Vanyori vekuMadokero muBangkok: Paul Theroux

Paul Theroux muna 2008 (Mufananidzo naRupal Agrawal, CC BY 3.0 Wikimedia)

Paul Theroux (° 1941) mumwe wevanyori vandaizongobatana navo kana ndikanyora runyoro rwechishuwo chekudya kwemanheru kwekupedzisira. Zvakanaka, anozvikudza uye anoziva-zvose, asi ndeapi maitiro ekunyora ayo murume ane ...!

Mumusanganiswa wake wakasarudzika wekutaura uye travelogue, anowanzo kwanisa kuratidza nyika, dunhu kana vanhu mumitsetse mishoma yakanyatsogadzirwa. Theroux munyori ane hunyanzvi, asi semaonero angu hapana kana basa rimwechete risina simba mukuita kwake kwakakura. Uyezve, seni, anovenga vashanyi uye vanoenda kunze kwenyika vanodonhedzwa kunzvimbo inoshamisa vobva varamba kudzidza chero chinhu kubva kuvanhu veko, tsika kana nhoroondo. Kufamba, kwaari neni, ari kudzidza uye mumwe munhu anogara kuseri kwetapureta kana komputa ane mafungiro aya; Ndine nzvimbo yakapfava chete iyoyo.

Ndakave nemukana wekusangana naye pachangu kamwechete panguva yehurukuro yaakapa muna Gumiguru 2009 munzvimbo yakanaka uye yakasarudzika Nelson Hays Library paSurawong Road muBangkok. Uye ndinobvuma nyore kuti ndakafadzwa neruzivo rwake rweSoutheast Asia muzhinji uye Thailand kunyanya. Akandiudza kuti akanga atanga kusvika muThailand pakupera kwema1968 uye kuti akanga adzoka ikoko nguva dzose. Kubva 1971 kusvika XNUMX aidzidzisa Literature pa National University muSingapore izvo zvakaita kuti kufamba munharaunda kuve nyore.

Mitsetse yekutanga yaakatsaurira kuThailand inogona kuwanikwa mune yake yekare 'Iyo Great Railway Bazaar' iyo yakakunguruka kubva kumichina mu1975 uye iyo yaakataura zvakadzama nezverwendo rwake rwechitima rwekondinendi rwakamutora kubva kuLondon kuenda kuOsaka. Verenga uye unakirwe nematsananguriro aakaita Hua Lamphong Station muBangkok ingangoita hafu yezana ramakore rapfuura: 'Icho chimwe chezvivakwa zvakanyatsochengetedzwa muBangkok. Chimiro chakanaka chinotonhorera, chine chimiro uye maIonic makoramu ejimu yekuyeuchidza pakoreji yakapfuma yeAmerica, yakamiswa muna 1916 naMambo Rama V. inofambiswa zvakanaka nevarume vakapfeka mayunifomu ekhaki vanokasira kunge mascoutmasters ari kukwikwidza mabheji ehunhu hwakanaka.'

vari 'Ghost Chitima kuenda kuEastern Star' Muna 2008, haana kungodzokorora rwendo rwemwedzi mina zvakare, asi akadzinga chipoko chemudiki wake. Munguva yerwendo rwake rwechitima kuburikidza neThailand, akashandisa zvinopfuura 'nguva inofadza 'akaona mumwe mukadzi aifamba achiverenga rimwe remabhuku ake'rap - kana kutodaro - kutsenga miromo yake sezvaaiverenga'….

Kubva paakatanga basa rake rekunyora muma1970s, Paul Theroux ave kugara uye achionekwa kuvapo muThailand, achigara achionekwa mubvunzurudzo, semuenzaniso, 'Iyo Bangkok Post' anotaura maonero ake pamusoro penyika nevanhu. Muna 1985 akaita rukudzo semutauriri wemuenzi pamutambo wekupa mibairo Maodzanyemba East Asia Munyori Mubayiro paOriental Hotel ine mukurumbira yakaenzana muBangkok.

Muna 2012 akanyora kuti 'The Atlantic' novella'Siamese Nights ' umo Boyd Osier, muzvinabhizimisi wekuAmerica asina kufara akaroora kubva kuMaine muBangkok ari muchimiro cheRwiyo, a. mukadzi mukomana, anosangana nerudo rwehupenyu hwake uyo anobva amudzidzisa kuti hupenyu hupfupi. Anobva anyanya kumufungira, asi kana hukama hwacho hwaparara, rwendo rwake rwerudo uye rwekunze zvirokwazvo harupere mumaruva...