Ngesikhathi ngifunda i- incwadi ethi The Eve of Almost Everything, nguVíctor del Árbol, ngicabange ngomnikelo ongangabazeki wezincwadi onikezwa ngumsebenzi ofana nowephoyisa. Ukusebenza emgwaqeni, ngokucinga ngqo ngezimo lapho izici ezimbi kakhulu zomphakathi wethu zithuthukiswa khona, kunikeza ulwazi ngomphefumulo womuntu osesimweni esibi kakhulu.
Kulokhu incwadi UMfula wawuthule, siphinde sihlangane nephoyisa elibhaliswe ngawalo mathupha nganoma yiluphi uzungu olufikayo. IZaragoza, idolobha lami, iba yileso sikhala lapho singaveza khona okuhlangenwe nakho okuningi kwangempela kuguqulwe kwaba umcabango wokwethula inoveli yobugebengu ngesakhiwo esingahlonipheki nesinqumo esimangazayo.
Ngolimi olushukumisayo nolunembile, ngomyalo omkhulu wolimi ukuhambisa imizwa nemibono ehlosiwe, uLuis Esteban ungena esinqumweni samacala amabili ahlanganisiwe.
Womabili amagatsha esakhiwo abelana ngokuhlanganisa umqondo wobufebe (owesilisa nowesifazane), umhlaba wawo oyingozi kanye nezimo zawo ezijwayelekile eziyihlazo. Futhi ngakubo, kusetshenzwa ngezinto ezibucayi ezifana nokuzonda abathandana nobulili obufanayo nobulili obufanayo, njenganoma iyiphi i-phobia eyiswe ngokweqile enenzondo enkulu kakhulu.
Ngoba Umfula wawuthule du Kuyindabamlonyeni, inoveli yabaseshi, indaba esheshayo lapho bonke abalingiswa bezulazula khona ngentambo, kusuka kumhloli wamaphoyisa uRoy kuya kuzisulu ezivelayo, kufaka phakathi abalingiswa okufanele babe sezindaweni ezinkulu kakhulu zomphakathi.
UJohn Wayne njengomlingiswa ongaqondile. Isithombe sakhe esidunjini se-hustler. Umqondo wombulali wobungqingili njengesiqalo sokungena endabeni ehlambalazayo, ngalolo lwazi lwalokho okwenzeka emhlabeni ongaphansi kombhali wezobudokotela ezindabeni ezihlazisayo, ngenxa yokusebenza kwamaphoyisa empilweni yangempela.
Kepha esikucabangayo kuzungezwe engxenyeni ephansi kakhulu yomphakathi wethu, ebusuku nasemijondolo yedolobha, kugcina kuchaphazeleka nakwezinye izingxenye zedolobha, lapho amasudi nabesifazane abahle bahamba khona.
IZaragoza nezindawo zayo zokucasula i-del Pilar njengesizinda esiphithizelayo esiveza zonke izinhlobo zokweqisa, ngisho nalezo ezingadala ubudlova nemizwa yokubulala.
Manje usungathenga Umfula uthule, inoveli yakamuva kaLuis Esteban, lapha:
Bengilindele inoveli yobugebengu yakudala futhi ngithole okungcono kakhulu. Kuyahlekisa. Bengiyithanda kakhulu, yize kwesinye isikhathi ihlukumeza amatemu akudala. Kepha kuba lula ukuyifunda. Kuyajabulisa.
Impela. Kukhomba umbhali ophelele okumele akubhekele.
Ngingumfundi nomlandeli wePasapalabra, ngiyithengile le ncwadi ngenxa yelukuluku futhi angazi ukuthi ukuphawula kwami kuzokuthinta yini, kepha ngicabanga ukuthi kufanele uyinike isikhathi, ungaba nezindaba eziningi zokuhlangenwe nakho kwakho nesikhathi uyeka ukuzama ukukhombisa ubuhlakani bakho, izincwadi zakho zizowina kakhulu. Hhayi-ke, kukhona into eyodwa engingeke ngikwazi ukukuyeka "ukunganakwa", ukunganakwa, ngaphandle kwalokho ake sikunike isikhathi.
Kungenzeka ukuthi kunokweqa okuthile kokukhuluma, kepha mhlawumbe ngoba kutholakala edolobheni lami, icebo langihlaba umxhwele.
Ngokuqinisekile kuzothuthukela olimini olusondelene. Ukuhweba yilokhu anakho, uyaphumelela.
Amarekhodi emibhalo angukukhetha kombhali ngamunye. Manje ulimi olulula nolulula luyanqoba, kepha kuyimfashini ukuthi sizobona ukuthi ihlala isikhathi esingakanani. Angicabangi ukuthi kunokuningi kokukhuluma, kunalokho ukusetshenziswa kolimi ngokucophelela nangokuyigugu. Futhi kunabafundi abakwazisa irejista yokulandisa ehlukile kunaleyo ejwayelekile.
Inoveli engabekezeleleki. Nesithukuthezi futhi pedantic. Hhayi ukusho ubungqingili nobandlululo.
Angazi ukuthi ukuthathaphi ukucwasana kwabantu bobulili obufanayo nobandlululo. Kuphakathi kokuthi akayifundanga incwadi noma ukuqonda kwakhe kokufunda kungathuthukiswa ngokusobala.
Inoveli yobugebengu ethokozisayo. Ngaphezu kwesakhiwo, sithinta izingqinamba zamanje (ukuzonda abathandana nobulili obufanayo, ukufuduka kwabantu abavela kwamanye amazwe, ezombusazwe) ezinombono wokuqala. Umphumela uyamangalisa futhi abalingiswa baphumelele kakhulu. Ngiyethemba kukhona isitolimende sesibili futhi u-Inspector Roy eba yisaga.Kungcono kakhulu engikufunde muva nje kwinoveli yozungu.