The Summer Before the War, nguHelen Simonson

I-chicha izolile ngaphambi kweMpi Enkulu. Umphakathi womphakathi ungowokugcina ukuqonda ukuthi lesi simo sokujwayelekile esibekiwe siyingxenye yokubambezeleka kwempi esezozibonakalisa. Ngisho nangokwengeziwe lapho impi yezimpi ibalindile, leyompi yokuqala eyayibhekene nayo yonke imibuso yezwe emikhulu yangalesosikhathi. Ukungazi ngalokho okuzayo kwamema ukuphila ukuthi kuqhubeke kwenzeka njengokungathi akukho, kodwa ngesici seshashalazi esikhethekile sombukeli wangaphandle ofunda le ndaba yemilingo kaHelen Simonson.

Ngoba njengabafundi, ukubheka leyo ndaba kuwukungenisa imizwa engajwayelekile yothando lokuqala nolokugcina, ngesenzo esisodwa, noma umbono wokuhamba kokugcina obonwa njengendlela elula kakhulu.

Sathuthela edolobheni elihle laseRye, endaweni enokuthula eningizimu yeNgilandi, ebhekene nogu lwaseFrance lapho ezinye zezingxabano ezinkulu kakhulu zezinsuku ezizayo kule ndaba zazizokwenzeka, njengeMpi YaseSomme.

Futhi kulapho sachitha khona izinsuku zokugcina zehlobo lika-1914, ngaphambi kokumenyezelwa kwempi eyayiyogqashuka ngo-July 28 nokuthi kancane kancane lowomuzwa wawuyofafaza lowo muzwa ongewona ongokoqobo kuwo wonke amagumbi aseYurophu endala.

Umlingiswa oyinhloko wendaba, u-Beatrice Nash umele owesifazane okhululiwe, ozungezwe izincwadi zakhe futhi egcwele imibono yokuguqula noma iyiphi indawo adlula kuyo. empeleni ukuphikisana nempi.

Kunoma isiphi esinye isikhathi ngaphambili, umhlangano phakathi kuka-Beatrice no-Hugh Grange, umfundi wezokwelapha, ubungazuzwa njengokuhlangana kothando okuvuthayo nalawo mathunzi aphakade ajwayelekile ezinsukwini zokuchuma. Kodwa sonke siyazi ukuthi cha, mhlawumbe into engcono kakhulu kubo ukuthi babengahlangani ukuze babalekele impi eyayisondela.

U-Beatrice no-Hugh bajabulela izinsuku ezimbalwa zokwazana nokuqagela kuqala. Bazizwa bengabantu ababili abasebasha nabakhululekile, ngisho nangokwengeziwe ngokungafani nomphakathi omncane obonakala unikeza ukungabaza okuthile kuleso simanjemanje esithwala zombili.

Ukuphela kwehlobo kuhlale kuwumzuzu obuhlungu ezinsukwini zewayini namaroses lapho ukukhanya neholide kubonakala kuyisisekelo sempilo yonke, ngobuhlakani bomuntu osemusha osevele ecabanga ukuthi ngeke kube nezinye izinsuku ezingcono.

Kodwa ukuvalelisa akufani nokuzwa ukuvalelisa kuqhutshwa izimo ezinzima zangalezo zinsuku lapho iYurophu idaywa yaba mpunga okokuqala.

Manje usungathenga inoveli ethi The Summer Before the War, incwadi entsha ka-Helen Simonson, ngesaphulelo sokufinyelela kule bhulogi, lapha: