Mutaundi reProvençal reSaint-Paul-de-Vence uchawana imba inoyevedza yematombo pasi pemadziro ekare. Iyi imba inozivikanwa se "La Maison de Jimmy". Ndipo pakararama munyori uye mutsoropodzi wemagariro James Baldwin Maive zvakare mumba imomo maakafa nekenza yemudumbu muna 1987 aine makore makumi matanhatu nematanhatu.
Kwemakore gumi nemanomwe, vagari vemo vakatora munyori wemuAfrica -America semumwe wavo. Uyu aigara achionekwa achitaura kunzvimbo yemunharaunda yeColombe d'Or bar uye rudo urwo rwaakaratidza nderwekudzorera rwevanhu vese. Vano dzivirira nhasi kurwira kuchengetedza ramangwana reimba nenzvimbo dzayo, izvo zvakagadzirirwa kuvaka kwe 18 dzimba dzepamusoro. Mapapiro maviri epfuma akatoputswa.
Shannon Cain, anoverengera muParis anoverengera muAmerican, akatungamira kurwira kuchengetedza chivakwa, achizopedzisira agara muchikamu chisati chaputswa kwemazuva gumi mukuyedza kumisa kuparadzwa.
"Kunze kwemabhuku ake, imba ndiyo yese inosara yekuvapo kwaBaldwin. "Kurota kwake kwaive kwekuti pfuma ive nyowani kana kugara maartist uye ingave nhamo kumuregedza."
Mumwe wevavakidzani, Hélène Roux, anoyeuka "Jimmy" semumwe wevakuru varipo muColombe dÓr, kusanganisira amai vake vanononoka, Yvonne Roux.
“Kwaive kuvapo kukuru muhudiki hwangu. Jimmy ainyora manheru uye aipota achiuya mazuva ese kuma4 masikati kuzogara nekukurukura naamai vangu. Aiuya zuva nezuva, saka zvaigara zviripo pandakadzoka kumba ndichibva kuchikoro. "
"Pakutanga akaita sekutyisa, ipapo iwe ukaona hupenyu mumaziso ake uye kunyemwerera kwakavhenekera kumeso kwake. Uye mazuva ese ndaishamisika kuti zuva rangu kuchikoro rave sei. Amai vangu vaimuremekedza zvikuru uye zvinopesana. Akanga ari shamwari yake huru, hwaive hukama hwakanaka "
Vaviri ava vaive padhuze zvekuti Baldwin akatumidza hunhu hukuru hweruzivo rwake rwe13, Dai Beale Street yaigona kutaura Clementina, raive zita repakati rakanyorwa naJvonne Roux.
“Zvaisaitika netsaona. Chiyero cherupo nerudo zvaakaratidza nenguva yake nehungwaru hunoshamisa zvaishamisa. Akatitevera kuburikidza nehucheche hwedu kusvika pakuyaruka, zvikomba… Jimmy aivapo. "
Baldwin akatenga tikiti-yekuenda kuParis paakanga aine makore makumi maviri nemana, achishuvira rusaruro rweAmerica pamusoro pevaAfrica maAmerican uye ngochani uye akakurumidza kugamuchirwa kuruboshwe kweguta guru reFrance. Muna 24 akagara muSaint-Paul-de-Vence, kwaakashanyirwa naJosephine Baker, Miles Davis naRay Charles.
Guta iri rakagara riri magineti makuru kune vanhu vane mukurumbira. Piccaso naChagall vakashanda ipapo, Jacques Raverat nemukadzi wake Gwen, muzukuru waCharles Darwin, vaigara ipapo, aimbove Rolling Stone bassist Bill Wyman ane chivakwa padyo, uye mutambi Donald Pleasence akafira muSaint-Paul-de-Vence.
Mushure mekufa kwaJames Baldwin pakanga paine kukakavara kukuru pamusoro pezvinozoitika zvinotevera neimba. Mhuri yeBaldwin yakarwa nguva refu yepamutemo iyo yavakazokundwa. Kusvika ikozvino imba yatengeswa katatu.
Shannon Cain, uyo akatungamira kurwira kuchengetedza chivakwa, adzoka muParis mushure mekunge vagadziri vatora mukana wekusavapo kwake kubvisa zvinhu zvake muhotera iripedyo.
Zvino chinangwa chako kurudzira iyo French Ministry of Culture kuti izivise imba iyi senhaka yenyika kutora. Kana zvisiri, anoti achaedza kutsvaga mari inodarika mamirioni gumi emadhora kuti aitenge.
“Hurongwa uhu hwakafanana nehunobva pakutanga. Shanda nebazi rezvetsika nemagariro kutora imba nechikonzero chekuti nhoroondo yekuchengetedza mitemo yakatyorwa uye, kana zano iri risingashande, unganidza mari inokwana kutenga imba"
"Chinangwa chechikamu chekutanga ichi ndechekuumba sangano rine mukana wekuunganidza mari yakawanda yekutenga uye / kana kugadzirisa imba ino, pamwe nekumisikidza homwe isingagumi iyo ichatsigira kugara kwevanyori nekusingaperi."
Nhoroondo yekuverenga yaBalding yamisa Kaini kushandisa zita rake webhusaiti webasa, uye mushandirapamwe unotaura nezvekushayikwa kwekushandira pamwe. Asi Shannon anotarisira kuunza mhuri mubhodhi uye tanga kutaurirana nemugadziri wepfuma mumwedzi unotevera.
“Iri ibasa rerudo kwandiri. Ini handikwanise kurega ir "
Hélène Roux anotaura nezvedambudziko rekurasikirwa nemusha wekupedzisira waBaldwin.
“Apa ndipo pakanyora, kugara nekufira Jimmy. Kana imba ino ikarasika panenge pasina zvachose naJames Baldwin mutaundi iri, nzvimbo yaaifara uye kwatakange tichifara kumuona "
“Zvinorwadza moyo kana zvikanyangarika. LIzvo zvinonyanya kukuvadza ndezvekuti vanhu vanowanzo gogodza pasuo rangu vachibvunza kwavanogona kuwana imba yaJames Baldwin uye vanofanirwa kuvatungamira kuchiratidzo ichi chinoparadza."