Emva kwencwadi yakhe yangaphambili epapashwe eSpain: Ingoma yeThafa, UKent Haruf ubuyela kuhlaselo lweevenkile zeencwadi ngale noveli iphinda ithethe ngokusondeleyo kubomi babucala, ngequbuliso ishiywe embindini we-moor, phakathi kwentlambo yeenyembezi ezomileyo, ebiyindawo yakhe I-Plain Trilogy, enye yezona ngoma zibalaseleyo zoncwadi lombhali ongasekhoyo.
Saphinda saya eHolt ngeli nqanaba lesibini. Indawo eyiliweyo apho umhlali ngamnye ebonakala ngathi unebali elingenakuthelekiswa nanto, okanye ukuba akuxeleli, ubuncinci bubonakaliswe ngokubhalwa koncwadi okuphelisa ukutshiza nasiphi na isazela kwelona cala lomntu.
Ngeli thuba abadlali ziiMcPherons kunye nabanye abemi beli dolophu ikhethekileyo, bajika baba luhlobo lwendawo yentlambululo-miphefumlo apho uThixo avavanya ukomelela, umonde kunye nomphefumlo wabalinganiswa abaninzi abonakaliswe kukungaziphathi kakuhle.
Ayisiyo yokuba ngamnye wabalinganiswa abaphambili abanxibayo kwaye basebenzise ibali (ngelixa bekhuphela iyelenqe) kufuneka bajongane nezizathu ezinkulu okanye iibhloko ze-transcendental. Yintoni ngabemi bale dolophu ekucingelwa ukuba isekwe eColorado kukujongana nekamva elihlulayo kwiinkcukacha zobukho obungenanto.
Isithuba sihamba. IHolt yidolophu apho isikhova sasebusuku sinokuza sichithe iintsuku zabo zokugqibela zokukhutshwa emzimbeni emva kobomi obuxakekileyo, okanye apho eyona ntlola ifunwa kakhulu emhlabeni inokuzimela khona emhlabeni. Iintsuku zikaHolt ziyacotha kwaye zinzima, njengokulala kwakhe, ukungalali ebusuku.
Kwaye kuloo nto, ngokweenkcukacha, ekucingeni ukuba ikamva lakho, kwimvakalelo ebonakalayo yeentsuku ezinzima ezidlulayo emva kwesinye kunye nokunqumama okufanayo, ubungqingili kunye nomjikelo, sifumanisa umntu ongathandabuzekiyo, ongumoya osisiseko.
Kunokucingelwa ukuba iinjongo zikaHaruf kukubonisa ubomi njengendawo eyomileyo. Kodwa ngendlela efanayo apho umntwana anokuhlala khona ngeyure yakhe eyonwabisayo ejikeleze isiduli, abemi baseHolt bayayilima imiphefumlo yabo, baphanda ngeeholide zayo ngaphandle kokuziva kwexesha. Nje ukuba ube nobomi obucothayo phambi kwakho, usizi, inostalgia, ukuzibamba okanye ubumbano luthathe ubunzima obahlukileyo, ukukhanya kakhulu, ngakumbi ngokuhambelana nexesha elenziwe ngamava endaweni yokucinezela imizuzwana ...
Ungayithenga inoveli Ekupheleni kwemini, incwadi entsha nguKent Haruf kunye neyesibini kwi-Plain Trilogy, apha, ngesaphulelo sokufikelela kule bhlog: