Angazi ukuthi kukangaki, uma kunjalo, iqiniso lokuthi umbhali uphinda kwiPulitzer kwenzeke. Kuthiwani nge UColson Whitehead NgePulitzer ngo-2017 nango-2020 sekuvele kuyi-idyll yomdali omkhulu, udumo olumvumela ukuba azithobe noma kuphi. Ngoba ngemuva kwakhe, umkhondo wakhe wokuwina usho konke.
Kepha iqiniso ukuthi sikhuluma ngomklomelo ofanelekile, ukwenza izinto zibe zimbi kakhulu kulowo mona ozokona abanye bathande, yini engikwaziyo, Paul auster ukuthi akakaze awine.
Le noveli entsha ithatha ukunambitheka komlobi kwabalahlekelwe yimibhede, labo ikusasa labo eliyinsimu encane engenamsebenzi kanye nesiphetho semizamo cishe njalo yokungabi nabantwana. Okungaphezulu kakhulu kwalokho uma, kusukela ebuncaneni, ukujeziswa nokululazeka kuvela njengayo yonke imbewu yesintu.
Into ehlekisayo ngakho ukusenza sonke sizivumelanise nalowo mbono wokwehlulwa. Ngoba ngomlingo nangokumane sonke sihlose ukwehlulwa okukhulu futhi okungenakugwemeka, uyazi ukuthi yikuphi, akunjalo?
Kusukela ebuntwaneni, u-Elwood Curtis ulalele ngokuzinikela, kumdlali odlala amarekhodi kagogo wakhe, ezinkulumweni zikaMartin Luther King. Imibono yakhe, njengaleyo kaJames Baldwin, yenze le nsizwa emnyama yaba umfundi othembisayo ophupha ngekusasa elihle.
Kepha lokhu akusizi kangako eNickel Academy for Boys: inguquko eqhosha ngokuguqula iziboshwa zayo zibe ngamadoda agcwele kepha ifihle iqiniso elingenabuntu elivunyelwe abaningi futhi linganakwa yibo bonke. U-Elwood uzama ukusinda kule ndawo noTurner, umngani wakhe omkhulu kuNickel. Umbono wokuqagela kokunye nobuqili bokunye kuzoholela ekutheni benze isinqumo esizoba nemiphumela engalungiseki.
Ngemuva kwalokho Ujantshi ongaphansi komhlaba, UColson Whitehead usilethela udaba olususelwa ecaleni leqiniso elishaqisayo lendawo yokuguqula isimo eFlorida eyabhubhisa izimpilo zezinkulungwane zezingane yamthola nomklomelo wakhe wesibili wePulitzer. Le noveli ekhangayo, ebamba umzuzu wamanje kanye nokuphela kokwehlukaniswa kobuhlanga baseMelika kweminyaka engamashumi ayisithupha, inselele umfundi ngqo futhi ikhombisa ubuhlakani bombhali esiqongweni somsebenzi wakhe.
Manje usungathenga inoveli ethi "The Nickel Boys", kaColson Whitehead, lapha: