Oresteia ali ndi ntchito yosafa. Kusungidwa kwake kopanda chilema kuchokera ku Greece wakale mpaka lero, kumapangitsa kuti ikhale yolumikizana ndi chiyambi cha chitukuko chathu, njira yolumikizirana ndi dziko lapansi momwe zonse zidayambira.
Ndipo monga mawu achi Latin akuti: «Nihil novum sub sole», kumasulira kwa izi buku The House of Names, ndi Colm ToibínZimatikumbutsa ndendende kuti, palibe chatsopano pansi pano. Malo owonetserako otchulidwa ndi Aeschylus a Oriestíada adakali chimodzimodzi mpaka lero. Chifukwa, pogwira mawu a Terence panthawiyi: Homo ndalama; humani nihil a ine fucking alienum. Mwanjira ina, palibe munthu amene si mlendo.
Kuchokera kwa munthu woyamba kufikira yemwe adzatilankhule pomaliza, tidzakhala ofanana, malingaliro omwewo, zowawa zomwezi ndi zilakolako, chilakolako chomwecho, chidani chomwecho ndi chikondi chofananira monga chifuniro chokhacho chokhoza kulumikiza chilichonse.
Mulimonsemo, munthawi yeniyeni, nthawi zonse zimakhala zowopsa kuyendera zachikale ndikuchotsa zina za patina kuti zitheke munthawi ino. Chidziwitso chambiri chokha chazomwe zachitika pantchito yozama iyi ndichomwe chimapangitsa kumasulira kwamatsenga kwa malingaliro ndi zolinga za wolemba.
Koma palibe kukayika kuti Colm Toíbín apambana. Ikani batani. Amachita bwino posankha munthu wofunika kwambiri pamasewerawa: Clytemnestra, mayi ndi mayi wodzala ndi mkwiyo ndipo akusowa chilungamo chomaliza. Kufuna kulowerera mu psyche ya chikhalidwe chachikazi cha zaka chikwizikwi kumapereka kutanthauzira uku kuti ndi mbambande.
Zotsatira zake, timapeza chiwembu choti tizilime pamene tikumbukira Mbiri ya makolo athu akale kwambiri, mbiri yomwe idazokotedwa modabwitsa mu nthano ndi zikhulupiriro zomwe Oriestíada adabweretsa m'masiku athu ano.
Tsopano mutha kugula bukuli Nyumba ya mayina, buku latsopano la Colm Tóibín, apa: