Marubutan Yamma a Bangkok: Paul Theroux

Paul Theroux a cikin 2008 (Hoto daga Rupal Agrawal, CC BY 3.0 Wikimedia)

Paul Theroux (° 1941) yana ɗaya daga cikin marubutan da zan so in shiga nan da nan idan zan iya tsara jerin baƙo don babban abincin dare. To, yana da girman kai kuma ya san-duk, amma irin salon rubutun da mutumin yake da shi…!

A cikin nau'in labaransa na musamman na labarai da na tafiye-tafiye, yakan san yadda ake siffanta ƙasa, yanki ko mutane a cikin ƴan jimlolin da aka tsara. Theroux ƙwararren marubuci ne, amma faffadan oeuvre ɗinsa, a ganina, ba ya ƙunshi aiki guda ɗaya mai rauni. Bugu da ƙari, kamar ni, yana da kyakkyawar ƙiyayya ga masu yawon bude ido da baƙi waɗanda aka jefar a cikin wani wuri mai ban sha'awa sannan kuma da taurin kai sun ƙi koyon wani abu game da al'ummar yankin, al'adu ko tarihi. Don tafiya, a gare ni da shi, koyo ne da kuma wanda ke zaune a injin na'ura ko kwamfuta mai wannan hali; Ina da wake don haka.

Na sami damar saduwa da shi a kai tsaye sau ɗaya kawai a lokacin lacca da ya gabatar a watan Oktoba na 2009 a cikin kyakkyawan yanayi mai ban mamaki. Nelson Hays Library kan titin Surawong a Bangkok. Kuma na yarda cewa na gamsu da iliminsa na Kudu maso Gabashin Asiya gaba ɗaya da Thailand musamman. Ya ce ya riga ya isa kasar Thailand a karshen shekaru sittin da kuma yadda yake komawa akai-akai. Daga 1968 zuwa 1971 ya koyar da adabi a makarantar Jami'ar {asa a Singapore wanda ya sa tafiya a yankin ya fi sauƙi.

Layukan farko da ya sadaukar da shi ga Thailand ana iya samun su a cikin classic '.Babban Bazaar Railway' wanda ya yi birgima a cikin 1975 kuma a cikinsa ya yi cikakken bayani game da tafiyar jirgin kasa na nahiyar da ya dauke shi daga Landan zuwa Osaka. Karanta kuma ku ji daɗin yadda ya kwatanta daidai tashar Hua Lamphong a Bangkok kusan rabin karni da suka gabata:'Yana daya daga cikin gine-ginen da aka fi kulawa da su a Bangkok. Kyakkyawan tsari mai kyau, tare da siffa da ginshiƙan Ionic na dakin motsa jiki na tunawa a kwalejin Amurka mai arziki, an kafa shi a cikin 1916 ta hanyar yammacin Sarki Rama V. Tashar yana da tsari kuma ba shi da kullun, kuma, kamar layin dogo, shi ne. maza ne sanye da rigunan khaki waɗanda suke da sauri kamar ƴan leƙen asiri masu fafatawa da baji masu kyau.'

in 'Jirgin Ghost zuwa Tauraruwar Gabas' A shekara ta 2008, ba wai kawai ya sake yin wannan tafiya ta wata huɗu ba, har ma ya kori fatalwar ɗan ƙaraminsa. A lokacin tafiyar jirgin kasa ta Thailand, a tsakanin sauran abubuwa, ya kashe fiye da 'tsawon awa mai dadi 'ya kalli wata mata fasinja tana karanta daya daga cikin littattafansa'rap - ko kusan haka - tauna lebbanta yayin da take karantawa'….

Paul Theroux ya zama sananne na yau da kullun kuma sananne a Tailandia tun farkon aikinsa na rubuce-rubuce a cikin XNUMXs, yana bayyana agogo da madauki a cikin hirarraki da irin su 'The Bangkok Post' ya bayyana ra'ayinsa game da kasa da mutane. A shekara ta 1985 ya karbi lambar yabo a matsayin babban bako mai jawabi a wurin gabatar da manyan Kyautar Marubuta ta Kudu maso Gabashin Asiya a daidai otal din Oriental mai daraja a Bangkok.

A 2012 ya rubuta don 'Atlantic' novella'Daren Siamese' A cikin abin da Boyd Osier, wani ɗan kasuwa Ba'amurke da ba a yi farin ciki ba daga Maine a Bangkok a cikin siffar Song, yar mace, ya hadu da soyayyar rayuwarsa wanda kuma ke koya masa cewa rayuwa ta yi gajeru. Ya damu da ita, amma lokacin da dangantakar ta ƙare, sha'awar sa da ban sha'awa tabbas ba ta ƙare a cikin wardi da wardi ...