Kukho i-disjointed current yeenoveli ezihlekisayo phakathi kwezinto ezingenangqondo, i-surreal kunye nentlungu. Masithi lo msinga uthe wadalwa nje ndim. Kwenzeke kum xa ndifumanisa ukuhambelana okumangalisayo phakathi koku ncwadi Ithengisiwe nguPaul Beatty kunye nomzekelo I-Sakamura kunye nabakhenkethi ngaphandle kwekarma, nguPablo Tusset. Iincwadi ezimbini ezingakhathalelwanga kodwa zenza umsinga, umsinga wangoku wobubi kunye nokuhleka okungapheliyo.
Ukuhleka kabuhlungu, ngendlela ethembekileyo, ekholisayo kunye nemagnethi sisenzo soncwadi oluncinci. Umlinganiswa ophambili kweli bali ngumfo, ongenanto incinci ayeshiyekileyo emhlabeni, ogqiba kwelokuba aqalise ukuhleka okuqhubekayo kwihlabathi eliphulukene nentsingiselo.
Kugutyungelwe ngumsi wentsangu, umlinganiswa ophambili webali, osandula ukuba yinkedama kwaye engenagama laziwayo, uthathela ingqalelo ubukho njengoluhlu lwemicimbi ekusafuneka ayinyamekele yedwa. Emva kokufikelela kwimeko yezinto ukuya kwi-bullshit egqithisileyo, sisinyithi sakhe kuphela esinokuphinda sakhe umhlaba onesidima.
I-Satire liqhinga lokugqibela awathi ngalo uPaul Beatty wanika eli bali ibali elihlekisayo elibuhlungu elibaleka kwimicimbi engamanyala enje ngobuhlanga obuthathwe baba bubukhoboka. Kodwa uhlala uncuma, nokuba kwenzeka ntoni, uBeatty uyazi ukuba angakuhleka njani.
Ukwenziwa koncwadi lokukhohlisa kobu bukhulu kunokufundwa kuphela kwaye kuqondwe zizidenge ezihamba kwangelo xesha linye lokukhohlisa. Ngenxa yoko, le noveli yinto yobugcisa bexesha langoku, ubuqhetseba kunye noloyiso lwento yonke ngokuhlekisa ngezifo. Andiphindi ndikuxelele… Ewe ewe, wawongwa ngeBhaso likaNcwadi lonyaka ka-2016, hayi ngaphantsi.
Ungayithenga incwadi Ithengisiwe, inoveli eyothusayo kaPaul Beatty, apha: