John Berger ya wallafa littafinsa na farko A Painter of Our Time rabin karni da suka wuce. Tun daga wannan lokacin, ya zama ɗaya daga cikin fitattun ƙwararrun jama'a a Biritaniya, yana aiki a matsayin marubuci, mai sukar fasaha, mawallafi, marubucin allo, mai wasan kwaikwayo da zane-zane.
Berger ya lashe lambar yabo ta Booker a 1972 kuma Daga A Zuwa X, littafinsa na farko a cikin shekaru tara, an daɗe ana jera shi don Booker na wannan shekara.
A cikin shafuka 224 kadan, littafin ya ba da labarin A'ida da masoyinta Xavier. An kulle na ƙarshe saboda "kasancewar memba na cibiyar sadarwar ta'addanci," a cewar gabatarwar Berger na wayo. Littafin ya ƙunshi haruffa - wani lokaci ana aikawa, wani lokacin ba - wanda A'ida ta rubuta zuwa Xavier da gajerun bayanan lokaci-lokaci da Xavier ya yi a bayan wasiƙun A'ida.
A'ida tana aiki a matsayin likitan harhada magunguna, ta lura kuma ta yi rubuce-rubuce game da al'ummarta masu tsauri, wanda ba da jimawa ba muka samu labarin cewa sojojin da ba a san ko su waye ba suna mamaye da su na soja da tattalin arziki. Jirage masu saukar ungulu na Apache da jirage marasa matuki sun yi ta dawafi a sama, tankuna na yin tsawa a kan tituna, an kafa dokar hana fita sannan sojoji su kai farmaki cikin dare, suna kashe wadanda ake zargi da tayar da kayar baya yadda suka ga dama.
Ko da yake a taƙaice sosai, bayanan Xavier sun ba da shawarar wani ɗan gwagwarmaya na Kudu mai tsattsauran ra'ayi da aka daure a kurkuku ta hanyar firgita mulkin kama-karya na soja. Da yake ambaton Evo Morales, Hugo Chavez, Frantz Fanon, Eduardo Galeano da Subcomandante Marcos, wanda Berger ya yi magana da su, Xavier ya yi adawa da "sarauta, jari-hujja, bautar" da masks na zamani, "globalisation, kasuwa kyauta, tsari na halitta."
Keɓewar Xavier a gidan yari da kuma ɗaurin A'ida a faɗin duniya da farko suna tuna da fina-finan kudancin Amurka kamar su Hector Babenco's Kiss Of The Spider Woman ko Costa Gavras State Of Siege.
Duk da haka, sauran sassan littafin, kamar nassin da ke bayyana ƙungiyar mata da ke aiki a matsayin garkuwar ɗan adam don kare gida daga harin makami mai linzami, suna nuni ga gogewar Palasdinawa.
Wannan yunƙuri na nuna ainihin wurin labarin ba ya yiwuwa. Labarin A'ida da Xavier, ba shakka, labarin duk mutanen da aka kora a halin yanzu suna fafutukar yaƙi da tashe-tashen hankula.
Daga A Zuwa X aiki ne mai ban mamaki, mai cike da sarrafawa, ƙayyadaddun ƙa'idodi, tare da yawa - kamar yadda ake tsammanin wasiƙun da aka aika wa ɗan adawa a kurkuku - ba a faɗi ba.
A ƙarshe, ko da yake, wannan abin ban takaici ne kuma baƙon abu ne mai ban mamaki. Iyaka na sabon sabon tsarin littafin sau da yawa a bayyane yake a bayyane - akwai cikakken rashin tashe-tashen hankula da na yau da kullun, wurare masu banƙyama waɗanda aka rubuta a fili don amfanin mai karatu, maimakon tunani na kut-da-kut na ƙaunatattun da suka rabu.
Bugu da kari, wasikun A'ida, wadanda ya kamata su zama zurfafa zurfafa tunani kan rayuwa, buri da tsayin daka, galibi suna haduwa a matsayin waffle na abin kunya.
Maimakon yin noma ta hanyar Daga A Zuwa X, masu karatun almara waɗanda ke sha'awar mulkin mallaka na neoliberal da martanin Kudancin Duniya game da shi zai fi kyau a ɗauki kwafin Robert Newman mai ban mamaki mai ban sha'awa The Fountain A Cibiyar Duniya.
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