Mhlawumbe likhona iqhinga lokuziphilisa ngalezincwadi ngaphandle kokubhubha emzamweni (yebo kususelwa eqinisweni lokuthi umbhali noma umbhali osemsebenzini muhle). Uma kwenzeka UHanif Kureishi Yilokho kombhali owangena kule noveli ngamandla kusukela ekuzinikezeleni kwakhe kokuqala njengombhali wesikrini futhi wathola lelo phuzu lempumelelo elidingekayo.
Iliphi iphuzu lempumelelo elidingekayo? Hhayi-ke, leyo yenoveli yokuqala enhle efana nethi "The Buddha of the Suburbs", enemiphumela yomhlaba wonke kodwa engeyona edabukisayo kangangokuthi ibeka umbhali ngomlilo.
Kodwa-ke, lokho akusancikile kuyena. Eqinisweni, u-Kureishi ngokwakhe wayezothengisa umphefumulo wakhe kudeveli ukuze athole umthelela ezingeni lama-classics omhlaba afana ne-"The Perfume" ye. UPatrick Süskind noma "The Catcher in the Rye" by UJD Salinger.
Nokho, ekugcineni, wakwazi ukuqhubeka nokubhala amanoveli engeziwe ngaphandle kwe-slab esindayo sencwadi engaboli, enesilinganiso esifanele sokuqashelwa kodwa ngaphandle komthwalo wokuqhathanisa ngokushesha nalokhu okungenhla, edalula usizi lwalabo abangakwazi ukuzihlanganisa. eziphindaphinda izenzo.
Wasinda kanje u-Kureishi ngokwakhe, wadedela isilingo sokufa ukuze aphumelele, futhi waphishekela amanoveli amasha namnandi.
Amanoveli aphezulu anconyiwe ka-Hanif Kureishi
UBuddha Wezindawo Ezingaphansi
Amadolobha ayaphila ngenxa yababhali noma abenzi bamafilimu. Kungenjalo, bekungaba nje ingxube ehlukanisayo kakhonkolo nokukhanya okwenziwa. UKureishi udale kabusha iLondon ekhetheke kakhulu kule noveli, wayiguqula yaba zonke izinhlobo zobuhlakani, isimilo, ucansi kanye nanoma yikuphi okunye okukhathazayo ongakucabanga.
"Igama lami nginguKarim Amir futhi ngiyisiNgisi sonke isikhathi, cishe." Iqala kanjalo-ke i-Buddha of the Suburbs, inoveli, eminyakeni engamashumi amabili nanhlanu edlule, eyavula ngokunqobayo umsebenzi womunye wababhali ababalulekile baseBrithani bamashumi eminyaka amuva nje.
UBuddha okukhulunywa ngaye ubaba kaKarim, umPakistani ohloniphekile osezingeni eliphakathi futhi oneminyaka ephakathi oshade nowesifazane oyiNgisi, owathi ngolunye usuku oluhle wanquma ukunikeza abafazi bemizi nabayeni babo ezindaweni ezingaphansi kwedolobha ukudla okudlulele kanye nenjabulo eyimfihlakalo wonke umuntu ayekholelwa ukuthi bayikho. enesihloko esithi ngeminyaka yama-XNUMX. UKarim osemusha ukubekezelela ukugxekwa kwabadala bakhe ngokugxeka kwentsha.
Ingabe akahlali efuna ukuzijabulisa, ubulili nezimpendulo zemibuzo ehlukahlukene kakhulu ekuphileni? Kodwa konke kuzophuma maduze futhi uKarim uzobona iminyango ivulekile ukuze iqalise "empilweni yangempela" kuleyo ndlu yomlingo yobufazi, ukuziphatha okubi kobulili, inkundla yemidlalo yaseshashalazini, izidakamizwa kanye ne-rock and roll okwakuyiLondon yezinhlanga eziningi futhi ethakazelisayo. , ekupheleni kwenkathi yama- hippy kanye nokusa kwe-punk; i-ecosystem evezwe ngokuphila okungavamile kanye nokuba ngokoqobo okungavamile ngumbhali onikeze imvelo eqanjiwe ezingqikithini namathoni ngaleso sikhathi ayengavamile, uma ayengashicilelwe: izingqikithi mayelana nokuhlukahluka kwezinhlanga namakilasi ezweni elisha, elivezwa ngenhlanganisela engalindelekile njalo. yamahlaya kanye ne-acidity, ukuhlanekezela nothando.
Umbhali owayephayona njengoba wayenethonya, owafundwa izindlalifa zakhe zemibhalo ngombuzo ophikelelayo ogijima emakhanda azo: "Lo Kureishi angazi kanjani okuningi ngathi, esazalelwa eNingizimu London futhi wayemdala ngeminyaka engamashumi amabili thina?" Noma yilokho okushiwo u-Zadie Smith esandulela ngculazi nesikhanyisayo esihambisana nalokhu kukhululwa, okuqukethe umbono ojabulisayo: "Ukufunda kabusha i-Kureishi manje ngizwa umzwelo ofanayo, ngizwa injabulo efanayo, futhi konke kwanda kancane." Ngalolu shicilelo olusha ku- Another Turn of the Screw, umfundi wanamuhla unethuba lokubona ukuthi amazwi akhe anembe kangakanani.
Lutho neze
Konke kufanele kudlule ngesihlungi esidingekayo samahlaya. Inhlekelele esibhekana nayo ngezinye izikhathi idinga leso sinxephezelo esisenza siphinde sivakashele ikusasa lethu ngesilinganiso esifanele sokubheka phambili. Kodwa ngale kwalokhu kudlula kwakho konke ongakuhlekwa, kukhona amahlaya axakile.
Iyi-comic vis ene-acidic kakhulu futhi enonya. Isikhathi siphelile esiteji futhi ezenzweni zokugcina sibuka ngokunganaki njengoba yonke into ibhidlika, isiteji siyawa, sikhohlwe umbhalo futhi sicabange izitebele ezivele zingenalutho. Hleka-ke akunjalo?
U-Waldo, umdidiyeli wefilimu odume kabi nowazi udumo, imiklomelo kanye nokushayelwa ihlombe kwabagxeki nababukeli, manje usahleli esihlalweni esinamasondo ngenxa yezinkinga zokukhula kwakhe. Kodwa-ke, i-libido yakhe ayishintshile, futhi umkakhe, uZee - ongumNdiya oshade nomuntu wasePakistan futhi enamadodakazi amabili, awayenga ngesikhathi eqoshwa futhi wawaletha eLondon - uyavumelana nezicelo zakhe zokukhumula phambi kwakhe futhi ambonise izingxenye zakhe eziseduze.
I-vertex yesithathu kanxantathu enkabeni yale noveli ithathwe ngu-Eddie, umhlaziyi wefilimu, umthandi kaWaldo futhi manje ongumthandi weZee ngaphansi kwekhala lomqondisi omdala. Le nhloli yalo mbhangqwana, ibhala izinsolo zabo futhi ihlela ukuziphindiselela kwayo ngosizo lwezikhathi ezithile luka-Anita, umlingisi nomngane, olungele ukuphenya ngedlule lika-Eddie elinezinkinga nelinyantisayo ...
Kule noveli emfushane, u-Kureishi uhlola amashwa okuguga nokuncipha komzimba, izingxabano zomshado nezocansi ezingcolile, kanye nezindlela eziyimfihlo zokusungula ubuciko. Futhi ukwenza lokho ngokukhipha amahlaya akhe akhohlakele kanye nezithombe zobulili ezingcolile kanye nokuthinta i-eschatological. Umphumela: inoveli enamandla futhi engalawuleki, ephethe ngokulinganisela okuyisibonelo ingxube yezimo ezinyanyekayo nemizila edabukisayo yabalingiswa.
Uhleko nencithakalo njengezithako zophenyo lwe-visceral mayelana nosizi nama-chimeras wempilo yamanje, ngonxantathu wothando ochichima inkanuko, inzondo, ukucasuka, ubuncane, ubuxhwanguxhwangu, amanyala nokunye ukweqisa. I-tragicomedy emnyama kakhulu futhi enolaka engeke ishiye noma yimuphi umfundi engenandaba.
Igama lokugcina
I-biography ayikho kodwa isibuko yebo. Umbhali akalokothi abe nenkazimulo, uma kukhona ihlombe elingenalutho lesethulo esihanjelwe kahle. Ngakho-ke u-Kureishi wakha umlingiswa oyinhloko wale noveli ngalokho kuvuleka okuphelele komdali njalo ezimisele, esikhathini esithile emsebenzini wakhe wokudala wokuzicabangela ngokwemvelo, ukuthi agcine ebhale okuthile ngaye. Lena yindlela umuntu angathola ngayo inkazimulo yokulandisa, ukweqa, ukushayelwa ihlombe okujulile.
UMamoon Azam uyisilo esingcwele, inkazimulo endala yemibhalo eseyibhale imisebenzi yayo emikhulu futhi ingumbhali ozinikezele, kodwa okuthengiswa kwayo kuncipha. Futhi ngaphandle kwalezo zithengiso, kunzima kuye ukunakekela indlu emaphandleni aseNgilandi ahlanganyela nomkakhe wamanje, uLiana, umNtaliyane onohlamvu kanye neminyaka emincane kakhulu kunaye, ahlangana naye futhi wathandana naye. isitolo sezincwadi.
U-Liana, ngokuvumelana nomhleli osemncane futhi ongalawuleki we-Mamoon kanye nokugunyazwa kwakhe okunqikaza, uhlela uhlelo lokuthuthukisa izimali zomndeni: ukugunyaza i-biography ezosiza ukuvuselela isibalo sakhe emakethe yezincwadi. Kodwa impilo yalo mbhali ozinikezele waseNdiya owafika edolobheni elikhulu eseyinsizwa ezofunda futhi wanquma ukuba umnumzane waseBrithani ophelele ayinazo izici zayo ezimbi.
Ngaphambi kukaLiana kube nabanye besifazane ababili ababalulekile empilweni yakhe, ababhubhise kuzo zombili lezi zimo: uPeggy, unkosikazi wakhe wokuqala, owashona kabuhlungu futhi egula, noMarion, isithandwa sakhe saseMelika, abenza ucansi, okungenani. . , i-heterodox uma ingalulazi ngokuqondile.
Konke lokhu kuphenywa ngumbhali wakhe, uHarry Johnson osemncane, ngezincwadi, idayari kanye nezingxoxo noMamoon uqobo kanye nabantu ababemazi, okuhlanganisa noMarion. Kodwa izipoki nokungezwani akuveli nje esikhathini esidlule, ngoba intombi ka-Harry, u-Alice, uchitha izinsuku ezimbalwa naye endlini kaMamoon futhi umbhali omdala wakha ubuhlobo obukhethekile naye.
Futhi ngaleso sikhathi uLiana uhlushwa isikhwele, uHarry uhileleka nomsizi wasendlini futhi umbhali womlando wokuphila kwakhe uthola ulwazi kumlobi womlando wokuphila kwakhe mayelana nentukuthelo yakhe yobulili, umama wakhe ohlanya nezinye izici zempilo yakhe.
Ngakho-ke phakathi kombhali omdala kanye nomfundi osemusha umdlalo oyingozi wokukhohlisa nokuyenga uyasungulwa kule noveli ekhuluma ngesifiso, icala, inkanuko, amademoni angaphakathi, ubudlelwano bezithandani, amaphupho ocansi kanye nemizwelo, namandla - kwesinye isikhathi esabekayo - amazwi.
