Kukhona ukusakazwa okuhlukanisiwe kwamanoveli amahlaya phakathi kokungenangqondo, i-surreal kanye nokudabukisayo. Masithi ngivele ngazenzela lo mfula. Kwenzeka kimi lapho ngithola ukuqondana okuhlekisayo phakathi kwalokhu incwadi Okuthengisiwe nguPaul Beatty nesibonelo USakamura nabavakashi abangenayo i-karma, nguPablo Tusset. Izincwadi ezimbili ezingahlelwanga esigabeni kodwa zamanje, ukusakazwa kwesimanje kokuhleka okumangazayo nokungapheli.
Ukuhlekisa ngokudabukisayo, ngendlela enokwethenjelwa, ekholisayo nenamandla isenzo se-sublimation yombhalo. I-protagonist yale ndaba ngumfana okuthi, ngaphandle kokuncane ayenakho emhlabeni, anqume ukuqala insini eqhubekayo ezweni elahlekelwe yincazelo.
Embozwe intuthu yensangu, umlingiswa ophambili wale ndaba, osanda kuba yintandane futhi engenagama elaziwayo, ubheka ubukhona njengochungechunge lwezinkinga ezisalindwe nguye kuphela angazinakekela. Ngemuva kokufinyelela esimweni sezinto ngokweqile ngokweqile, yinsimbi yakhe kuphela engaphinde yakhe umhlaba wesithunzi.
Ukuhlambalaza iqhinga lokugcina uPaul Beatty anikeza ngalo le ndaba uhleko oludabukisayo olundizela phezulu ezindabeni ezinamanyala ezinjengobandlululo olwedlulele ebugqilini obukhulu. Kepha uhlala umomotheka, noma ngabe kwenzekani, uBeatty uyazi ukuthi angakuhleka kanjani.
Ukwakheka kwemibhalo yokukhohliswa kwalobu bukhulu kungafundwa futhi kuqondwe kuphela yiziwula ezidlula esikhathini esifanayo somlando wokukhohlisa. Ngakho-ke, le noveli ingubuciko bobuciko besimanjemanje, ubuhlakani kanye nokunqoba konke ngokuhlekisa ngezifo. Angisakutsheli… Yebo yebo, waklonyeliswa ngomklomelo we-Booker Prize ka-2016.
Ungathenga incwadi Okuthengisiwe, inoveli engenangqondo kaPaul Beatty, lapha: