi wokuqala uhlala uyisimemezelo sezinhloso, isizathu sokuthi umuntu ngamunye abhale. Eminye imisebenzi izoyifihla ngokujulile le leitmotif engasuka kwekamoya kakhulu iye kwengenangqondo kakhulu. Indaba uthando lokubhala. Endabeni ka-Ottessa sithola abalingiswa abavela ethunzini, abavela ezindaweni ezingaphansi ezingokwenyama nezingokomoya. Ngaphandle kokungabaza ukuthungathwa kwalasha womphefumulo okuyohlale kuhambisana nombhali.

Salem, Massachusetts, 1851: UMcGlue, itilosi elinolaka, umkhohlisi kanye nesikhohlakali, ukhuluma nathi esendaweni engcolile yomkhumbi agcinwe kuwo, esesimweni sokudakwa ngezikhathi ezithile okwenza iqiniso lingaqondakali. Akakhumbuli lutho, uyazulazula phakathi kwezinkumbulo futhi weluka umugqa phakathi kwenkungu yotshwala nezingibe zenkumbulo.

Kungenzeka ukuthi wabulala umuntu, futhi lowo muntu wayengumngane wakhe omkhulu. Manje, ufuna nje isiphuzo sokuthulisa izithunzi ezesabekayo ezihambisana nokuhluzeka kwakhe okungafuneki.

Ingxenye ephakathi kwenganekwane yamapirate kanye nesentshonalanga, inoveli yokuqala uMoshfegh ayibhala iphunga lamahlanzo, igazi, isibhamu, i-whisky, usawoti, umjuluko kanye nezinkuni ezindala, futhi ikhombisa ukuthi kusukela ekuqaleni wayazi ukuthi angaba kanjani i-nihilistic kanye nenhle kakhulu.