Noma yiluphi usuku olunikeziwe eNew York
Noma yiluphi Usuku Olunikeziwe eNew York—I-Fran Lebowitz Reader: Metropolitan Izifundo Zempilo Nezenhlalakahle— iqoqo lezincwadi ezimbili esezishicilelwe kakade: I-Metropolitan Life (1978) futhi Isayensi Yezenhlalo -noma Imanuwali emfushane yezobuntu— (1981). Kuwuchungechunge lwezindaba umbhali wazo, u-Fran Lebowitz, aqala ukuzibhala engakahlanganisi neminyaka engamashumi amabili ubudala, aziqeda ngesikhathi sokuhlukaniswa yedwa, phakathi kuka-2020 no-2021.
Le ncwadi yakhiwe ama-Chronicles angaphezu kuka-65 alandiswa kumuntu wokuqala ngu Fran Lebowitz, ku- okuvulela abafundi ithuba lokuthola ukuthi yayinjani iNew York lapho akhulela khona futhi namanje ehlala khona, nokuthi umphakathi waseNew York uthuthuke kanjani kuze kube manje. Lena indaba yobuciko, isimanjemanje, abantu kanye nobuwula bokunemba kwezepolitiki eshicilelwe yinhlangano yokushicilela yaseTusquets.
Amazwibela we Usuku olujwayelekile eNew York
I-Metropolitan Life
Ingxenye yokuqala yevolumu ithi I-Metropolitan Life -Impilo yedolobhakazi- ingxenye ehlekisa kakhulu yencwadi. Esethulweni somsebenzi wakhe, U-Fran Lebowitz uveza ukuthi impahla yakhe kufanele ithathwe Ngokulandelayo: “Njengomlando wobuciko wesimanje, wakamuva kakhulu, ekukhulelweni okuphelele.” Lesi sethulo sazalwa, mhlawumbe, ngenxa yokuthi umbhali ubheka ukuthi ukugxeka kuwumsebenzi wobuciko.
Usuku olujwayelekile eNew York iqoqa zonke izindatshana ezishicilelwe nguLebowitz kusukela ekuqaleni kwawo-80 komagazini Interview y I-Mademoiselle. Kuzo, umgxeki ohlabayo uchaza idolobha lakhe ekukhanyeni kwamahlaya, ukubhuqa, kanye nesikhundla esiphambene nokunemba kwefilimu esasivele sikhona ngesikhathi kudalwa imibhalo.
Isayensi Yezenhlalo
Kusengxenyeni yesibili yencwadi—Isayensi Yezenhlalakahle—lapho umfundi engathola khona izindaba ngezindawo, izimo zansuku zonke, njalo izeluleko ezihlabayo kanye nokugxeka okunolaka nokukhaliphile kokubili okujwayelekile ehlukanisa abantu ENew York. Isibonelo, ngaphakathi kombhalo kune-anecdote enesihloko Idayari ye-New York Apartment-Hunter, lapho umbhali elandisa ukuthi kunzima kangakanani kuye ukuthola indawo yokuhlala esezingeni elifanele ngentengo ethengekayo.
Idayari ye-New York Apartment-Hunter
Ukufuna kukaLebowitz ifulethi edolobheni kuyingxenye yochungechunge lwamafulethi, ngalinye lisesimweni esibi kakhulu kunelinye: izakhiwo ezigugile, ezingcolile, eziwohlokayo, futhi futhi ezibiza kakhulu. Ekugcineni, usomahlaya uthukuthelele umdali wakhe wezindlu futhi uthi umkhombise indawo lapho, into eseduze nekhabethe, bekuyigumbi lokuhlala. kanye nekhishi eligcwele ukungena esiqandisini esincane.
Kulokhu, i-ejenti yakhe iyambuza: "Awu, Fran, ubulindeleni nge-$ 1.400 ngenyanga?" Kamuva, avale ucingo lwakhe. Ekupheleni, umbhali ulandisa ukuthi uchwepheshe wakhe wezindlu zangempela wavala ucingo ngaphandle kokumnika isikhathi sokumtshela lokhoUma ubufuna ukwazi iqiniso, ngo-$1.400 ngenyanga ngangilindele isigodlo ebusika inefenisha ephelele, ingasaphathwa eyenkonzo yasekamelweni ehlanganisa konke.
Umbono kaLebowitz
U-Fran Lebowitz uqhathaniswe nodumo luka-Dorothy Parker, usomahlaya kanye nowine Indondo ye-O. Henry ka-1929. Lokhu kukhuluma kakhulu ngokuthi imibono ka-Lebowitz ibibaluleke kangakanani eNew York kanye ne-United States yonke. Le mibono —ukucaphuna izibonelo ezimbalwa ezifakwe kuyo Usuku olujwayelekile eNew York- ziqondiswe kulokhu okuphawuliwe okulandelayo: isimilo, umhlahlandlela womsebenzi wabafana abazimisele ngempela kanye namathiphu wokuvakashela amakilabhu.
Ngokufanayo, uFran Lebowitz ukhuluma ngomqondo we "umngane", futhi uveza ukuthi uhlobene nemali: umuntu onamandla aphansi okuthenga umngane. ULebowitz uphinde akhulume ngokuthi uzonda kangakanani izitshalo, izingubo zomklami, kungani ethanda ukulala, ukuthi angaceba kanjani ngaphandle kokuya ekolishi noma imfundo ehlelekile, nokuthi angashadi kanjani usozigidi.
Izingcaphuno ezivela kunoma yiluphi usuku olunikeziwe eNew York ukuqonda u-Fran Lebowitz
- "Ngicabanga nokho ukuthi uma abantu bengaziphathi ngendlela eyamukelekile, kufanele bahlale ekhaya begqoke kahle futhi bondlekile."
- "Iqiniso lokuthi angikhombisi intshisekelo noma ukuzwelana nezwe lamaqembu kungabangelwa ukuthi izidingo zami ezinkulu nezifiso zami - ukubhema ugwayi nokwenza itulo lokuziphindiselela - ngokuyisisekelo kuyimisebenzi yodwa."
- “Uma uzwa isifiso esiphuthumayo nesithatha konke sokubhala noma ukupenda, vele udle into emnandi futhi umuzwa uzodlula. Indaba yokuphila kwakhe ayisebenzi ukwenza incwadi enhle. Ungazami nokuzama."
- “Igama elithi umlingisi wezingane alisebenzi. Asikho isizathu sokumkhuthaza.”
- “Uma ufuna ingane ifunde izifundo zangasese, yifundise ukushayela. Kulula kimina ukuthi ngigcine sengiphethe iFord kuneStradivarius”.
- "Ubuthongo buwukufa okungenazibopho."
- "Cabanga ngaphambi kokuthi ukhulume. Funda ngaphambi kokuthi ucabange."
Mayelana nombhali, uFrances Ann Lebowitz
Fran Lebowitz
Frances Ann Lebowitz wazalwa ngo-1950, eMorristown, eNew Jersey, e-United States. Iqiniso elilodwa ngoLebowitz kwakuyindlela yakhe yokuba ngomunye wababhali bengosi abadume kakhulu ezweni lakubo. Lapho umlobi eneminyaka engu-19 ubudala, waxoshwa eMorristown High School ngenxa yendlela yakhe yokuba nobudlova nengenabuzwe. Ngemva kokuthatha imisebenzi ehlukahlukene ukuze azondle, wahlangana no-Andy Warhol, owacabangela ithalente lakhe elingavamile lokugxekwa futhi wanquma ukumqashela Ingxoxo.
Kusuka lapho, U-Fran Lebowitz waba omunye wabantu abakhulekelwa futhi abazondwa kakhulu kulo lonke elase-United States. Imibono ngombhali ihlukene; nokho, akashiyi ingxenye yezilinganiso, futhi akafuni ukuzibangela. Ngo-2010, intatheli yaqokwa kwi-Gotham Award ngenxa yedokhumentari eqondiswe nguMartin Scorsese: Ukukhuluma Esidlangalaleni. Ngo-2021, umqondisi ofanayo wenza enye ifilimu ngokusekelwe ezingxoxweni zakhe nomlobi. Uchungechunge okwamanje luyatholakala ku-Netflix.
Eminye imisebenzi kaFran Lebowitz
- Umfundi kaFran Lebowitz (1994);
- U-Chas no-Lisa Sue bahlangana namaPanda (1994).