I-Dystopia ayisiyonto ikhoyo kodwa iyinyani. Kodwa ayingombuzo wokuyibeka ngokulandelelana njengengxoxo ye-avant-garde kwisiqwenga sokwenzululwazi, okanye ukuvula ubuchwephesha obubhekise kwilizwe elisondeleyo okanye elingaphantsi, ikhosi yayo eyoyikisayo ehambelana nokuhamba kunye neyethu.
Xa UJoyce Carol Oates ubhala usinika umbono ositheleyo ke akufuneki ubekweliphi na inqanaba, nkqu nakwisiqhelo. Into esingafuni ukuba yenzeke kwivili ye-roulette yobomi bethu. Eyona paradesi yobuqu, i-utopia evela ekuqondeni…, isichasi salo mbombo sinamathela kulusu lwethu njenge-dystopia yokupheliswa, yokuzahlula, yokucinga ukoyiswa okusenza sidlule njengabemi abakhonzayo. Ngamaxesha onke kwisandi sokufuthanisela imigangatho emibini kunye nokucinga ngokubanzi, nangaphakathi kwamakhaya ethu ...
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Yintoni efanele yoyise: ukunyaniseka kosapho okanye ukunyaniseka enyanisweni? Ngaba kuyimpazamo ukuthetha inyani, ngaba likho ixesha apho ukuxoka kusapho kufanelekile? Ngaba ungayenza into elungileyo kwaye ube nosizi ngayo ubomi bakho bonke?
Umnxibelelanisi Iinkwenkwezi uViolet Rue Kerrigan, ibhinqa eliselula elikhumbula ubomi bakhe emva, eneminyaka elishumi elinambini, wanika ubungqina bakhe ngokubulawa komfana wase-Afrika-waseMelika ngabantakwabo abadala kwaye bamhlukanisa nentsapho yakhe.
Kwiziqendu ezilandelelana ezikhunjulwa ngohlobo olunokuchaphazeleka, uViolet uhlalutya iimeko zobomi bakhe njengoyena mncinci kubantakwabo abasixhenxe, intombazana kumzuzu wakhe awuthandayo, "ngokungcatsha" abangcatsha abantakwabo, ekhokelela ekubanjweni kwabo, ukugwetywa kwabo. ukuya kude kuye.
Le ncwadana ishukumayo ibonisa ubomi bokuthinjwa ngokubhekisele kubazali, kubantakwabo, nakwiCawe enyanzela uViolet ukuba azakhe ngokutsha, ukuze aphule usapho olunamandla. Ukuthinjwa ixesha elide njengo "mpimpi" ukufikelela kubomi obuguquliweyo.
Ungayithenga inoveli "Delatora", kaJoyce Carol Oates, apha: