Ukuvuka kwenkulungwane yamashumi amabini kungenzeka ukuba lelinye lawona manqanaba abhalwa kakhulu ezimbalini eYurophu, ilizwekazi eliqale ngenkulungwane ephelileyo yenkulungwane yesibini lijikelezwe kukuzivelela kwezinto okokoko kunye nesiphithiphithi sezopolitiko nakwezentlalo. Ixesha lanamhlanje lisemngciphekweni wenkqubela phambili kwezamashishini, uphuhliso, itekhnoloji…, ngendlela efanayo neempawu ezimnyama ezazithe thaca phezu kwenyani eyabhengeza iimfazwe neyathi ngamaxesha athile yashukumisa abantu ngeentlekele zeentlobo ngeentlobo.
Ukubhala ii-intrahistori kweli nqanaba lempucuko yethu kulinga. Yile ndlela u-Anne Jacobs awayeyiqonda ngayo eLa Villa de las Telas, inoveli esele iqala ukuba yinto yokubhala kubafundi abaninzi baseYurophu banamhlanje abathanda ukujonga esipilini seenkcukacha kwixesha elidlulileyo.
Kuba yile nto inoveli iyiyo, ibali losapho lwasemva ngo-1913, kunye nayo yonke loo microcosm yabalinganiswa abakhusela isixeko saseJamani iAusburg. Ukuphazamiseka kwesiqhelo phakathi kobomi bokomeleza iiklasi zabantu abazizityebi kunye nomzabalazo ongapheliyo wabangathathi ntweni bekhangela intsalela yekamva.
Ukutsiba phakathi kweeklasi zentlalo kunye nothando njengemagnethi ebalekayo enokuthi iphele ngokutsala abantu abavela kwimvelaphi eyahlukileyo. Ukungcatsha kunye nethemba, imvakalelo ngobuninzi bekamva elinokulinda abalinganiswa abaninzi kangaka abapeyishwe kakuhle ngumbhali.
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