Ukupapasha inoveli yokuqala phambi kweminyaka engamashumi amathathu sisibhengezo esiqinisekileyo senjongo evela kumbhali oza kuhlala kuwe ngonaphakade. Enye into kukuba ithamsanqa lihamba kunye nokubhala urhwebo okanye ukufezekisa impumelelo enkulu okanye encinci.
Ityala laseScotland UWilliam Boyd mhlawumbi ayingombhali obalaseleyo ngokuphumelela amabhaso ngomsebenzi wakhe. Kodwa ulweyiseko lobutsha ngokubhala lwamkhokelela kwindlela yemveliso ebonakalayo ekugqibeleni esele ixabiseke kakhulu. Ngenxa yokuba intsalela yombhali nayo yenziwe. Kwaye ke ngoko songeza ubizo kunye norhwebo kunye nomxube onomdla wokwenyani, iintsomi zembali kunye nezenzo ezinomdla.
Enye inzuzo eyongeziweyo, kwaye ibonakaliswe kwimeko yeBoyd, kukwazi ukujongana neentlobo ezahlukeneyo kunye namabali ahluke kakhulu. Ixesha lisoloko likwicala labo bawenza kwangoko umsebenzi. Ngaphezulu kwamashumi amabini eencwadi zeentsomi, izincoko, nezikripthi. Ukulinywa koncwadi kukaBoyd kunokuthelekiswa kuphela nokuvuna kwakhe iwayini. Ukubhala kunye nokuvelisa iwayini ezilungileyo, yintoni enye onokuyicela ebomini?
Iincwadi zeNoveli ezi-3 eziphezulu ezicetyiswayo nguWilliam Boyd
Trio
Soloko unamathela kwinoveli ekuxelela okwenzekileyo ebomini xa imbali yangena kumaxesha anzima. Kuba okushiyekileyo kukuba, i-anecdote, inkcukacha, amava abaliswa ngamazwi anokukwazi ukukusa apho ukuze ubone iminyhadala kunye neziphumo zazo ezisenyongweni kwaye zibalulekile.
Apha umvelisi, umbhali wenoveli kunye nomdlali weqonga badibana ngehlobo lowe-1968, unyaka wokubulawa kukaMartin Luther King noRobert Kennedy. Kukho izidubedube eParis kwaye iMfazwe yaseVietnam ayilawuleki. Njengomhlaba wonke uyahexa, abalinganiswa bethu abathathu bathatha inxaxheba ekwenziweni kwebhanyabhanya yeSwingin 'yamaShumi amathandathu kwiBrighton enelanga.
Zonke ziphila ubomi obufihlakeleyo. U-Elfrida urhaxwa ngumbhali wakhe kwivodka; I-Talbot, ejongene nokungasebenzi kakuhle kwemihla ngemihla kokwenza imovie, ifihla into kwindlu efihlakeleyo; kunye no-Anny omangalisayo uyazibuza ukuba kutheni i-CIA ngequbuliso inomdla kuye. Kodwa umboniso kufuneka uqhubeke, kwaye njengoko usenza, ilizwe labucala labathathu liqala ukuthatha indawo yoluntu.
Uxinzelelo lonyuka ngokungenakuphepheka: umntu uza kuphuka. Okanye mhlawumbi wonke umntu uya kuyenza. Incwadana emnandi nechukumisa ingqondo ebuza imibuzo ebalulekileyo: yintoni eyenza ubomi bube nenjongo yokuphila? Kwaye wenza ntoni ukuba ufumanisa ukuba ayisiyiyo?
Ukuphatha ngobumnene
Uzalelwe eNgilani ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane yama-20, uAmory Clay wakhula ngokungabikho ngokusisigxina kukayise, owalwa kwiMfazwe yeHlabathi yokuQala. Umalume wakhe uGreville, umfoti onomdla, umbonelela ngonxibelelwano lweemvakalelo aludingayo kwaye umnike ikhamera yakhe yokuqala, engazi ukuba eli xesha limsulwa liya kumisela ikamva lakhe. Emva kokumka kwakhe ngequbuliso kwisikolo ekuhlalwa kuso, uAmory ubhekisa amabombo eLondon, apho aya kuba ngumfundi kaGreville kwaye asebenze ukufota uluntu oluphezulu kwimagazini. EBeau Monde.
Ukukhangela iimvakalelo ezintsha, uhamba waya eBerlin ephikisayo yamashumi amabini, ukuya kwiNew York enomdla kwiminyaka engamashumi amathathu abafoti njengemfazwe. Umnqweno wakhe wokuhlala emaphethelweni umkhokelela kwimizabalazo emitsha, kwiingalo zabathandi abohlukeneyo kunye nokuba ngumama. Kude kube sekupheleni kweentsuku zakhe, u-Amory uya kulwela ukufezekisa amaphupha akhe kwaye alwe needemon zakhe.
Uthando aluboni
Ukusekwa ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-XNUMX, Uthando aluboni Ulandela isiphelo sikaBrodie Moncur, imvumi esencinci eza kuthi iqalise ibali lobomi bayo. UBrodie ufumana umsebenzi eParis, ithuba alithabathayo abaleke e-Edinburgh kunye nobunzima bosapho.
Uqala ngoko ke umcimbi ongathintelekiyo: intlanganiso emyoli kunye nomdlali wepiyano odumileyo utshintsha ikamva lakhe kwaye avelise ukuthanda uthando nge-Russian soprano entle, uLika Blum, lowo ulandela iintloko ze-Yurophu ezinengxaki. Uthando lukaBrodie ngoLika kunye neziphumo zalo eziyingozi zimkhathaza ngexesha lotshintsho olukhulu, ukuxhuma phakathi kweenkulungwane ezimbini.
Uthando aluboni yinoveli entsha nekhuthazayo kaWilliam Boyd: ibali elihlekisayo lokuthanda nokuziphindezela; inoveli malunga nelinge lobugcisa kunye nemibono eveliswayo; malunga nawo onke amathuba anokubakho ngobomi kwaye awasuse. Incwadi yenoveli yenye yezona zibali ziqinisekileyo nezaziwayo namhlanje.
