Naluphi na uSuku oluNikiweyo eNew York: uFran Lebowitz

Naluphi na Usuku olunikelweyo eNew York-Umfundi weFran Lebowitz: Metropolitan Ubomi kunye neZifundo zentlalo- yingqokelela yeencwadi ezimbini esele zipapashiwe: Ubomi beMetropolitan (1978) kunye IiSayensi zeNtlalo -okanye Incwadi emfutshane yobuntu— (1981). Luthotho lwamabali awathi umbhali wawo, uFran Lebowitz, waqala ukuwabhala xa wayeneminyaka engamashumi amabini ubudala, awathi wawagqiba ngexesha lokuhlala yedwa, phakathi kuka-2020 no-2021.

Le ncwadi yenziwe ngeengxelo ezingaphezu kwama-65 ezibaliswa kumntu wokuqala UFran Lebowitz, kwi evulela abafundi ucango lokufumanisa ukuba yayinjani iNew York apho akhulele khona kwaye asahlala, kunye nendlela uluntu lwaseNew York oluye lwavela ngayo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku. Esi sisincoko sobugcisa, ubuxhakaxhaka bexesha langoku, abantu kunye nobubhanxa bokuchaneka kwezopolitiko ezipapashwe yindlu yokushicilela yaseTusquets.

Isishwankathelo se Naluphi na usuku olunikiweyo eNew York

Ubomi beMetropolitan

Inxalenye yokuqala yomthamo ngu Ubomi beMetropolitan -Ubomi beMetropolitan- elona candelo lihlekisayo lencwadi. Kwintshayelelo yomsebenzi wakhe, UFran Lebowitz ukhankanya ukuba izinto zakhe kufuneka zithathwe ngoku Landelayo: "Njengembali yobugcisa bale mihla, kutsha nje, ekukhulelweni okupheleleyo." Le nkcazo-ntetho yazalwa, mhlawumbi, kuba umbhali ucinga ukuba ukugxeka kungumsebenzi wobugcisa.

Naluphi na usuku olunikiweyo eNew York iqokelela onke amanqaku apapashwe nguLebowitz ukususela ekuqaleni koo-80 kwiimagazini udliwanondlebe y Nkosazana. Kuzo, umgxeki ohlabayo uchaza isixeko sakhe ekukhanyeni okuhlekisayo, ukuhlekisa, kunye nesikhundla esichasene nokuchaneka kwefilimu esele ikhona ngexesha lokudalwa kweetekisi.

IiSayensi zeNtlalo

Kukwicandelo lesibini lencwadi—Inzululwazi Yezentlalo—apho umfundi anokufumana amabali angeendawo, iimeko zemihla ngemihla, ingcebiso ehlala i-sardonic kunye nokugxeka okubukhali kunye nobukrelekrele bezinto ezimbini eziqhelekileyo eyahlula abantu ENew York. Umzekelo, ngaphakathi kokubhaliweyo kukho i-anecdote enesihloko Idayari yeNew York Apartment-Hunter, apho umbhali abalisa indlela ekunzima ngayo kuye ukufumana indlu esemgangathweni ngexabiso elifikelelekayo.

Idayari yeNew York Apartment-Hunter

Ukukhangela kukaLebowitz indawo yokuhlala esixekweni yinxalenye yokhenketho lothotho lwezindlu, nganye kuzo ikwimeko embi kakhulu kunenye: ezonakeleyo, ezimdaka, ezonakeleyo, kwaye zibiza kakhulu. Ekugqibeleni, umhlekisi uyacaphuka kwi-arhente yakhe yezindlu kwaye uthi umbonise indawo apho, eyona nto ikufutshane nekhabhathi, yayiligumbi lokuhlala. kunye nekhitshi epheleleyo yokungena kwifriji encinci.

Kule nto, i-arhente yakhe iyambuza: "Ewe, Fran, ubulindele ntoni kwi-$ 1.400 ngenyanga?" Ethubeni, uyamxhoma. Ekugqibeleni, umbhali ubalisa ukuba ingcaphephe yakhe yezindlu nomhlaba yaluphelisa umnxeba ngaphandle kokumnika ixesha lokumxelela queUkuba ubufuna ukwazi inyaniso, nge-1.400 yeedola ngenyanga bendilindele ibhotwe ebusika inefenitshala epheleleyo, singasathethi ke ngenkonzo yamagumbi equka konke.

Imbono kaLebowitz

U-Fran Lebowitz uye wathelekiswa nomdlali odumileyo u-Dorothy Parker, i-satirist kunye nophumelele iMbasa ye-O. Henry ka-1929. Oku kuthetha kakhulu malunga nokuba izimvo zikaLebowitz bezibaluleke kangakanani na eNew York nakwi-United States iphela. Ezi zimvo —ukucaphula nje imizekelo embalwa ebandakanyiweyo Naluphi na usuku olunikiweyo eNew York- zilungiselelwe oku kuqatshelwa kulandelayo: isimilo, isikhokelo somsebenzi wabafana abanamabhongo ngokwenene kunye neengcebiso zokutyelela iiklabhu.

Ngokunjalo, uFran Lebowitz uthetha ngengcinga ethi "iqabane", kwaye ubonisa ukuba inento yokwenza nemali: umntu onegunya eliphantsi lokuthenga liqabane. ULebowitz ukwathetha ngendlela azithiyile ngayo izityalo, iimpahla zomyili, isizathu sokuba ethanda ukulala, indlela yokuba sisityebi ngaphandle kokuya ekholejini okanye imfundo emiselweyo, kunye nendlela yokungatshati nosozigidi.

Iingcaphuno ezivela kulo naluphi na uSuku oluNikiwe eNew York ukuqonda uFran Lebowitz

• Nangona kunjalo, ndicinga ukuba, ukuba abantu abaziphathi ngendlela eyamkelekileyo, kufuneka bahlale ekhaya benxibe kakuhle kwaye bondlekile.
• "Inyaniso yokuba ndingabonisi naluphi na uhlobo lomdla okanye uvelwano kwihlabathi lamaqela ngokuqinisekileyo lunokuthi lufakwe kwinto yokuba iimfuno zam ezinkulu kunye neminqweno - ukutshaya icuba kunye nokuceba ukuziphindezela - ngokusisiseko yimisebenzi yodwa."
• "Ukuba uziva ungxamisekile kwaye unqwenela konke ukubhala okanye ukupeyinta, vele utye into emnandi kwaye imvakalelo iya kudlula. Ibali lobomi bakhe alisebenzi ukwenza incwadi elungileyo. Ungakhe uzame."
• “Igama lomdlali weqonga lomntwana alinamsebenzi. Akukho sizathu sokumkhuthaza ngakumbi. "
• Ukuba ufuna umntwana afundele ukuqhuba, mfundise ukuqhuba. Kulula kum ukuba ndigqibele ndingumnikazi weFord kune Stradivarius”.
• "Ubuthongo kukufa okungenaluxanduva."
• “Cinga ngaphambi kokuba uthethe. Funda ngaphambi kokuba ucinge."

Malunga nombhali, uFrances Ann Lebowitz

UFrances Ann Lebowitz wazalwa ngowe-1950, eMorristown, eNew Jersey, eUnited States. Enye inyani ngoLebowitz yayiyindlela yakhe yokuba ngomnye wababhali bemihlathi abadumileyo kwilizwe lakhe. Xa umbhali wayeneminyaka eli-19 ubudala, wagxothwa kwiSikolo samaBanga aPhakamileyo iMorristown ngenxa yobundlongondlongo kunye nendlela yakhe engafanelekanga. Emva kokuthatha imisebenzi eyahlukahlukeneyo ukuze azixhase, wadibana noAndy Warhol, owaqwalasela italente yakhe engaqhelekanga yokugxekwa waza wagqiba kwelokuba amqeshele udliwano-ndlebe.

Ukusukela ngoko, UFran Lebowitz waba ngomnye wamanani anqulwayo kwaye athiyiweyo kulo lonke elaseUnited States. Izimvo ngombhali azifani; noko ke, akasishiyi isiqingatha semilinganiselo, engafuni nokuwubangela. Kwi-2010, intatheli yatyunjwa kwi-Gotham Award ngenxa ye-documentary elawulwa nguMartin Scorsese: Ukuthetha esidlangalaleni. Ngo-2021, lo mlawuli mnye wenza enye ifilimu ngokusekwe kwiincoko zakhe nombhali. Uthotho ngoku luyafumaneka kwiNetflix.

Eminye imisebenzi kaFran Lebowitz

• Umfundi kaFran Lebowitz (1994);
• UChas kunye noLisa Sue badibana neePandas (1994).