Karapu Lit: Te Karapu Pukapuka o Luna
Pittsburgh, PA
E 20 tau tēnei rōpū e tū ana—nō reira ka taea e rātou te tuhi i te pukapuka i runga i ngā karapu pukapuka. Ina hoki, kua...
Kōrerohia tāu pukapuka— Naked Came the Book Club?
I te tau 1995, i titoa e Dave Barry me tētahi rōpū kaituhi tētahi kōrero pakiwaitara, I haere mai te Manatee i waho o te whare, nō reira i whai mātou i te tauira, i ia upoko o mātou e tuhi ana. Ko tā mātou anake i hiahia ai ko te whakauru i tētahi mea mō te tū tahanga ki roto i ia upoko.
He katakata. He mahere tāu mō te whakaputa pukapuka?
Ae, he katakata. Engari kāo—kāore he mahere ki te hoko ahakoa te karanga a ngā kaiwhakaputa.
Āe, kōrero mai mō ngā pukapuka kua pānuihia e koe (kaua e tuhia).
E tata ana ki te 200 ngā pukapuka kua pānuihia e mātou i ngā tau kua pahure ake nei, nō reira he uaua ki te tohu i ētahi anake, engari anei:
Tohe Tone
Me ngā wāhine o te karapu
Te Āue Whakamutunga a Moor
Paipera Poisonwood
Nga Iwi Ataahua
Ruku mai i te Tauranga o Clausen
Kāreti Karāhe
Water for Elephants
Ka pānuihia hoki e mātou ngā tuhinga kore-pūrākau:
Te Ora me te Mate i Shanghai
Te Ahorangi me te Madman
He aha taau e panui ana inaianei?
Ngā Wahine e Oma tahi ana me ngā Wuruhi, he raupapa pakiwaitara e aro ana ki ngā wāhine. Me whai ia o tātou i tētahi upoko pakiwaitara e tino pai ana mō ō tātou ake āhua, mō ō tātou ake wheako ora rānei.
He tino pai ki tētahi karapu?
Kai, Tata, Aroha ko tētahi o ā mātou tino pai.* Nā te pukapuka i whakaoho he kōrero tino whai kiko mō ō mātou wheako whaiaro me ō mātou oranga wairua. I tino aroha mātou ki a ia. I mahi anō hoki te kaihautū i ngā rihi mai i Itari, Inia, me Initonīhia. (Tirohia tā mātou Ngā tohutao LitFood.)
He pukapuka i whakapōuri i a koe?
Te Whakamāramatanga o te Kohuru he tini rawa ngā whakaaro me ngā momo kaupapa—he uaua ki te wehewehe i tētahi wāhanga hei matapaki. I rite mātou ki te mea e whiua ana ngā mea katoa i te wā kotahi.
He aha ngā momo pukapuka e pai ana ki ō koutou mema?
Kua whanake haere mātou i roto i ngā tau. I te tīmatanga, i hiahia mātou ki ngā mea whakangahau—ngā pukapuka e aro ana ki te kōrero, he nui ngā kōrero aroha me te...āe, te moepuku. Ināianei ka rapu mātou i ngā pukapuka e kōrero ana ki a mātou ake, he karere kaha e pā ana ki ō mātou oranga.
I te tīmatanga, kāore mātou i tino mōhio me pēhea te kōrero mō ngā pukapuka. I ēnei rā, he rerekē tā mātou "pānui" ā, kua tino matatau mātou ki ngā kairīti tuhituhi. E maioha ana mātou ki ngā kōrero kua oti pai te hanga me ngā kiripuaki kua tino whanakehia.
He raruraru anō tāu e taea ai te whakapuaki mai ki a mātou?
He ruarua kua āta whakatauhia e mātou i roto i te wā roa:
- Kua ako mātou kia kaua e whakataetae mō te kai. E harikoa ana mātou ki ngā mea katoa e whakaratohia ana e tō mātou kaihautū: he peihana parai, he rihi ahurea reka rānei. He pukumahi tō mātou katoa, ā, ka mahia e mātou ngā mea katoa ka taea e mātou i taua wā.
- Ka kaha tā mātou mahi katoa kia tuwhera te hinengaro—kia whakaiti hoki i ō mātou whakahē mō ngā pukapuka. E whakapono ana mātou he tika ngā tirohanga katoa.
Kei te pēhea te whakahaere a tō karapu?
- Ka tūtaki mātou i ia marama ki ngā kāinga o tētahi, o tētahi. I tētahi tau i whakamātau mātou ki te noho ki tētahi wharekai, engari he tino herekore rawa.
- Ka whiriwhiri pukapuka mātou i ia marama, i ētahi wā e rua marama i mua i te wā—ka tangohia e te katoa i te marama.
- Mena nāu te pukapuka, māu e ārahi te kōrero, māu hoki e manaaki te hui. He mahi nui tēnei i te wā kotahi, engari kotahi noa te wā i te tau.
He ture?
E rua ā mātou ture kua whakawhanakehia e mātou i roto i ngā tau:
- Kaua e whiriwhiri i tāu pukapuka tino pai—ka mamae te ngākau.
- Kāore he mema. He uaua rawa te whakarite kia rangona mātou tokoiwa katoa—he nui te whakararuraru me te kōrero tetahi ki tetahi. Inaa, e kī ana ō mātou kaiako, e kore rawa rātou e aro ki taua momo whanonga a ā rātou ākonga! Engari e aroha ana mātou ki te tūponotanga o te kōrero.
He mahi anō kei waho i te ao o ngā pukapuka?
Āe! He wā moe tahi tā mātou, i ia Hōngongoi ka haere tahi mātou ki tētahi whakaaturanga whare tapere, ka tito waiata mātou hei whakanui i ngā tohu nui, ā, i hoahoa mātou i ō mātou ake T-hate e rite ana ki tā mātou pukapuka, I tae mai a Tahanga ki te Karapu Pukapuka"(kāo, kāore koe e hiahia ana ki te mōhio...)
* Tuhipoka mai i te Etita: Kei te matatau tēnei rōpū: i pānui a Luna Kai, Tata, Aroha i tōna putanga tuatahi mai...i mua noa atu i te kitenga o Oprah me tātou katoa.
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