UJoan Didion: ubuntatheli obulandisayo

UJoan Didion ungomunye wababhali be-prose baseMelika abakhulu bekhulu lama-XNUMX.. Uyaziwa ngomsebenzi wakhe wobuntatheli kanye nemibhalo yakhe. Umsebenzi wakhe uxhumene kakhulu nezincwadi kanye nokuxoxa izindaba, yingakho ukulandisa kobuntatheli bakhe kugqama. Ubhale amanoveli amaningana, kodwa eyaziwa kakhulu futhi efundwa kakhulu yi Unyaka wokucabanga komlingo (2005).

Ungumbhali we-American West, umsebenzi wakhe uqukethe zonke izici ezintsha ze- ubuntatheli obusha ngawo-60, kanye nezinguquko zezenhlalo nezamasiko ezenzeka ngaleso sikhathi. Joan Didion wayengumbhali kanye nentatheli eyaguqula ubuciko bokuxoxa.

Ukuphila kukaJoan Didion

UJoan Didion wazalelwa eCalifornia ngo-1934.. Uyise wayeyingxenye ye-United States Army Air Corps, ngakho-ke ukunyakaza kwakuqhubeka. Nakuba umndeni waphinde waphelela eSacramento, indawo azalelwa kuyo uDidion. Unina wamnika incwadi yokubhala futhi wamnxusa ukuba abhale. Umsebenzi awenza kusukela esemncane kakhulu, nokuthi wayekwazi ukuhlanganisa nesithakazelo esikhulayo sokufunda.

Uthole iziqu zesiNgisi eNyuvesi yaseCalifornia eBerkeley futhi uwine umklomelo wokushicilela Vogue lokho kwamvumela ukuthi aqale ukusebenza lapho. Ngokushesha kakhulu wenyuka wahlanganisa umsebenzi wakhe wobuntatheli nokubhala izindatshana zakhe namanoveli agxile emkhakheni wezinganekwane. U-Didion ubhale imibhalo ehlukahlukene emibhalweni yobukhulu be Ukuphila, Esquire o I-New York Times.

Washada nomlobi uJohn Gregory Dunne ngo-1964; futhi waphila iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-20 eLos Angeles. Laba babhali ababili basebenze ndawonye kumaphrojekthi amaningi ochwepheshe. Bahlanganisa ukuphila kwabo ngale kwengxenye ethintekayo kwaze kwaba sekufeni kwakhe, okwenzeka kungazelelwe ngenxa yesifo senhliziyo ngo-2003.

Umshado wawuthole indodakazi, uQuintana Roo Dunne. Washona ngemva nje konyaka. kuyise ngenxa yezinkinga ze-pancreatitis. U-Joan Didion uzoveza lesi sifundo sempilo ngokusebenzisa Unyaka wokucabanga komlingo. Akukhona nje ukuthi abantu ababili ekuphileni kwakhe babesele ezinyangeni ezimbalwa, kodwa indodakazi yakhe okuwukuphela kwayo yayenze kanjalo ingakabi neminyaka engu-40 ubudala.

Nakuba kwatholakala ukuthi une-multiple sclerosis eminyakeni engu-XNUMX edlule, lesi sifo asizange sibe khona. U-Didion wayezobulawa yisifo sikaParkinson ekhaya lakhe eManhattan ekupheleni kuka-2021 eneminyaka engu-87 ubudala..

U-Didion ngokwakhe ukhiqize isiteji esithathelwe inoveli yakhe Unyaka wokucabanga komlingo, eyayizoyiswa ematafuleni e-Broadway. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, wayeyilungu le-Academy of the American Academy of Arts and Letters kanye ne-American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Uqhathaniswe noSusan Sontag, kodwa u-Didion akazange azuze ukuqashelwa noma udumo lombhali waseNew York.

Ukuqashelwa kanye nomlingiswa wombhali

Ngomsebenzi wakhe Unyaka wokucabanga komlingo waqashelwa nge Umklomelo Kazwelonke Wezinganekwane. Ngakho-ke, inkimbinkimbi yokubhalwa kwayo kufanele kuqinisekiswe, njengoba le ncwadi ihlukaniswa njengenoveli. Futhi ngeqhaza lakhe elikhulu kwezobuntatheli, ezincwadini nasemphakathini ezweni ihlonishwe ngeNdondo Yeminikelo Evelele Yezincwadi ZaseMelika. Ngokunjalo, kufanelekile ukuqaphela amadigri okuhlonishwa anikezwe amaNyuvesi e-Harvard kanye neYale njengoDokotela Wezincwadi.

UDidion wanquma, wayezimisele ukubhala nganoma yini, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi indaba yayinzima kangakanani. Ngakho-ke, wayengumbukeli omkhulu weqiniso, okwazi ukuguqula lokho ayekubona kube imibono ejulile, kodwa, eyasuka ekuhawukeleni. Walondoloza ubuqiniso emsebenzini wakhe, ngaphandle kokulahlekelwa ubuntu bakhe.

UJoan Didion: ubuntatheli obulandisayo

Nakuba ngaphakathi kwenganekwane, wabhala amanoveli, wayenesibindi ngombhalo we-cinematographic kanye neshashalazi, Umbhali waziwa ikakhulukazi ngobuntatheli bakhe obulandisayo, umlando kanye nendatshana. Ubengumguquli wokuxoxa izindaba kanye nobuntatheli engxenyeni yesibili yekhulu lama-2000, naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi igama lakhe ngeSpanishi alizange lizwakale kuze kube ngama-XNUMXs.

Ngomsebenzi wakhe, umbono wakhe nesigxivizo sakhe, wenza ingxenye enhle yalokho akwaziwa, esebenzisa umlingiswa wakhe nolwazi lwakhe ngomhlaba, eshiya izwe lakhe, amandla elase libe yilo, ngemuva. Wayazi indlela yokuthuthukisa iphrozi yangaphandle kanye nesondelene kakhulu neyomuntu siqu.

Ubengumbhali obhale ngephimbo lakhe, okwaziyo ukubeka isitayela sakhe endleleni, ehlanganisa okungokoqobo nemizwa. Ngenxa yalesi sizathu, umsebenzi wakhe wobuntatheli unokuchema okulandisayo, okuzungeza indaba eqanjiwe, kodwa ngamaqiniso kanye nolwazi lomuntu siqu olunamandla kakhulu. Ukubhala kwakhe kufakwe ku-journalism entsha.

Umsebenzi wakhe ugcizelela ukwenza kube lula nokuba mnandi, ngisho nokukhuluma ngezindaba ezibucayi kakhulu. Kodwa isitayela sakhe singahluka kakhulu. Phakathi kwezihloko zakhe kanye ne-eseyi prose sithola imibhalo ene-neurotic kanye ne-opaque.

Unyaka wokucabanga komlingo

Unyaka wokucabanga komlingo, kusukela ngo-2005, kwakuyinoveli yakhe efundwa kakhulu. Le ncwadi iyinganekwane ephawulwe ngeshwa nokuhlukunyezwa kuka-Didion ngokwakhe. Kwakuwumphumela wezinyanga ezimbalwa zobuhlungu ezadlula phakathi kokushona komyeni wakhe nokugula nokushonelwa indodakazi yabo okuwukuphela kwayo.

Okumangazayo ukuthi umbhali uzama ukubalekela imizwa futhi aguqule ubuhlungu bube yisenzo sokuqonda esicacile. Ukuyigcina ilawulwa futhi ukuthi ukuqina kwayo akubulali; kuyancomeka ngempela kumuntu ophethwe yiyo ngezinga eliphezulu. Ngenxa yale ncwadi, wethulwa ngokuqinisekile emakethe ekhuluma iSpanishi..

Usebenza ngeSpanishi ngu-Joan Didion

• Njengoba umdlalo ufika (1970). Inoveli yakhe yokuqala.
• i-liturgy evamile (1977). Inoveli.
• Labo abaphupha iphupho American (2003). I-Anthology ngeSpanishi enezindatshana zomlobi ezivelele kakhulu nezomuntu siqu.
• ngivelaphi (2003). I-Memoirs eshicilelwe ngeSpanishi ngo-2022.
• Unyaka wokucabanga komlingo (2005).
• Ubusuku obuluhlaza (2011). Indaba ye-autobiographical.
• isifiso sakho sokugcina (1996). Inoveli.
• eningizimu nasentshonalanga (2017). Izindatshana eziseningizimu ye-United States ezivela ku-a uhambo lomgwaqo.
• Umfula onezinkinga (2018). Inoveli.
• Engikushoyo (2021). Ukuhlanganiswa kwama-athikili namarekhodi abhalwe ekuqaleni kwawo.