Wolemba Matthew Hoh, Epulo 21, 2020
kuchokera Kuwongolera
Kubweretsa The Enemy's War Home; Mapiri Akuimba by Nguyen Phan Que Mai
Ndinabadwira kufupi ndi mzinda wa New York mu 1973, chaka chimene dziko la United States linathetsa mwalamulo nkhondo yake ku Vietnam ndipo linabweretsa kunyumba ya asilikali ake omaliza. Nkhondo ya ku Vietnam, yodziwika kwa a Vietnamese kuti The American War, nthawi zonse inali chinthu chochotsedwa kwa ine, ngakhale ndikamawerenga mbiri yakale, ndimayang'ana zolemba komanso, monga msilikali wa Marine Corps, ndikufufuza zolemba zankhondo za Marine Corps. Ngakhale kuti nkhondo inachitikira kwa zaka zingapo pambuyo pa kubadwa kwanga kwa anthu a ku Vietnam, kuti anthu a ku Cambodia ndi Laos anaphedwa ndi nkhanza zambiri ndili mnyamata, ndipo mpaka lero, monga ine tsopano ndine munthu m'banja lake. chakumapeto kwa zaka makumi anayi, mabanja onse aku Vietnamese ndi America, mamiliyoni, amavutika ndi imfa ndi kulemala chifukwa cha zoopsa komanso zokhalitsa za Agent Orange, osatchulapo zikwizikwi zomwe zimaphedwa ndikupunduka chaka chilichonse chifukwa cha zotsalira zosaphulika za mamiliyoni a matani a US. mabomba anaponyedwa pa Cambodia, Laos ndi Vietnam, nkhondoyo inali ndi chiyambukiro chochepa chaumwini pa ine. Ngakhale ndikulumikizana kwanga tsopano ndi omenyera nkhondo ambiri aku Vietnam komanso zomwe ndakumana nazo pokumana ndi achibale ambiri omwe amuna awo, abambo ndi abale awo adataya Agent Orange, kulumikizana ndi nkhondo yaku Vietnam ku moyo wanga komanso zomwe ndakumana nazo pankhondo ku Afghanistan ndi Iraq. zakhala zamaphunziro chabe kapena zanthanthi.
Chaka chomwecho ndinabadwa Nguyen Phan Que Mai anabadwira kumpoto kwa Vietnam. Monga aku Vietnamese onse, Que Mai atha kukumana ndi Nkhondo yaku America, chiyambi chake chakutali, kuphedwa kwake mosasamala komanso zotulukapo zake ponseponse, m'mawu ake enieni. Kwa Que Mai nkhondoyo idzakhala mwachindunji komanso mosalunjika pamizu ya zinthu zonse, palibe chomwe chingapangidwe kapena kufotokozedwa popanda chinthu china chankhondo. Nkhondo m'zinthu zonse, kukhala yowona kwa onse aku Vietnamese, inali yowona kwa anthu aku America okha, ndi mabanja awo, omwe adatumizidwa kukapha ndi kuphedwa pankhondo yachitsamunda yobisika ndi Cold War hysteria. Que Mai angagwire ntchito kuti akhale mlimi komanso wogulitsa m'misewu kwa zaka zambiri mpaka pulogalamu ya maphunziro inamutumiza ku Australia kukaphunzira. Kuchokera ku Australia adayamba ntchito yachitukuko kuti apititse patsogolo miyoyo ya anthu osati ku Vietnam, komanso ku Asia konse. Que Mai adzayambanso ntchito yolemba yomwe ingathandize mofanana ndi machiritso ndi kuchira ku nkhondo, monga momwe ntchito yachitukuko yomwe adagwira ndikuwatsogolera.
Mapiri Akuimba ndi buku lachisanu ndi chinayi la Que Mai komanso buku loyamba lachingerezi. Ndi buku la banja limodzi lomwe likuyesera kuti lipulumuke kumpoto kwa Vietnam kuchokera ku Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse kudutsa zaka zotsatira kugonjetsedwa kwa boma la South Vietnamese ndi kumpoto. Ndi buku lomwe lalandira ndemanga zabwino kwambiri za otsutsa osiyanasiyana monga New York Times, ofalitsa Weekly, ndi BookPage, ndipo ali ndi zigoli 4.5 ndi 4.9 pa Goodreads ndi Amazon, kotero ndemanga zanga sizidzawonetsa mikhalidwe yozama komanso yokongola ya prose ya Que Mai kapena njira yovutitsa ndi yotembenuza masamba ya nthano zake. M'malo mwake, ndikungofuna kunena kuti anthu aku US awerenge bukuli kuti amvetsetse zomwe ife ku US tachita kwa ambiri kunja kwa US.
Kwa zaka zambiri tsopano, nditafunsidwa kuti ndi mabuku ati omwe akuyenera kuwerengedwa kuti amvetsetse nkhondo zomwe zikuchitika ku US kudziko lachi Muslim, ndalimbikitsa mabuku awiri, osati za nkhondo zamakono komanso za Vietnam: David Halberstam's. Zabwino Kwambiri Ndi Zowala Kwambiri ndi Neil Sheehan Bodza Lowala Lowala. Werengani mabuku omwe ndimauza anthu ndipo mumvetsetsa chifukwa chake US ali munkhondo izi komanso chifukwa chake nkhondozi sizitha. Komabe, mabuku amenewo sanena zambiri ponena za anthu a m’nkhondozo: zokumana nazo, mazunzo, kupambana kwawo ndi kukhalapo kwawo. Monga Halberstam ndi Sheehan amachitira kuti amvetsetse US munkhondo izi, momwemonso Que Mai amachitira kuti amvetsetse anthu omwe adapanikizidwa pansi, kuzunzidwa, kumenyedwa ndi kuwumbidwa nawo.
Panali maulendo angapo powerenga Mapiri Akuimba Ndinaganiza zosiya. Mseru komanso mantha amthupi omwe bukuli lidandipangitsa ndikamawerenga mawu a Que Mai onena za banja lake (ngakhale ndi buku lomwe limatha kumveka kuti linatengedwa kwambiri kuchokera ku mbiri ya banja lake) zidadzutsa kukumbukira anthu ambiri aku Iraq ndi Afghan. Ndadziwa, ambiri akadali m'mayiko akwawo, ambiri a iwo adakali moyo ndi kupulumuka kupyolera mu nkhondo yopitirizabe kapena mwina kupuma kwake. Kudziimba mlandu pankhondo, zomwe ndidatenga nawo gawo, komanso zomwe ife monga fuko tidachita kwa mamiliyoni ambiri osalakwa, zimayendetsa malingaliro anga odzipha, monga momwe zimakhalira. ma veterans ena ambiri aku US. Kotero momwe ziyenera kukhalira ...
Chani Mapiri Akuimba mwatsatanetsatane ndikufotokozera za nkhondo, osati tsatanetsatane wachisoni, zoopsa, zopanda pake, mayesero ndi nkhanza zake, koma zotsatira zake zosatha m'mibadwomibadwo, zofunikira zake zoperekera nsembe, komanso kuswana kwa ndale, chikhalidwe ndi chikhalidwe cha anthu. , sikumangokhalira ku Vietnamese, koma kumafikira onse okhudzidwa ndi mphamvu ndi zofuna zankhondo. Ndithudi pali zinthu ndi mbali za Mapiri Akuimba zomwe zili zachidziwitso cha Vietnamese, monganso pali zinthu ndi zochitika za nkhondo za Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria ndi Yemen zomwe zimakhala zosiyana ndi dziko lililonse. Komabe ngakhale kusiyana kumeneku, pali kufanana, monga chifukwa cha nkhondo, chifukwa cha zinthu zotere, ndi ife, US.
Que Mai adalemba buku losatha lachisoni ndi kutayika, komanso phindu ndi chigonjetso. Kaya akudziwa kapena ayi Que Mai walankhula kwa mibadwo kunja kwa Vietnam, mamiliyoni pa mamiliyoni a anthu anaphulitsa mabomba, kuika mobisa, kukakamizidwa kuthawa ndi kufunitsitsa kukhala ndi moyo; anthu omwe ali openga koma ozindikira mu chikhumbo chawo chofuna kuti asangothawe ndi kupulumuka koma kuti atuluke ndikuchotsa zida zankhondo zaku America. Ndi buku la Achimerekanso. Osati kalirole kwa ife mwanjira iliyonse, koma zenera, zowonera zomwe tachita ndikupitilizabe kuchita kwa ambiri padziko lonse lapansi, kuyambira kale ndili mwana komanso mpaka pano ndikukalamba.
