Ukuqheleka kwesiqhelo UJohn banville kunye negama lakhe elingelolakhe uBenjamin Black uza nale noveli kuhlobo oluthile kunye nomsebenzi othi, phantsi kokutyikitywa kwegama lakhe, anikezele ngokufundwa kabini kweentsomi zembali okanye uhlobo olumnyama. Ke, umbhali waseIreland ushwankathela loo mgca-mbini uhlukanisa indalo yakhe, ubeka phambili, ewe, inqaku le-noir kwaye ngenxa yoko ukhetha ilebheli eMnyama.
Yincwadi yolwaphulo-mthetho efuduselwe kwimeko engaphaya okanye engqongqo yangaphambili, ngokuhambelana nendlela evulekileyo kubabhali bamva nje njengoCecilia Ekback kunye naye Ukukhanya okumnyama kwelanga ezinzulwini zobusuku. Ayinakuphikwa into yokuba ukuzibophelela kokutshata nabantu abantsundu kunye neembali kunganomdla. Esi saphuli-mthetho besisoloko sibulawa kwaye bekusoloko kufunwa kulo naluphi na uluntu olunempucuko, ukusukela kwi-Greek polis ukuya kwi-American CSI ...
Ingxaki ekuphela kwayo kolu hlobo lwenoveli ye-hybrid kukuba ifuna inkqubo yamaxwebhu embali ukuze loo nto ingangxami kwi-anachronisms nakwezinye ii-goofs. Kwiingcuka zasePrague, iBanville isibeka ngongcwalazi ngenkulungwane ye-XNUMX, kanye kwinkulungwane entsha eye yakwazi ukuvusa zonke iintlobo zeenkolelo neentsomi. Kwaye ngaphandle kokungena kuyo njengesiseko sempikiswano, indawo yomda wexeshana phakathi kwe-epochs inceda umbhali ukuba anike impazamo xa kunokwenzeka.
UChristian Stern ngoyena mntu ubalulekileyo ophambili kwisiqwenga somntu esijolise kulwaphulo mthetho olugqithisileyo. Akunjalo ukuba umntu ovela kwi-plebs wasweleka kwi-brawl kunokubonakala komzimba womfazi osisityebi. UStern wayecebe ukwenza ubomi obutsha ePrague, bahlonitshwa kakhulu kwaye ucinga ukuba esi sixeko se-millenary sinokumphakamisa njengendoda enkulu yesayensi kunye nobulumko. Kodwa xa sele ifakiwe phantsi kolawulo lukaRodolfo II, othe wambanga ngenxa yeeprojekthi ezingaphantsi komhlaba ezijikeleze i-alchemy kunye nokucaciswa kwee-meccans ezimangalisayo, imeko yomzimba oshushu womfazi omncinci umjongana nophando ukubonisa ubungqina bakhe.
I-Stern icacile ukuba olu hlaselo lwabulala intombazana ngomqala lanqunyulwa ngaphandle kokuba nantoni na kumanqaku alo iyelenqe elibi elinokusongela ingqibelelo yakhe. Kodwa ebambeke kumgubo, uya kwenza konke okusemandleni akhe ukutyhila ityala kwisixeko esinjengePrague esenziwe ngumbhali ngokuvumelana norhulumente kaRudolph II, ophantsi kwe-larid chiaroscuro.
Ungayithenga inoveli Iingcuka zasePrague, incwadi entsha kaBenjamin Black, apha: