UJonathan Papernick ungumbhali weqoqo lezindaba * I-Ascent ka-Eli Israel *, * Akukho Okunye futhi * Incwadi Yetshe *. Izinganekwane zakhe zitholakala ezincwadini eziningi zokubhala ezihlanganisa, * Nerve *, * Road Road *, * Green Mountains Review *, * Train Night *, * Blunderbuss *, * Folio * no * Confrontation *. Umsebenzi wakhe wawusungulwe ngokweqile ku-* Lost Tribe: Jewish Fiction kusukela ku-Edge *, * Scribblers ku-Roof *, * I-Moment, * * Sudden Flash Youth * kanye ne-Six-Word Mememoirs ku-Jewish Life *. UDara Horn ubiza uPapernick "umlobi wangempela," futhi i-New York Times ibhala ukuthi, "Kukhona okuqinisekisayo okuyizintambo ezingcono kakhulu ezindabeni zikaPapernick." UPapickick uye wafundisa ukubhala kwezinganekwane ePratt Institute, eBrandis University, eBar Ilan University, e-Emerson College Abalobi be-Grub Street kanye neKholeji ka-Emerson. Indodakazi yaseToronto, uPapernick uhlala nomkakhe namadodana amabili ngaphandle kweBoston lapho engumbhali oPhezulu-ohlala khona ekolishi laseBoston.
Rachel Sherman: Ungakwazi yini ukuchaza uhambo lokubhala Incwadi Yetshe? Kwenze ukuthini wena ukuqedela? Yini ephefumulela umqondo?
UJonathan Papernick: * Incwadi Yetshe * yangithatha isikhathi eside ukubhala. Ngempela ngaqala ukuyiloba ngo-Septhemba 2000 ngemuva kweqoqo lami lokuqala lezindaba * I-Ascent ka-Eli Israel * yayisakaza nabamemezeli baseNew York. Ngangikhuluma ngendaba yezingqikithi zamaJuda ekuqoqweni kwezindaba futhi nginomuzwa wokuthi ngangingakahlanza ukuthakazelisa ngakho nganquma ukuthi ngifuna ukubhala isethi yamano eBrooklyn, lapho ngangihlala khona ngaleso sikhathi. Ngokuthakazelisayo, le noveli yaqala ukuhlangana ngesikhathi sedrayivu engenawo umsakazo kusukela eWesleyan University kuya eFort Greene, eBrooklyn. Okokuqala, ubaba we-protagonist, ijaji elimangalisa uWalter Stone laqala ukwakha engqondweni yami. Ngaleso sikhathi, ubaba wayezama ukuba yijaji eCanada futhi engenalo inhlanhla, futhi ngangifuna ukuthi abone ukuthi bonke abahluleli babengabantu abakhulu nokuthi kwakungekho namahloni ngokungabi yijaji.
Ngangazi nokuthi umlingisi wami oyinhloko wayengumuntu osemusha olahlekile eneminyaka engama-20 ubudala owahlukaniswa noyise owayesanda kufa. Futhi ngangazi ukuthi uhlamvu lwami luzoqala inkaba yocala phezu kwendlu yakhe ukucabangela ukuzibulala. Ngaphandle kwalokhu, kwakunzima kakhulu ukubeka leliveli ndawonye njengoba ngangazi ukuthi ngifuna ukwenza iqoqo lami lezindaba libukeke njenge-PG ngokuqhathanisa, ngifuna ukubhala okuthile okuqhuma, ukuvuvukala, into eyokwenza ngempela ingxoxo nokuphikisana.
Ngibhala isikhathi eside ebumnyameni, ngingazi ukuthi ngingaya kuphi lapho ngifuna khona kepha ngicindezela emva nangemva kweminyaka emibili noma emithathu umlando uqale ukufika endaweni. Ngesinye isikhathi ngangizibandakanya nomhleli wami omangalisayo uMichelle Caplan ku-Fig Tree Books ekuqaleni kuka-2014, inqubo yokubhala yaqeda ngempela. Ngiyayibhala phansi kakhulu le ncwadi lapho engicindezela ukuba ngihlale ngigxila ngokujulile ukwenza abalingiswa bami bayizicathulo, ngibacindezele kanzima, ukuthatha ngempela amathuba kanye nezinyanga eziyisishiyagalombili kamuva, nginombhalo wesigama wamagama ayikhulu namashumi amathathu nanhlanu incwadi esinayo namhlanje.
Ungakwazi yini ukukhuluma ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwakho ukushicilela le ncwadi nge-Fig Tree Books? Yini eyenza ukuthi umkhiwane uhluke kwabanye abamemezeli?
Okuhlangenwe nakho kwami okusebenza nge-Fig Tree kuye kwaba kuhle, okokuqala ngenxa yobuhlobo obuseduze engangikwazi ukuba nalo nomhleli wami. Ngombhalo wami njengenye yezincwadi ezine zokuqala abashicilela ohlwini lwabo lokuvula, nginikezwe ukunakwa okuningi hhayi kuphela kumhleli, kodwa kusuka kunoma ubani omunye endlini yokushicilela. Ngiyazi ukuthi izindlu eziningi ezinkulu zingase zibonakale zihlonishwa kakhulu, kodwa kulula ukulahleka ekugubheni, futhi ngangicabanga njalo ukuthi incwadi yami ayinandaba kakhulu nami, kodwa kuze kube yilapho ikusasa lomkhiwane, njengoba befuna ukushayela okukhulu emhlabeni wezincwadi.
Ngicabanga ukuthi zikhethekile, hhayi nje ngenxa yokunakekelwa kwabo abalobi babo, kodwa futhi ngenxa yokuthi bangesabi ukuthatha amathuba futhi basebenze ngempela ngendaba ethile eyinkimbinkimbi, amanoveli abamemezeli abakhulu abangase besabe ukuqhubeka nawo. Akekho oMkhiwane owake wangibuza ukuba ngiphakamise noma yini phansi, empeleni ngiphambene nalokho, ngatshelwa ukuba ngingadonsa izimpondo zami futhi ngivumele inveli ukuthi ihambe lapho kufanele khona.
Njengoba ibhuku lakho likhuluma ngezihloko eziningi eziphikisanayo, ingabe uke wabhekana nokuphendula okukumangazile?
Njengoba le ncwadi isivele iphelelwe isikhathi esingaphansi kweviki, angizange ngibe nokuphendula okuningi okwamanje kodwa ngaphandle kokubuyekezwa okumbalwa okushicilelwe okwakuhle kakhulu. Kukhona ingxenye yami ecabanga ukuthi ingxenye ethile yokufunda amaJuda ingabona le ncwadi ngokuthi "yimbi kumaJuda," engicabanga ukuthi iyinkolelo engafani ukuqala, kodwa kungaba yingxenye enkulu kakhulu yokuqala kwengxoxo ebaluleke kakhulu ukuxoshwa.
Iyini impilo yakho yokusebenza yansuku zonke njengaleyo? Uhlela kanjani isikhathi sakho sokubhala?
Njengoba ngifundisa isikhathi esigcwele e-Emerson College futhi nginezingane ezimbili ezincane akulula ngaso sonke isikhathi ukuthola isikhathi sokubhala. Ngivame ukuba ngumlobi "we-streaky" owawuboniswe ngokucacile naleveli lapho ngibhala kabusha yonke incwadi ezinyangeni ezingu-8. Ngezikhathi eziningi ngangibhala amahora ayisithupha nesikhombisa ngosuku, kodwa nami ngiyahamba izinyanga nezinyanga ngingabhala. Nakuba ngezinye izikhathi ngizizwa nginecala ngakho, ngicabanga ukuthi ubuchopho badinga isikhathi sokuvuselela, futhi umlobi uhlala ebhala ngomqondo wokuthi uhlale eqoqa imibono engqondweni yakhe, ekhulisa imibono kuze kube yilapho esekulungele ukuphuma empilweni. Nokho, nginomndeni, kuyinto encane yokuxoxisana, futhi kwakudingeka ngibheke inani elungile ukuze nginikeze inoveli yami isikhathi sokuthi iphile.
Ngusiphi iseluleko onakho sabalobi abasha?
Iseluleko sami esisisekelo ukuthi abalobi abasha kudingeka bafunde futhi bafunde konke futhi bafunde njalo - kokubili ukubhala kwesikhashana kanye nezigaba zakudala. Kudingeka bazizwe bengakaze bazi ngokwanele. Ngikholwa ukuthi sonke sibafundi bokubhala, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi sisebancane noma sibadala - asikho umzuzu lapho sifika khona, lapho singasho ukuthi senze, kuyinkqubo eqhubekayo.
Kubalulekile futhi ukuba abalobi bahlale phansi esihlalweni phambi kwekhompyutheni noma i-pad yephepha bese benza umsebenzi ufezeke. Akukho lutho olumfashini mayelana nokuba ngumlobi, kungukuthi unesizungu sokubeka okuthile phansi ekhasini bese ubuyekeze futhi ubuyekeze futhi ubuyekeze aze aqonde kahle.
Abalobi nabancane kumele badinga ukuziqhenya ngokuthobeka. Lapho sihlezi phansi ukubhala, singabantu abadali, onkulunkulu abancane futhi kudingeka sibhale ngokuziqhenya okukhulu, njengoba sakha abantu, real, multidimensional, emhlabeni wonke okuvela ekuphileni kusuka ekhasini. Kodwa-ke, lapho siphuma ezweni njengabalobi, kudingeka sizithobe ngokuthobeka okukhulu. Kunezinto eziningi kakhulu abantu abangazenza ngesikhathi sabo, noma babukela i-movie, noma badlala imidlalo yevidiyo noma baxhama nabangani, futhi kunezinkulungwane nezinkulungwane zezincwadi ezanyatheliswa minyaka yonke, futhi akukho sizathu salo muntu ngaphandle kwembuthano yethu siqu kumuntu ozofunda izincwadi zethu, ikakhulukazi uma sizikhukhumeza noma sinelungelo nganoma iyiphi indlela. Abalobi kudingeka bavele ngendlela enobungane, engeneka, ukuqonda ukuthi sicela okuningi ukuthi omunye asebenzise amahora amahlanu noma ayisithupha noma ngaphezulu kuphela ngamazwi ethu ukuze ahlale enkampanini.
UJonathan uzofunda e-Greenlight Bookstore eBrooklyn NY ngoMeyi 18 ngo-7: 00. Ezinye izinsuku zakhe zokuvakasha zibalwe lapha.