Mot cach nhin doi dang so (was Co* ho^.i cu?a Chu'a)

[Ngoc Chi Nguyen <nchi@slb.com>]

Cam on bac Van Khoa,
Toi vua qua trang phe binh, that la mot bai viet rat thu vi. Toi von rat thich Tran Manh Hao
qua nhieu bai phe binh that su sac sao va cung qua may bai tho cua ong tren tuan bao Van Nghe.

Toi chua duoc doc Co Hoi Cua Chua nhung qua bai phe binh do, toi khong khong thay ham ho doc
mot chut nao nua, va hoan toan dong y voi nha phe binh Tran Manh Hao (du chua doc :-)) Toi
chua ro bac Khoa khong dong y voi ong o cho nao, bac co the cho biet ro them ve tac pham vi co
le bac la nguoi duy nhat o day da doc cau truyen do!
That ky la, vao dao nay, tren van dan cua ta co rat nhieu tac pham ma cach nhin doi, nhin cuoc
song that la dang so, dang so mot cach sung so. Khong chi rieng doi voi cau truyen Co+ ho^.i
cu?a Chu'a, ma con cau truyen cua nha van nu, Nguyen thi Thu Hue, hay trong mot tac pham cua
mot nha van khac ma toi cung rat yeu thich, nha van Nguyen Huy Thiep...
Toi khong muon de cap den nhung nha van thuoc truong phai lang man, cai ket thuc cua nhung cau
truyen do khong co gi de ba^.n ta^m nua roi :-), nhung theo toi, du phan anh mot thuc te dau
buon qua con mat cua nguoi viet (chua chac da la su that, malheureusement), thi mot cuon sach
gia tri van la mot cuon sach dem lai cho nguoi doc mot niem tin hay mot cai gi do thuoc ve
nhan ban. Nhung nha van thuoc truong phai hien thuc, Emil Zola, cho du mieu ta mot cuoc song
day den toi, day kho cuc, khong co mot loi thoat (Qua'n ru+o+.u) van lam sang len hinh tuong
cua nhung con nguoi dang thuong hon la dang ghet, mot cau truyen da lam toi khong the ngung
nuoc mat ngay ca khi nghi lai... Hay Dostoievsky, trong khi mieu ta su dau kho cua cac tam
hon, ta van thay tran ngap tinh nguoi...
Do co khi chi la y nghi va tieu chuan cua rieng toi khi tim kiem mot quyen truyen hay, nhung
cung khong vi the ma ngan toi khong doc cac quyen truyen khac, co dieu toi thay gio nguoi ta
viet qua nhieu nhung quyen truyen nhu vay, lam toi thay...
Than,
Chi