"Gamba ndiye ani zvake anoita zvaanogona," Romain Roilland akapedzisira ataura nehuchenjeri hwose huri munyika. Asi pane zvishoma zvatinofunga kuti mwana anogona kuita kuti awanezve uduku hwake. Nekuti kufirwa nemuzukuru hakusi kwemuzvarirwo asi kufirwa nemubereki nekukasira chiri chinhu chinoratidza hunhu.
Murungano urwu, amai vakarasika mulabyrinth iyoyo yekuzviparadza, yekuparara sekukanganwa kunofanirwa. Hapana munhu wekuudza Agnes kuti ngaasimudze musoro wake adzore hupenyu hwake, senguva yakachipa kuzvibatsira. Hapana mumwe kunze kwemwanakomana akasindimara ane tariro inokwanisa kuwana iyo shoma uye iyo yakanyanya kuita, zvirinani, zvaanogona ...
Mukutanga kwemaXNUMX, Glasgow iri kufa: dhorobha remigodhi raimbove rakabudirira rave kutambudzwa nemitemo yaThatcher, kutyaira mhuri mukushaikwa kwemabasa uye mukuora mwoyo. Agnes Bain mukadzi akanaka uye asina rombo rakanaka aigara achirota kuwana hupenyu huri nani: imba yakanaka uye mufaro waisafanira kubhadhara muzvikamu.
Apo murume wake, mutyairi wetekisi anotamba uye anoda vakadzi, paanomusiya kuti awane mumwe, Agnes anozviwana ava ega achichengetwa nevana vatatu munharaunda azere nenhamo nokuora mwoyo, achinyura mugomba risina chigadziko rokunwa. Vana vake vachaita nepavanogona napo kuti vamuponese, asi, vazvimanikidza kuenda mberi, vanozopedzisira vazvipira mumwe nemumwe. Vese kunze kwaShuggie, gotwe, ndiye ega anoramba kubvuma, ndiye anochengeta Agnes nerudo rwake rusina magumo.
Shuggie, mwana ane hanya, ane tsika, uye anopanduka, anorwadziwa kuti vana vevashandi vemumigodhi vanomuseka uye kuti vanhu vakuru vanomuti "akasiyana," asi akaomesa musoro sezvaari, anogutsikanawo kuti kana akaedza kusvika pakakwirira achave. anokwanisa kuva "akajairika" sevamwe vakomana uye achakwanisa kubatsira amai vake kutiza kubva munzvimbo iyi isina tariro. Akahwina mubairo mukuru weBooker Award, Shuggie Bain Nyaya ibhuku nyoro uye rinoparadza pamusoro peurombo nemiganhu yerudo, rondedzero iyo, nekutarisa kwayo kwetsitsi kurwisa kunorwadza kwemukadzi mukurwisa kupindwa muropa, kuvhiringidzika uye kusurukirwa, inomira semutero unofamba kukutenda kusingazununguki kwemwanakomana akatsunga kuponesa amai vake. pazvose.
Iwe unogona ikozvino kutenga chinyorwa "Nhoroondo yeShuggie Bain", kubva Douglas stuart, apa:
