Elena Alvarez. Kufunsana ndi mlembi wa Njovu pansi pa parasol yoyera

Elena Alvarez amalemba mabuku a mbiri yakale ndipo amadzifotokozera kuti amakonda mabuku abwino. Inayamba kusindikiza mu 2016 pamene mwezi ukuwala, buku lachikondi, lachinyamata komanso la Viking. Ndipo mu 2019 anapitiriza Mtambo umenewo ndi woumbidwa ngati nkhosa. Chaka chino wapereka Njovu pansi pa parasol yoyera. Zikomo kwambiri chifukwa cha nthawi yopereka izi kuyankhulana komwe amalankhula nafe komanso mitu ina ingapo.

Elena Álvarez - Mafunso

• NEWS LITERATURE: Buku lanu laposachedwa limatchedwa Njovu pansi pa parasol yoyera. Mukutiuza chiyani za izi ndipo lingalirolo lidachokera kuti?

ELENA ALVAREZ: Njovu pansi pa parasol yoyera Ndi Mbiri yakale yomwe idakhazikitsidwa ku Indochina pa Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonseiye. The protagonist, Fred, ndi mayi wachichepere wapamwamba yemwe akukakamizika kusiya nyumba yake ku Luang Prabang, kumpoto kwa Laos, kuti akachite ulendo zomwe zingamutengere osati kungofufuza malo ndi malo atsopano, komanso kuti adzipeze yekha.

Lingalirolo linabwera pamene ndinali kuŵerenga bukhu lonena za Nkhondo Yozizira limene linatchula "mgwirizano wa Laos". Nditafufuza, ndidapeza kuti "nkhani" imatanthawuza thandizo la zida zomwe zidaperekedwa kuchokera ku Laos kupita ku Viet Minh pankhondo ya Vietnam, zomwe Laos adazunzidwa ndi mabomba ambiri ndi CIA. Pomaliza, chiwembu cha Njovu pansi pa parasol yoyera zimachitika pang'ono pamaso pa zonsezi: mu Zaka za m'ma 40, Laos inali mbali ya ufumu wa atsamunda wa ku France.

• AL: Kodi mungabwerere ku buku loyambirira lomwe mwawerenga? Ndipo nkhani yoyamba yomwe mudalemba?

ELENA ALVAREZ: Pamene ndinali wamng’ono, ndinali ndi bukhu (lopondedwa bwino kwambiri) lonena za nkhani ya Cinderella zomwe amayi anga ankandiwerengera ine tsiku ndi tsiku: popeza ndinazidziwa ndi mtima, ndimakumbukira zimenezo Ndinasewera "werengani" ndikubwereza nkhaniyo ndi kutsatira zilembozo ndi chala chake, ngakhale kuti sanazimvetsebe!

Ndinalembanso nkhani zazifupi ndili mwana, koma buku loyamba zomwe ndidalemba zidabwera pomwe ndidali khumi ndi awiri zaka. Icho chinali chimodzi nkhani yayitali kwambiri yongopeka kuti anzanga ena okha amawerenga m’tsiku lawo, koma zimenezo zinandipangitsa kuona kuti chimene ndinkafuna chinali kukhala wolemba.

• AL: Wolemba mutu? Mutha kusankha zingapo kuposa nthawi zonse.

ELENA ALVAREZ: Ndizovuta kwambiri kusankha, chifukwa mwezi uliwonse ndimapeza olemba atsopano omwe ndimawakonda, koma mwina chifukwa cha momwe zidakhudzira mtundu wa mabuku omwe ndimafuna kulemba, ndinganene kuti. Zamgululi ndiye wolemba mutu wanga. 

• AL: Ndi khalidwe liti m'buku lomwe mungakonde kukumana nalo ndikupanga?

ELENA ALVAREZ: mwa Marple (kwa mafunso onse awiri!)

• AL: Pali zizolowezi kapena zizolowezi zina zapadera pakulemba kapena kuwerenga?

ELENA ALVAREZ: Werengani ndikhoza Kulikonse, choncho ndilibe zokonda zambiri. Nthawi zambiri ndimavala ebook mu bag ndipo pafupifupi nthawi zonse ndimakhala ndi a audiobook m’manja mwanga, zimene ndimamvetsera popita kuntchito kapena ndikamasewera. Inde, ndikakhala kunyumba ndimayesetsa kuwerenga ndi kuwala kwabwino komanso mpando wabwino.

Kulemba Inde, ndili ndi zokonda: koposa zonse, Ndikufuna chete Tsoka ilo, sindingathe kuthera nthawi yochuluka ndikulemba momwe ndingafunire, kotero ndikufunika kuchulukitsa maola omwe ndimatha kulemba ndikuchotsa zosokoneza!

• AL: Ndi malo omwe mumakonda komanso nthawi yochitira?

ELENA ALVAREZ: Ndimakonda kulemba kwa m'mawa, ndipamene malingaliro anga amakhala atsopano ndipo malingaliro anga amatuluka bwino. Sizotheka nthawi zonse, masiku ambiri ndimalemba ndikatha kudya kapena kugwiritsa ntchito mwayi kumapeto kwa sabata kuchita "ma marathons" ang'onoang'ono. Ndili ndi kuphunzira pang'ono kunyumba komwe kuli koyenera kulemba, makamaka masiku amvula!

• AL: Kodi pali mitundu ina yomwe mumakonda? 

ELENA ALVAREZ: Kwenikweni Ndinawerenga zonse ngakhale zili zowona kuti zomwe ndimasangalala nazo kwambiri ndi zolemba zakale, nthawi ndi nthawi ndimamva ngati ndikudziika mu novela ya mistery o imodzi zachikondi. Ponena za nkhani zabodza, Ndimachita chidwi ndi mabuku kapena zolemba za olemba m'mene amakamba za kulenga kwawo.

• AL: Mukuwerenga chiyani tsopano? Ndi kulemba?

ELENA ALVAREZ: Pachinko, yolembedwa ndi Min Jin Lee (ndikuwerenganso); Mkazi watsopano, ndi Carmen Laforet (pa audiobook) ndi Munthu wovala mkanjo wofiirandi Julian Barnes.

Ndili pambali kugwira ntchito pa novel yatsopano, komanso mbiri yakale, koma kuyang'ana kwambiri ku yonthunthumilitsa kuposa ku costumbrismo yomwe yalemba ntchito zanga zomaliza. Tiwona zomwe zatsala. Kaŵirikaŵiri ndilo lingaliro loyamba lomwe limafika kumalo ogulitsa mabuku, ndipo ndizomwe zimapangitsa kuti ntchitoyi ikhale yokongola kwambiri.

• AL: Mukuganiza kuti malo osindikizira ali bwanji?

ELENA ALVAREZ: Ndikudziwa Ndimangodziwa gawo laling'ono kwambiri chirombo chachikulu chomwe chiri kusindikiza dziko ku Spain, kotero uku kudzakhala kusanthula kwachiphamaso kwambiri. Koma choonekeratu n’chakuti kaonedwe kake n’kovuta kwa aliyense. Tsoka ilo, ndizovuta kwambiri kuti wolemba athe kupeza ndalama kuchokera ku luso lake (ambiri aife tili ndi ntchito za "tsiku" zomwe zimatidyetsa). Koma zinthu sizili zophweka kwa osindikiza odziimira okha ndi masitolo ogulitsa mabuku, kwa omasulira kapena owerengera, kupereka zitsanzo zochepa.

Mabuku ambiri amasindikizidwa tsiku lililonse. Ndizovuta kwambiri kufikira owerenga ndendende chifukwa ali ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana yosankha ndipo mabuku, onse osindikizidwa komanso a digito, satsika mtengo. Monga ngati sizokwanira, moyo wothandiza wazatsopano ukuchepa tsiku lililonse. Mabuku amawonongeka tsiku ndi tsiku kuti apeze malo atsopano, omwe m'miyezi yochepa adzawonongedwanso.

Ichi ndichifukwa chake ndimayamikira kwambiri nthawi yomwe ndimagwiritsa ntchito popanga buku kukhala mtundu wabwino kwambiri wa wolemba wake akhoza kupanga. Zimasonyeza pamene bukhu lasinthidwa mosamala, pamene muwona kuti mutenga nawo kunyumba kachidutswa kakang'ono ka mtima wa anthu omwe adagwirapo ntchito.

• AL: Kodi nthawi yamavuto yomwe tikukumana nayo ndi yovuta kwa inu kapena mudzatha kusunga nkhani zabwino zamtsogolo?

ELENA ALVAREZ: Kuchokera ku chilichonse m'moyo mutha kupeza zinthu zabwino, kapena zochitika zomwe zingakuthandizeni mtsogolo. Koma ndingakunamizeni ndikakuuzani kuti zomwe takumana nazo mzaka zapitazi sizinandikhudze. Komabe, chimodzi mwa zifukwa zomwe ndimakonda kuwerenga mabuku a mbiri yakale komanso mabuku olembedwa ndi anthu azikhalidwe zina ndichifukwa ndimasangalala kwambiri kuphunzira kuona moyo ndi maso osiyanasiyana. Ndipo izi zimandipangitsa kuti ndidzifunse funso ili: Kodi tsogolo lakhala lovuta nthawi zonse? Kodi dziko lathu limaoneka ngati losadalirika chifukwa chakuti ndi limene tikukhalamo?