Incwadi kaChristopher's Sorrentino ejabulisayo, i- The Fugitives (uSimon no-Schuster) yakhululwa ngoFebhuwari 9, 2016, ukuze kuhlonishwe kakhulu. UJim Ruland weLos Angeles Times wabiza le ncwadi ngokuthi, "... inkulumo yokuxwayisa kunoma ubani ocabangela umphumela wokushada, abe nenkinga, ukubhala inveli, noma ukuthuthela ezweni enkonzweni yobuciko bomuntu. uma i-prorent kagesi ne-mordant wit ayifuni kwisifiso esiyimfihlakalo sonke esinaso isikhathi sokuchitha isikhumba sethu bese siqala ngaphezulu "futhi uDonna Seaman wabhala, ekubuyekezweni okufakwe izinkanyezi," Ukuhlukunyezwa ngokumangalisayo, okungaqondakali futhi "Ngathi sinenhlanhla ukuba nethuba lokukhuluma no-Sorrentino hhayi nje ngokubhala kwakhe, kodwa impilo yakhe njengomlobi, indima yokushicilela, nemicabango yakhe ekusizeni abalobi abasha.
Art Vs. uMculi
Rachel Sherman : Uyini imicabango yakho mayelana nobuciko ngokumelene nomculi? Uhlukanisa kanjani ukuphila kwakho okubhaliwe kukho konke ukuphila kwakho (noma kukhona okufanayo), ngezinga elisebenzayo, kanye nomunye womzwelo?
UChristopher Sorrentino: Ngesikhathi sokugcina ukubhala kwami nokuphila kwami kwakuhlanganiswa ngokuphelele kwaba izinsuku zami uStephen Daedalus, eminyakeni engamashumi amabili nanhlanu edlule. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuye kwaba ukuthungathwa evamile: imisebenzi, umshado, izingane, isahlukaniso, ukugeza izitsha. Ngomqondo ongokoqobo, ngihlale ngizivumelanisa nezimo. Ngibhale kusihlwa, ngibhale ekuseni kakhulu, ngibhale ezikhaleni phakathi kwezinye izibopho. Futhi ngiyeke phansi ngezinye izikhathi ngingenaso isikhathi sokubhala. Ngomqondo ongokomzwelo, ngezinye izikhathi ubuciko bukhona kakhulu kunezinye. Ngizizwa, njengokucindezela okuqinile. Uma ngibhala, kuya ngqo emsebenzini. Uma ngingakwazi ukusebenza, ngiyabona.
Ukuqamba akusiyo ukuvumela ukuphunyuka komzimba endaweni lapho abantu obathandayo bekhona.
Umehluko Phakathi Kokubhala Nokushicilela
I-RS : Uvumelanisa kanjani ukubhala nokushicilela? Ingabe ukubeka ibhuku lakho "phandle emhlabeni" uzizwa njengenhlangano ehlukile yokubhala incwadi ngokwalo?
CS: Ngicabanga ukuthi bahluke ngokuphelele.
Ukubhala kuyinto yedwa, ehlolisisa, futhi yesikhashana. Kuthatha ukubekezela nokukholwa okuningi ukuthi ama-patches amahle kakhulu azodlula. Ngivame ukugcina umsebenzi wami ngokuqhubekayo kimi kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kuhamba kahle noma kuhamba kabi. Ingxenye yobuchopho bami obudala idinga lokhu. Ngami, okungenani, akubandakanyi noma yiziphi amasu okufinyelela noma ukukhalaza kuzilaleli. Ngakho-ke, ngokushicilela, uya ngqo kusuka kulolu bubble ukuya emzamweni wokubambisana, kuxhomeke ekubalweni okukhaliphile ukuthi ungayiphakamisa kanjani incwadi bese uyifaka ezandleni zabantu abaningi ababenakho ukuhleleka kahle ngangokunokwenzeka. Futhi wena, umlobi, kufanele uvele nencwadi. Kufanele uchaze izinto ezethameli noma izintatheli oye wazicabangela kuphela ngomongo wokuzibhala. Ubuso bakho buvela ephephandabeni. Abantu bathi izinto mayelana nomsebenzi wakho okwenza ukuthi ikhanda lakho likhule noma lenze ukuthi ufuna ukukhahlela emgodini. Futhi-ke, ngenkathi konke lokhu kuqhubeka, le ncwadi isemva kwakho-mhlawumbe kwezinye izilungiso kuya ezibufakazi, le nto owahlala nayo iminyaka emibili, emithathu, emihlanu yinto nje owake wabhala, into 'ngaqhubeka ukusuka.
I-RS : Incwadi ethi "AbaFugiti" iye yaqhathaniswa kanjani nezinye izincwadi zakho (kuze kube manje)?
CS: Yebo, iphuzu elifanele kakhulu lokuqhathanisa yi-TRANCE, ephuma eminyakeni eyishumi eyedlule. Emuva ngaleso sikhathi, izingosi zombhalo eziku-intanethi zazivele ziqala ukuthola ukuhamba kwazo. Ngokwengxenye enkulu, kwakuyindaba yokulinda ukubuyekezwa kokuphrinta nezinye izinkinobho ukuze zivele. Ngesinye isikhathi nginezinkinobho ezithunyelwe kimi emvilophini ye-FSG. Eminye yezinhlobonhlobo zokuqaphela kuqala ABAFUNDI bebelokhu bengatholakali ngaleso sikhathi - okwenza "uhlu olulindeleke kakhulu" lwezindawo ezifana nezigidi nezi Flavourwire, isibonelo. Yilokho okuyingxenye enhle. Ingxenye embi, ngicabanga ukuthi yilokho amaphephandaba amaningi namaphephandaba aphindile noma aphephe ukubhuka kwencwadi yabo eminyakeni edlule. Futhi, angizange ngibe ne-website emuva ngaleso sikhathi futhi kwakungekho nhlobo imithombo yezenhlalo engayisebenzisela ukukhuthaza le ncwadi, hhayi ukuthi ngingumdlali othile wezokuxhumana.
Uma kungenjalo, ukunaka kubonakala sengathi kuza kancane kancane. Amakholi nama-plugs, kanye nokubuyekezwa kokuphrinta, engingacabangi ukuthi ngingawuthola kaningi isikhathi sokugcina ngaphambi kokushicilelwa (Februwari 9), ngaphandle kwemisebenzi, njengohlu lwabathengi kanye nabama-Weekly Publishers. Futhi ngiphinde ngibukeze ngalesi sikhathi ezincwadini ze-Times, okuyinto iphrofayli ephakeme kakhulu. Ngifika, kodwa ngithatha lokho kusho ukuthi ngifikile. Noma lokho, noma bazama ukungibulala ngaphambi kokuba ngingene emnyango.
Iseluleko sabalobi abasebasha
I-RS : Yisiphi iseluleko ongayinika abalobi abasha?
CS: Ngenhlanhla, yilapho okuhlangenwe nakho okudala nokuhlangenwe nakho okushicilela kuvame ukuhlanganisa. Abalobi abasebasha kufanele bahlele phambili ukufunda, ngaphezu kwakho konke. Kufanele bafunde ngokungahambisani uma kufanelekile, kufanele bafunde ngokuhlelekile uma kuhambisana nabo. Kufanele bafunde okuthiwa yizinkolelo zamathekisthi nezinhlobo zezinganekwane. Futhi uma bebhala kufanele bazame ukusebenzisa lokho abakuthandayo kulokho abakufundayo emsebenzini wabo. Akufanele bakhathazeke ngokuthola i-agent noma ngabe lokho abakwenzayo kuyathandeka emakethe yamanje. Kufanele baphume ngaphandle kwemakethe futhi bathuthukise okubalulekile nokuhle kubo. Futhi kudingeka babe nesineke. Ngithola umqondo wokuthi kubantu abaningi abasha, abanamandla okushicilela masinyane ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene, umsebenzi wenziwa ngokushesha nje lapho becindezela "ukuthunyelwa" futhi impendulo iqala. Futhi angicabangi ngempela ukuthi yilokho okushiwo. Mhlawumbe lokho kuyimbono engafani nhlobo evela kulungu lesizukulwane esihlukile, kodwa angicabangi ukuthi ukubhala kungokwenza ukuphendula kokuthatha kwakho okushisayo kwenye inkinga yosuku. Ukubhala kuyinto umdlalo omude, okubandakanya ukusungulwa, ukuhlanganiswa, kanye nesilinganiso esithile sokuvuleka. Akudingi ezinye izimpendulo zabantu ukuba ziqedele. Ukusebenza ngokuzihlukanisa nokungaqiniseki uhlobo oluthile lwesiyalo ngokwalo, futhi abalobi kufanele bahlakulele.
UChristopher Sorrentino ungumbhali wezincwadi ezinhlanu, kuhlanganise neTrance, i-National Book Award Finalist for fiction. Inveli yakhe elandelayo, The Fugitives, ivela kuSimon & Schuster. Umsebenzi wakhe uye waba yi-anthologized kabanzi, futhi uvele ku-Public Space, i-Baffler, i-BOMB, i-BookForum, i-Conjunctions, i-Esquire, i-Fence, i-Granta, i-Harper's, i-Los Angeles Times, i-McSweeney, i-New York Times, i-Open City, i-Paris Review , Playboy, Tin House, nezinye izincwadi eziningi. Ungumhlanganyeli wezinhlangano ezivela eLannan Foundation, eNew York Foundation for the Arts, naseLudwig Vogelstein Foundation, futhi wayengumbhali-in-Residence e-Fairleigh Dickinson University ngo-2011. Ufundise e-Columbia University, eNew York IYunivesithi, iSikole Esisha, i-Fairleigh Dickinson, naseSikhungweni Sezinkondlo se-Unterberg se-92nd Street Y, lapho ilungu lekhono eliyisisekelo.