Vanyori vekuMadokero muBangkok: Joseph Conrad

Mutyairi wengarava wekuPoland Teodor Korzeniowski akatanga kushanyira Bangkok muna Ndira 1888 paakanga ari mukuru muBritish Merchant Navy. Aibva ku Seaman's Lodge muSingapore akatumira kuguta guru reSiamese kuti atore murairo we Otago, bhareki rine ngura iro kaputeni wacho akanga afa kamwe kamwe uye vazhinji vevashandi vakanga vapinzwa muchipatara nemarariya.

Mushure merwendo rwemazuva mana akapfuura Bhawa, iyo hombe jecha mumuromo weChao Phraya: 'Mamwe mangwanani-ngwanani, takayambuka bhawa uye zuva parakanga richibuda zvakanaka munzvimbo yakati sandara, takakwidza mikondo isingaverengeki, tikapfuura nepasi pomumvuri wepagoda hombe, tikasvika nechokunze kweguta.' Sezvakanga zvakaita tsika mumazuva iwayo, akazvipa pachake kuBritish Consul General nemaitiro akachengeteka aakapiwa pachiteshi chake chekubva:

'Munhu wandakavimbisana naye ndiMr. Conrad Korzeniovsky. Ane unhu hwakanaka kubva mungarava dzakawanda dzaakanga afamba nechikepe achibuda pachiteshi ichi. Ndakabvumirana naye kuti mubairo wake pa14 Pounds pamwedzi kuverenga kubva pazuva rekusvika muBangkok, ngarava yekumupa chikafu uye zvese zvinodiwa ...'

Kusvikira awana vashandi vakakodzera uye mutyairi wendege, ainyanya kuuraya nguva Billiard Room yeOriental Hotel, iyo chete hotera yakanyatsogadzikana yaigona kuwanikwa muguta guru reSiamese mumazuva iwayo uye yakanga yatanga kuvhura mikova yayo muna 1876. Zvisinei haana kuzogarako kana kudya nekuti muhoro wake waingove mushoma. Uye chinhu chakanaka zvakare, nekuti kugara kwake kwaisazopedza mazuva, sezvaaifunga pakutanga, asi mavhiki.

Achitambudzwa nearthritis, Korzeniowski akamanikidzwa kutaura zvakanaka kune hupenyu pamakungwa ane utsinye makore mashoma gare gare ndokutanga kushanda pasi pesimba rake. nom de plume Joseph Conrad kunyora. Hazvina kutora nguva kuti aite mukurumbira semunyori wezvinotengeswa zvakanyanya Ishe Jim en Mwoyo weRima. Zviitiko zvake muAfrica neAsia zvakabvumikisa kuva manyuko asingaperi ekurudziro yokufamba mazviri kazhinji raiva dimikira rerwendo rwokupinda mukati-kati memweya womunhu. Matauriro ake ane hunyanzvi uye anofungidzira anopikisa magamba zvakapesvedzera chizvarwa chose chevanyori vemutauro wechiRungu.

Conrad akanga aenda kuSoutheast Asia katatu uye chiitiko chacho chakanga chasiya pfungwa huru paari. Kwete zvisizvo zvachose, akatsanangurwa nevamwe vadzidzi se '.munyori akaita kuti Southeast Asia izivikanwe kuNyika'. Falk, The secret shareer en Mutsara wemumvuri ndiwo matatu emabasa aConrad akafemerwa neBangkok. Akatsanangura mu Mutsara wemumvuri kuti akasarudza sei nzvimbo yakafara kubva kuChao Phraya. Chisingakanganwike yaive tsananguro yake yeguta, achibika pasi peKoperen Ploert, muenzaniso wakanaka weiyo prose ine hunyanzvi yaive chiratidzo chake:

'Ikoko kwakanga kuri, kwakapararira zvikurukuru pamabhangi ose ari maviri, dzimbahwe rokuMabvazuva iro richigere kutambura mukundi wechichena. Pano neapo nechekure, pamusoro pemhomho yevanhu yakaderera, yakasvibira padenga, paive nemirwi mikuru yemasonry, mizinda yamambo, temberi, yakanakisa uye yakaparara ichiputsika pasi pechiedza chezuva chakamira'...