Ezona ncwadi zi-3 zigqwesileyo ngu-Edward Rutherfurd

Kuyabonakala ukuba kwiintsomi zembali, ukuqhubela phambili phakathi kwamaxesha ngeesaga zeentsapho yimpumelelo. Kulungile uyazi Ken Follett, Umzekelo. Kuba le yindlela onokuthi uqhubele phambili ngayo ukutyhubela iinkulungwane kunye ne-ankile yendawo yefani yangoku, amafa angasonjululwanga kakuhle okanye amatyala angaqokelelwanga.

Inqaku lelokuba uFollett wayengenguye yedwa okanye owokuqala. Ngenxa yokuba umbhali waseBrithani U-Edward Rutherfurd yaziwa kwihlabathi liphela ngenxa yetrilogy yayo malunga nezixeko ezikhulu zehlabathi ezigxile njengabalinganiswa abaphambili okanye imiboniso ephambili yezicwangciso ezinkulu, kunye nezicwangciso ezifanayo malunga namazwe ahlukeneyo kunye nabantu.

Kwaye ngokulandelayo uRutherfurd walandela ekhondweni le UMerika James A. Michener, ongazange afikelele ukubaluleka ngaphaya kwelizwe lakhe. Ngoko ke ekugqibeleni iqhinga livela kude.

Inyaniso yeyokuba umsebenzi kaRutherfurd wawunekhonkco lawo ngaphaya komgangatho wawo wokubalisa kwinto yokugqiba ithala leencwadi elikhethekileyo elinegama lesixeko ekuthethwa ngaso, nokuba yiParis, eLondon okanye eNew York. Nangona iminyaka ethile ayizange ifumane ukuqhubeka.

IiNoveli ezi-3 eziPhakamileyo eziCetyisiweyo ngu-Edward Rutherfurd

ENew York

Inyani yeyokuba inoveli ethatha njenge-protagonist isixeko esinje ngeNew York, apho nabani na obhalisayo eziva enomdla kwisixeko esigxile kuyo yonke into, sele efumene yonke into endiyiyo.

Umbuzo kukukhangela ukuba, njengoko bendiqonda, uRutherfurd uyakwazi ukuguqula imeko ibe ngumlinganiswa oyintloko, enika ubomi esixekweni njengomfanekiso wabemi baso, ezisa ubuntu kwinto engaqondakaliyo njengesixeko esikhulu kwimbono intshukumo yayo engaguqukiyo kunye nokutshintsha... Akukho mntu ungcono kunombhali ngokwakhe ukuba aziphengulule ngendlela yakhe yobuchule yokwenza ukuba kwenzeke:

"Iminyaka engama-400 yeMbali yesiXeko saseNew York yenziwe ngamawaka amabali, iisetingi kunye nabalinganiswa abangaqhelekanga. Ukuqala kubomi bamaIndiya ahlala kwimihlaba yabo enyulu kunye nabahlali bokuqala baseDatshi bade bafikelela kulwakhiwo olumangalisayo lweSakhiwo se-Empire State okanye ukudalwa kwesakhiwo saseDakota apho uJohn Lennon wayehlala khona.

Ngexesha leMfazwe yoNguquko yaseMelika, iNew York yayingummandla waseBritani; Ngexesha elithile kamva, abantu baseNew York benza imijelo kunye nomzila kaloliwe owavula iingcango eziya eNtshona Melika. Esi sixeko besisembindini wenkanyamba ngamaxesha amnandi namabi, anje ngengozi ye-29 okanye uhlaselo lwe-11 kaSeptemba.

Abalinganiswa abakhulu baye bahlala kwimbali yayo: Stuyvesant, umDatshi owakhusela i-New Amsterdam; Washington, ubumongameli bakhe baqala eNew York; uBen Franklin, owayethethele iBritish America; ULincoln, owanikela enye yeentetho zakhe ezintle esixekweni.

Kodwa, ngaphezu kwakho konke, kum, ibali labantu abaqhelekileyo: amaNdiya asekuhlaleni, abahlali baseDatshi, abathengisi baseNgesi, amakhoboka aseAfrika, abathengisi baseJamani, abasebenzi base-Irish, amaYuda kunye namaTaliyane bafika nge-Ellis Island, ePuerto Ricans, eGuatemalans naseTshayina, abantu. yabalungileyo kunye nemigulukudu, abafazi basesitalatweni kunye namanenekazi aphezulu.

Ndibafumene aba balinganiswa, uninzi lwabo bengaziwa, xa bendizibhalela incwadi. Babekwiwaka labo bonke abeza eNew York, eMelika, befuna inkululeko, nto leyo eyathi yafunyanwa sisininzi.

Paris

Zimbalwa izixeko ezifana neParis ezimele inguqu ukusuka kwimpucuko yethu ukuya kweyangoku. Isixeko sasentsomini sokukhanya sibaluleke ngakumbi ngokuba sisibane esathi, ukususela ngenkulungwane ye-XNUMX, sakhanyisela iYurophu iphela eyayibukele ithabathekile, imangalisiwe kukuphuphuma kobuntu obutsha obuvela kwiNguquko yaseFransi ukususela kwinkulungwane yeshumi elinesibhozo. . .

URutherfurd kwafuneka enze le noveli ukuze ahlangule esona sixeko sinemifuziselo kobo bukhazikhazi behlabathi elitsha obungqonge ukuvela kwewaka leminyaka kwiinkulungwane zalo zokugqibela. I-Paris ityhila ngamabali ezinto ezithandwayo, ukuthembeka okwahlulahlulwe kunye neemfihlo ezigcinwe iminyaka ngabalinganiswa abayintsomi kunye neyokwenyani, ngokuchasene nemvelaphi yesi sixeko sizukileyo.

Ukususela ekwakhiweni kweNotre Dame ukuya kumaqhinga ayingozi kaKhadinali Richelieu; ukusuka kwinkundla ekhazimlayo yaseVersailles ukuya kugonyamelo lweMvukelo yamaFrentshi kunye needolophu zaseParis; ukusuka kwi-hedonism ye-Belle Époque, xa umbutho we-Impressionist wafikelela kwinqanaba, ukuya kwintlekele yeMfazwe yeHlabathi yokuQala.

Ukusuka kubabhali beSizukulwana esiLahlekileyo seminyaka yee-1920 ababenokufunyanwa besela e-Les Deux Magots ukuya emsebenzini wamaNazi, i-Resistance fighters kunye nemvukelo yabafundi kaMeyi 1968... I-mosaic enomtsalane, evuselela inkanuko, nenomtsalane.

Londres

Eyokuqala kuthotho lweenoveli malunga nezixeko. Isengqiqweni kumbhali waseBritane. Kwaye nowona msebenzi ubanzi kakhulu kule mithathu. Inoveli apho ukuguquguquka kwesixeko kunikezelwe kuthi ngowona mba wabo wolwazi kula matyala mathathu.

Nangona kunjalo, indlela yakhe yokufikelela kwiziganeko eziphawula ixesha ngalinye sele yalatha kuloo njongo intsonkothileyo isebenza kakuhle kakhulu kwimisebenzi emithathu iyonke. Le noveli igubungela amawaka amabini embali yesinye sezona zixeko zinomdla kwihlabathi: iLondon.

Ukususela ekusekweni kwendawo encinci yeCeltic ukuya kwiibhombu zeMfazwe Yehlabathi II, ngohlaselo lwemikhosi kaKesare ngo-54 BC, iiMfazwe Zomnqamlezo, uloyiso lukaNorman, ukudalwa kweqonga leGlobe apho uShakespeare wayeya kuqala khona imisebenzi yakhe, iingxabano zonqulo, uMlilo Omkhulu, ixesha le-Victorian ... amakhulu amabali adibanisa abalinganiswa bokwenyani kunye nabangeyonyani, abangabambalwa kwiisaga zeentsapho eziqhutyelwa kwiinkulungwane. Isiqendu ngasinye saseLondon, esityebileyo kwiinkcukacha zembali, sityhila ubutyebi, inkanuko, i-verve kunye nomzabalazo wokuphila kwisixeko esikhethekileyo.