Panosvika nguva yekuti chikamu ichi chipere, ndinogona kunge ndava muridzi weredhiyo yewachi yaiva pamubhedha weusiku muimba huru yekurara yaPhilip Roth.
Unoziva here Philip Roth, munyori weNational Book Award- uye akahwina Pulitzer Prize, akanyora mabhuku ekare akadai sekuti “Goodbye, Columbus,” “Portnoy's Complaint” uye “The Plot Against America”? Akafa gore rapfuura, uye vhiki rapfuura, zvimwe zvezvinhu zvake zvakatengeswa mukutengeserana kwepfuma kwaive nekutengesa online.
Redhiyo yewachi iyi iProton Model 320, uye hapana chimwe chinhu chakakosha pairi kunze kwekunge yakagara muimba huru yekurara yaPhilip Roth.
Zvinofungidzirwa kuti ndizvo zvaitariswa naPhilip Roth paaimuka pakati pehusiku apo pfungwa dzake dzainge dzichiruma dambudziko rekunyora. Paakatarisa nhamba dzaive dzakavhenekerwa pachiratidziro, akatuka dambudziko rake rakamutadzisa kurara zvakanaka here, kana kuti zvainyaradza kuziva kuti kunyangwe paakanga akazorora, chimwe chikamu chake chainyora here?
Handizivi kuti sei ndaida kuva nechinhu chaPhilip Roth, asi pandakangoona okisheni yacho paindaneti, ndakabva ndatanga kufarira zvinhu zvakawanda.
Zvinosuwisa kuti ndakatokundwa neOlivetti tapureta yakashandiswa naRoth pakutanga kwebasa rake. Mamodheru eIBM Selectric ayo Roth akazotanga kushandisa akapfumawo zvakanyanya kwandiri.
Ndanga ndichitarisa sofa redehwe kubva kuRoth's studio yekunyora yawaizopfuura nemota kana rakagara mahara padivi pemugwagwa. Rakakwenywa uye rakasvibiswa, rakarohwa zvisingaonekwe. Ndinogona kunhuwidza chinhu chandinoda kuburikidza nekombiyuta asi ndinoritarisa, ndiri kufunga nezvekupa chipo, ndichiedza kuverenga kuti zvichadhura marii kuti ritumirwe kwandiri. Pamwe ndaizotora rwendo rwemugwagwa ndokwereta rori kuti ndidzose. Ndaizowana nyaya kubva mariri: "Ini naPhilip Roth's Moldy Couch Across America."
Kunyangwe nzvimbo yangu yebasa iri isingawanzoitiki - imba yekurara ine dhesiki - ndagara ndichifarira kuona nzvimbo dzekunyora dzevanyori. Parwendo rwemabhuku makore apfuura, ndakaronga nguva yekuenda kuRowan Oak, imba yaimbova yaWilliam Faulkner muOxford, Mississippi. Iye zvino inoshanda semuseum kwaunogona kuona imba yake yekunyora, yakarongedzwa sezvayaigona kunge yakaita paaishanda, magirazi ari patafura iri pedyo. Mune imwe imba, unogona kuona chidimbu chebhuku rake rinonzi "A Fable" chakavezwa zvakananga pamadziro.
Kana ukashanyira Duke University, unogona kuona tafura yekunyora yaVirginia Woolf, yakagadzirwa nemuti weoki une hinged top yekuchengetera zvinhu uye mufananidzo wakapendwa waClio, nzvimbo inoyevedza yenhoroondo. Imba yaRoth haina chero chinhu chakadai, kunyanya kwete muoki iyi.
Zvinonzi ndiwo mashoko anokosha, kwete zvinhu zvakakomberedza musiki wazvo. Furniture yaRoth yakagadzirwa ne wicker veranda (hapana mari yaakapihwa kusvika pari zvino) haisiyo tsime reunyanzvi hwake. Pamwe zvinhu zvacho hazvina kukosha, uye ndiri kuzvipa zvinoreva kuti hazvikodzeri. Mapepa netsamba zvine chekuita nebasa raRoth rekunyora mabhuku zvinoitirwa kuLibrary of Congress uko zvichachengetedzwa uye zvichawanikwa nekusingaperi.
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Izvi zvinobva muna Kukadzi, zvikumbiro zvakawanda zvandakanyora zvisirizvo mu email yangu. Handikwanise kuzviwana zvese, asi sechiito chidiki, ndinogona kubvuma kuti zvaivepo. Kubva muna Kukadzi, Carrie akaverenga mabhuku akawanda, asi zvichibva pane runyorwa urwu, ndiri kukurudzira bhuku rinonzi “Bad Things Happen” rakanyorwa naHarry Dolan.
Nguva yekutumira: Chikunguru-23-2019