I like not knowing about some things. Yes. I like it. Because it feels comfortable to me. I take refuge in the comfort of saying "I don't know." I read the Elephant Man story for the first time in this book. But I didn't know it was a famous story and based on a true event. Absolutely. So I'm glad I read it without knowing anything about it. Because it didn't affect my feelings.
I did a simple reading and I have simple feelings. Not exaggerated. The Elephant Man was a human and never a creature. Monster or creature. He was human. What about the other people? They are prejudiced. As always. I think the real creatures are the other people. Because they wounded a wounded person again and again. That evil requires having an evil heart. Right? Clear... Apart from that. The book is very easy to read because when I didn't know a word, I looked up its meaning on the next page. It was very comfortable. I didn't use a dictionary. Besides, this was a first-level reading. Beginner level. I will watch the movie. Of course, I will watch it in English. Because I made a promise to Professor Akif. Just like he promised Fuat Sezgin.
I know I'll always be grateful to him. That's it. That's all I know.
I had a crazy idea today. I've been reading Harry Potter for 23 years. It's time I started reading it in English. That's real magic!
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Fəriba Vəfinin "Zirzəmi quşu" (orijinal adı ilə Parandeye-man / "Mənim quşum") romanı müasir İran qadın ədəbiyyatının ən dərindən təsir edən, sakit amma sümüyə işləyən əsərlərindən biridir. Romanın bizə ötürdüyü o əsas atmosferə və mövzulara nəzər salaq:
1. Evin divarları arasındakı "Zirzəmi"
Roman adını elə-belə almayıb. Baş qəhrəman (və eyni zamanda hekayəni nəql edən adsız qadın) özünü həm fiziki, həm də mənəvi olaraq bir "zirzəmi quşu" kimi hiss edir. O, iki uşaq anası və bir kişinin həyat yoldaşıdır. Onun dünyası evin dörd divarı, bitmək bilməyən mətbəx işləri və uşaqların qayğıları ilə məhdudlaşıb. Ən pisi də odur ki, bu qəfəs ona cəmiyyət və ailə tərəfindən "xoşbəxtlik" adı altında təqdim olunub.
2. Əmir və Bitməyən Arzular
Qadının yoldaşı Əmir isə tam fərqli bir personajdır. O, reallıqdan qaçan, daim böyük layihələr, Kanadaya köçmək, zəngin olmaq xəyalları quran biridir. Əmir öz xəyallarının arxasınca qaçarkən, ailənin bütün real yükü, borcları və gündəlik stressi bu adsız qadının çiyinlərinə düşür. Əmir azadlıq axtarır, amma qadınını evə, məişətə zəncirlədiyinin fərqinə varmır.
3. Səssiz Etiraz
Bu romanı xüsusi edən şey qəhrəmanın qışqıraraq, qab-qacaq sındıraraq üsyan etməməsidir. Onun etirazı səssizdir. O, daxilən hər şeyi analiz edir, öz anasının, bacılarının həyatı ilə öz həyatını müqayisə edir və görür ki, Şərqdə qadının taleyi nəsildən-nəslə eyni ssenari ilə ötürülür: Fədakarlıq et və sus.
Kitabın əsas fəlsəfəsi bəlkə də budur: Qadın sadəcə ana və ya həyat yoldaşı olmaq üçün öz mənliyini, arzularını tamamilə yox etməlidirmi? Müəllif bizə göstərir ki, qadın özünü unudanda, o artıq sadəcə "yaşayan bir kölgəyə" çevrilir.
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Azərbaycan dilində tapa bilmədim deyə türkcə çevirisini oxudum lakin yazı stili bədii türk terminləri ilə sıx olduğundan biraz anlamaqda çətinlik çəksəmdə əlavə mənbələrdən də kömək alaraq kitabı tam təhlil edə bildim. Sujet belə irəliləyir.Pelayo evinin həyətində qanadlı qoca adam tapır, çirkli, zəif, anlaşılmaz. İnsan kimi görünür amma qanadları var. O və yoldaşı qorxur ancaq qonşu bu mələkdir deyir. Onu toyuq hinində saxlayır və camaat gəlir, baxır, ona yemək atır, daş atır. İnsanlar anlamadıqları şeyi tez alçaldır. Pelayo giriş pulu qoyur və insanlar axın-axın gəlir möcüzə biznesə çevrilir. Daha sonra hörümçəyə çevrilmiş qadın peydə olur və onun hekayəsi aydındır, danışa bilir.İnsanlar onu üstün tutur. İzah olunan möcüzəni seçir. Qocanın vəziyyəti pisləşir hamı onu unudur lakin yavaş-yavaş düzəlir. Bir gün qoca güclənib qanadlarını açır və uçub gedir. Elisenda rahatlayır onu itirdiyinə yox ondan qurtulduğuna sevinir. İnsanlar möcüzə istəyir amma real möcüzə gələndə onu tanımır, yaxşı bir şeyin dəyərini gec anlayır. Bəzən həyatında çox dəyərli şey olur lakin sən onu adi görüb keçirsən problem möcüzənin olmaması deyil onu görməyən insanlardır. O necə bu fürsəti dəyərləndirə bilərdi? Ona pul gözü, çıxar münasibəti ilə baxmasa idi. Real həyatdada insanlar çıxar əldə edə bilmədiyi, pul qazanmayacaqları düşündükləri fürsətləri dəyərləndirmir onları qırağa atırlar. Bəlkə də atdıqları onlara bəxş olunmuş möcüzə idi