Emuva ngo-1990 izincwadi zaseCanada zajabulela ukuhlangana okuthakazelisayo phakathi UMargaret Atwood y URobertson Davies. Ngaleso sikhathi laba babhali ababili babamba iqhaza emzabalazweni okhaliphile wokuba umlobi ongcono kakhulu waseCanada ngaleso sikhathi, futhi kungani kungenjalo, njengoba babekuwo, emlandweni.
Baqala ukuxabana phakathi komlandi we-octogenarian kanye no-Atwood, osondele eminyakeni engama-50, naye engenabufakazi. Ngalolo suku kwakudingeka ukukhombisa ukuthi ubani obambe kakhulu futhi ehamba phambili ohlwini lokuhlonishwa nokuthengisa. Ekugcineni lokho kwaxazululwa omunye walaba ababili ethi: “Ngifunga ngeBhayibheli ukuthi ngingangcolisa kakhulu kunani. Ukusuka emzabalazweni wesitayela abebehambile ukukhombisa ukuthi yonke imizabalazo ye-egos igcina iholele ebuncaneni obukhulu ngokuphelele.
Ngaphandle kwama-anecdotes, u-Atwood noDavies ngokungangabazeki badla omunye nomunye. Owasinda u-Atwood useyazi namuhla ukuthi ungomunye wezinhlamvu ezinkulu kakhulu zaseCanada, ngemvume yalowo mfana onentshebe futhi okhohlisayo, okwathi, ekujuleni, wazuza amazwi ahlaba umxhwele omuntu, ngokuguquguquka kwesipoki noma okuvelayo ngendlela ephazamisayo. namaqiniso ngesintu.
Amanoveli anconyiwe aphezulu amathathu nguRobertson Davies
Okugxila emathanjeni
Enye yalawo manoveli ahlanganisa ubuciko benganekwane esezingeni eliphezulu, okungeyona enye into ngaphandle kokulinganisa isenzo nokuzindla kuze kufike ezingeni eliphezulu. KuFrancis Cornish sithola i-ecce homo, umuntu ovezwe ekuhlaziyeni kwethu okuphelele kusuka emphefumulweni kuya kokuphilayo. Bese kulandela isenzo, ukufakwa komlingisi esimweni esiguqukayo, esisheshayo. Ayikho into engcono kunempi yokubhekana nathi ngezingozi kanye nokubeka izingqinamba mayelana nokuphila, ukufa, kanye nokweqa kwezobuciko, kusukela enanini lakho kuye enanini lako. Indaba edingekayo yanoma yimuphi umfundi wenganekwane.
Siqala ekugcineni, ukuze sidideke ngokwengeziwe. UFrancis Cornish ungumnikazi oqoqayo nomqoqi wobuciko waseCanada osanda kufa. Kusukela ezimweni eziyingozi ezaholela ekushadweni kwabazali bakhe ngokuqeqeshwa kwakhe kwezobuciko kwe-heterodox? noma ukuqala kwakhe uthando, inoveli idlula ezigabeni ezahlukene zempilo yakhe futhi inikeze ukulandisa ngokuthuthuka komlingiswa wakhe.
Le yindlela okwembulwa ngayo isikhathi sakhe esidlule njengomvuseleli nomqambi wemidwebo, amakhono okuthi phakathi neMpi Yezwe Yesibili ayezomholela ekubeni yingxenye yobunhloli baseBrithani futhi ahlanganyele ohlelweni lokudayisela amaNazi imisebenzi yobuciko mbumbulu. Kule noveli, uRobertson Davies udala indaba ekhaliphile mayelana nezizathu, izinkanuko nezithiyo eziqhuba umhlaba wezobuciko.
I-Deptford Trilogy
UDavies wayekwazi ukwenza ama-trilogies amakhulu futhi wawaxhumanisa nokukhululeka okumangalisayo komuntu ozinikela emsebenzini ojwayelekile. Ubuciko bakhe buchichima kulo mqulu lapho, ngokusebenzisa imigudu ye-labyrinthine yomlando, inganekwane kanye nomlingo, sinikezwa ikhambi elikhuthazayo lomhlaba, sicaphuna umbhali: "lapho ukwesaba, ukwesaba kanye nobukhazikhazi bezimangaliso kunyamalele khona.
Ku "The Fifth Discord" kulapho, ngokuzungeze ukufa okungaqondakali kwesikhulu saseCanada uBoy Staunton, icebo lale noveli lilukiwe. Ukulandisa kunikezwe nguDunstan Ramsay, umngani kaStaunton kusukela ebuntwaneni, okuthi ngokuzama ukucacisa izimo zokufa kwakhe angabi nenye indlela ngaphandle kokubhekana nendaba yokuphila kwakhe. Kusukela ekuqaleni kwendaba, uRamsay usebenzise umthelela ongaqondakali futhi ongenacala ngokuphelele kulabo abaseduze naye: izenzo ezibonakala zingenacala - ukulwa nama-snowballs noma amaqhinga okufunda amakhadi - kuzokwembulwa njengezehlakalo ezinqumayo ezimpilweni zabanye.
"Manticore" UDavid usephatheke kabi selokhu kwashona ubaba wakhe. Yena, ngokungafani namaphoyisa, unesiqiniseko sokuthi ubaba wakhe wabulawa. Ezimisele ukuqeda lo mkhuba wakhe, uDavid uya eZurich ukuyocwaninga ngengqondo eJung Institute. Ephoqwa odokotela bengqondo ukuthi baphenye inkumbulo yakhe, uDavid uzoveza kancane kancane igalari yezinhlamvu nezinkumbulo ezizomvumela ukuthi abhekane namademoni akhe futhi, ngaphezu kwakho konke, inkumbulo kayise.
I- "The World of Prodigies" ivala iDepford Trilogy ngomvuthwandaba obabazekayo, ixazulula imfihlakalo ezungeze ukufa kwesicebi uBoy Staunton. Izenzo ezibonakala zingenacala - ukulwa kweqhwa noma ukufunda izandla - kuzokwembulwa njengezehlakalo ezenzeka empilweni kaPaul Dempster, umfana waseDepford uStaunton ayemazi ebuntwaneni bakhe futhi, okwathi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, waba nguMagnus Eisengrim, omkhulu kunabo bonke umxhumanisi odumile wosuku lwakhe.
Umoya womkhosi
Ngaleso sikhathi ngacaphuna incwadi ngo Edgar Allan Poe mayelana nokuhlangana okuhlekisayo kwemimoya njengokuhamba phambili komkhiqizo wakhe. Imayelana nenhloso ekhungathekisayo yokuvusa usizi nokwesaba ngokuhlanganyela. Ngalesi sikhathi lolu daba lubheke kakhulu kumahlaya. Futhi-ke, izipoki ziningi ukubhekana nokungaqondakali kwaleli zwe (cishe yonke into) kusuka embonweni wezinhlamvu ezinhle nezicashile esevele efile.
Enye yezinto ezinhle kakhulu ngaleli volumu ukumelwa kobuntu obaziwayo, kwalabo abake baba yizibani zomhlaba wethu sebevele beye impilo engcono noma embi kakhulu kepha ababuyela ekwahluleleni futhi banikeze lokho kuzwakala okubuhlungu kwakho konke okusizungezile. Iyabiza, iyaphazamisa kwesinye isikhathi ... umlingo owenziwe ngezincwadi eziseduze, ezithandwayo.
Ngesikhathi semicimbi yesiko likaKhisimusi ebibanjelwe eMassey College e-University of Toronto, URobertson Davies ubenomkhuba wokujabulisa abafundi ngokubatshela izindaba zezipoki. Le ndumezulu iqoqa lezi zindaba eziyishumi nesishiyagalombili lapho URobertson Davies Uhlanganisa ngobuciko ama-parody overtones ezindabeni ezethusayo. I-anthology engenakulibaleka yezindaba eziyizipoki lapho uRobertson Davies ehlanganisa khona ngobuciko izintshisekelo zokubhala nezokubhala ezindabeni ezethusayo.
