アシュリー・ネルソン・レヴィが語る新作短編とTransit Booksでの役割

『マクスウィニーズ』最新号に短編「The Riff」を寄稿したアシュリー・ネルソン・レヴィが、インタビューで女性同士の友情とノスタルジーというテーマについて語った。彼女は、文化の形成に貢献する人物として、ワシントン・ポスト紙の「Next 50」に選出されている。また、パートナーのアダム・レヴィと共に運営するTransit Booksの活動についても見解を共有した。

『マクスウィニーズ』第81号に掲載されたアシュリー・ネルソン・レヴィの短編「The Riff」は、夫とフィレンツェを訪れる中年女性を主人公としている。語り手は、かつて共にこの街でエネルギッシュな青春時代を過ごした旧友デブとの再会を強く願う。レヴィによれば、この物語は何度も書き直される過程で進化し、当初は二人の女性が登場していたが、最終的にデブの不在を幽霊のような存在として際立たせる構成になったという。編集者のリタ・ブルウィンケルから「語り手が何を望んでいるのか」という問いかけを受けたことで、「彼女はただデブを求めているのだ」という核心が明確になった。レヴィは、疎外感、切望、そして自由奔放な時代における女性同士の友情の強さが物語の根底にあると語り、加齢に伴う失望や失われた繋がりにユーモアを交えて表現したと付け加えた。

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