Ukushicilela inoveli yokuqala ngaphambi kweminyaka engamashumi amathathu isimemezelo esiqinile senhloso evela kumlobi ozohlala kuwe kuze kube phakade. Enye into ukuthi inhlanhla ihambisana nokwenza ukubhala ukuhweba noma ukuzuza impumelelo enkulu noma encane.
Icala laseScotland UWilliam Boyd mhlawumbe akusiyo eyombhali omkhulu wokuklonyeliswa ngomsebenzi wakhe. Kepha lokho kukholwa kwentsha ngokubhala kwamholela endleleni yomkhiqizo omningi ekugcineni osuvele waziswa kakhulu. Ngoba izinsalela zombhali nazo zakhiwe. Futhi ngaleyo ndlela sengeza ubizo ngokuhweba kanye nengxube ethokozisayo yeqiniso, inganekwane yomlando nezenzo ezithakazelisayo.
Enye inzuzo eyengeziwe, futhi ebonakalayo endabeni ye-Boyd, ukuthi kungenzeka ukubhekana nezinhlobo ezahlukene nezindaba ezihluke kakhulu. Isikhathi sihlala sisohlangothini lwalabo abenza umsebenzi kusenesikhathi. Imisebenzi engaphezu kwamashumi amabili yezinganekwane, izindatshana, imibhalo. Ukutshalwa kwemibhalo kaBoyd kungaqhathaniswa kuphela nesivuno sakhe sewayini. Ukubhala nokukhiqiza amawayini amahle, yini enye ongayicela empilweni?
Amanoveli anconyiwe aphezulu amathathu nguWilliam Boyd
I-Trio
Hlala njalo nenoveli ekutshela okwenzeka empilweni lapho umlando ungene ezikhathini ezinzima. Ngoba okusele ukuthi, i-anecdote, imininingwane, okuhlangenwe nakho okulandiswa ngamaphimbo akwazi ukukuyisa lapho ukuze ubone imicimbi kanye nemiphumela yayo esondele kakhulu futhi ebalulekile.
Lapha umkhiqizi, umbhali wamanoveli nomlingisi bahlangana ehlobo lika-1968, unyaka wokubulawa kukaMartin Luther King noRobert Kennedy. Kunezidubedube eParis kanti iMpi yaseVietnam ayisalawuleki. Njengoba umhlaba uvuleka amadlingozi, abalingiswa bethu abathathu babamba iqhaza ekwenziweni kwe-movie yeSwingin 'Sixties ku-Brighton enelanga.
Bonke baphila impilo eyimfihlo. U-Elfrida uminzisa ibhulokhi lakhe lombhali ku-vodka; UTalbot, osebenza ngokungasebenzi kwansuku zonke kokwenza ibhayisikobho, ufihla okuthile efulethini eliyimfihlo; futhi u-Anny obabazekayo uyazibuza ukuthi kungani i-CIA inentshisekelo engazelelwe kuye. Kepha umbukiso kufanele uqhubeke, futhi njengoba kwenzeka, umhlaba wangasese wabathathu uqala ukuthatha izintambo emphakathini.
Izingcindezi zanda ngokunganqandeki: umuntu uzophuka. Noma mhlawumbe wonke umuntu uzokwenza. Inoveli emnandi futhi eshukumisa ingqondo ebuza imibuzo ebalulekile: yini eyenza impilo ikufanele ukuphila? Futhi wenzani uma uthola ukuthi akuyona?
Ukubamba ngobumnene
Wazalelwa eNgilandi ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20, u-Amory Clay ukhula ngokungabibikho unomphela kukayise, owalwa eMpini Yezwe Yokuqala. Umalume wakhe uGreville, umthwebuli wezithombe oshisekayo, umnikeza isibopho esingokomzwelo asidingayo futhi umnika ikhamera yakhe yokuqala, ngaphandle kokwazi ukuthi lesi sipho esimsulwa sizonquma ikusasa lakhe. Ngemva kokuphuma kwakhe kungazelelwe esikoleni okuhlalwa kuzo, u-Amory ulibangise eLondon, lapho ezoba ngumfundi kaGreville futhi asebenze ethwebula izithombe zenhlangano ephezulu kuleli phephabhuku. I-Beau Monde.
Efuna imizwa emisha, uya eBerlin ehlanya amashumi amabili, eNew York ethokozisayo yeminyaka yamashumi amathathu, wazibonela mathupha imibhikisho yamahembe amnyama eLondon kanye neMpi Yezwe Yesibili eParis, waba ngomunye wabokuqala abathwebuli bezithombe njengempi. Isifiso sakhe sokuhlala emaphethelweni simholela emizabalazweni emisha, ezingalweni zabathandi abahlukahlukene kanye nokuba ngumama. Kuze kube sekupheleni kwezinsuku zakhe, u-Amory uzolwela ukufeza amaphupho akhe futhi alwe namademoni akhe.
Uthando aluboni
Kubekwe ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-XNUMX, Uthando aluboni kulandela isiphetho sikaBrodie Moncur, umculi osemncane osezoqala indaba yempilo yakhe. UBrodie uthola ukunikezwa umsebenzi eParis, ithuba alithathayo abaleke e-Edinburgh kanye nobunzima bomndeni wakhe.
Kungaqala kanjalo-ke isigameko esingalungiseki: umhlangano omubi nomshayi wopiyano odumile ushintsha ikusasa lakhe futhi udedela ukuthanda uthando nge-soprano enhle yaseRussia, uLika Blum, olandela ngezihloko-dolobha zeYurophu enezinkinga. Uthando lukaBrodie ngoLika nemiphumela yalo eyingozi lumkhathaza esikhathini soshintsho olukhulu, ngesikhathi sokuxokozela phakathi kwamakhulu amabili eminyaka.
Uthando aluboni yinoveli entsha nekhukhulayo kaWilliam Boyd: inganekwane ehlekisayo yothando nokuziphindiselela; inoveli emayelana nomsebenzi wobuciko nemicabango evelayo; mayelana nawo wonke amathuba okungenziwa yimpilo futhi akususe. Inoveli eyinhloko ngomunye wababalisi bezindaba abaqinile nabaziwa kakhulu namuhla.
