I-Oresteia inendawo engafiyo yokusebenza. Ulondolozo lwayo olugqibeleleyo ukusuka eGrisi yakudala kude kube namhlanje, luyenze ikhonkco kunye nemvelaphi yempucuko yethu, ijelo lonxibelelwano nelo lizwe laqala khona.
Kwaye njengoko isicatshulwa sesiLatini sithi: "Nihil Novum sub sole", ukutolikwa koku Incwadi yeNdlu yamaGama, de Colm Toibin, usikhumbuza ngokuchanekileyo ukuba, akukho nto intsha phantsi kwelanga. Ithiyetha abadlula kuyo abalinganiswa be-Aeschylus 'Oriestiad isafana nanamhlanje. Kuba, ecaphula uTerence kwesi sihlandlo: Homo sum; humani nihil kum alienum puto. Ngamanye amazwi, akukho mntu wasemzini.
Ukususela kumntu wokuqala ukuya kulowo uthi ndlela-ntle yokugqibela siya kuba sifana, iimvakalelo ezifanayo, iintlungu ezifanayo kunye neemvakalelo ezifanayo, amabhongo afanayo, intiyo efanayo kunye nothando olufanayo njengokuphela kwentando ekwazi ukudibanisa yonke into. .
Ngayo nayiphi na imeko, xa sithetha, kuhlala kuyingozi ukutyelela iklasikhi kwaye ususe enye ipatina yayo ukuze ilingane kakuhle kwixesha langoku. Kuphela ulwazi oluphangaleleyo lwenjongo emva komsebenzi weklasiki wobu bukhulu obangela ukuba le nguqulelo yomlingo yeemvakalelo zombhali kunye neenjongo zinokwenzeka.
Kodwa alithandabuzeki elokuba uColm Toíbín uyaphumelela. Cofa isitshixo. Uchanekile ekukhetheni umlingiswa onzulu kakhulu emsebenzini: uClytemnestra, umfazi kunye nomama ogcwele intukuthelo kunye nesidingo sobulungisa bokugqibela. Ukukwazi ukungena kwi-psyche yalo mlingiswa wamandulo wesifazane unika le ngcaciso i-label of masterpiece.
Ngenxa yoko, safumana iyelenqe esimele silime ngalo lo gama sikhumbula iMbali yookhokho bethu bamandulo, loo mbali yayibhalwe ngokumangalisayo kwiintsomi nakwiintsomi ezaziswa yiOriestiad kule mihla yethu.
Ungayithenga inoveli ngoku Indlu yamagama, incwadi entsha kaColm Tóibín, apha: