Kukho into ecebisayo okanye engaphezulu kokufumanisa umbhali othabathayo kwisindululo ngasinye esitsha. Ndiyathetha ukuba kwenzeka ntoni ngoku UJohn le Carré kunye noGeorge Smiley wakhe omangalisayo.
Ukonwabela ibali elitsha likaGeorge omdala, emva kweminyaka emininzi… kungonwaba, noko kuyonwabisa, kodwa kuhlala kukhuthaza.
Ngendlela UJohn le Carré ubonakala ngathi akafuni ukusiqhela kuthi okanye ashiye kuloo mbono woburharha. Iminyaka iyahamba kwaye icebo elitsha langoku kufuneka lihlengahlengise amaxesha. Ilizwi elikhokelayo libonakala likhokelwa kule meko nguPeter Guillam, indoda yasekunene kaGeorge Smiley kwii-adventures ezininzi kumacala omabini e-Iron Curtain.
UPeter uyakonwabela ukonwaba ngoku, kunye nesando esiqhelekileyo samatyala kunye nokuzonwabisa ekwakufuneka aphile. Kungenxa yokuba xa umntu ephila njengokuhamba ngentambo, umhlala-phantsi unokuba yimeko ebonakalayo yokucinga ngenguquko kwinzala.
Xa uPeter efumana ileta yokubuyela eLondon, kule ndlwane yeentlola zakudala apho wamunca khona ukuthanda kwakhe ukuhlala emaphethelweni, akanakwala.
Kwaye kulapho uJohn le Carré aya kulonwabela kakhulu eli bali. Konke malunga neshishini elingagqitywanga elidlulileyo, apho inani likaGeorge Smiley liphila phakathi kweefayile, ukurekhodwa, iimeko kunye namatyala amaninzi.
Nasiphi na isihloko, ngaphandle komxholo, sinokuvakala ngokuziphatha, ngokungathandekiyo. Kwaye kukho abo bazimiseleyo ukupapasha phezu kophahla lwendlu ukuba zigqwethe njani isenzo sezo ntlola zemfazwe ebandayo. Abagcini abatsha boluntu aluqondi, abakwazi ukuvavanya ukuba kutheni izinto zisenziwa phantsi komhlaba.
Ixesha elidlulileyo emva koko linokuba sisilumko sokungahloneli, ukungaqondi kunye nokwala. Kuphela kukuba uPeter nabanye abaninzi abanjengaye abayi kuvuma ukungcolisa amagama afana nawaseGeorge okanye isenzo kumda wezomthetho wamazwe aphesheya, oko ke kuyimfuneko ukugcina ulungelelwaniso lwehlabathi ...
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