I-Oresteia inephuzu lomsebenzi elingenakufa. Ukulondolozwa kwayo okungenasici kusukela eGrisi lasendulo kuze kube namuhla, kukwenza kube isixhumanisi nemvelaphi yempucuko yethu, umzila wokuxhumana nalelo zwe lapho kwaqala khona konke.
Futhi njengoba lesisho sesiLatini sifundeka kanje: «Nihil novum sub sole», ukuhunyushwa kwalokhu incwadi The House of Names, of Colm ToibinKusikhumbuza ngokunembile lokho, ukuthi akukho okusha ngaphansi kwelanga. Itiyetha okwadlula kulo abalingiswa baka-Aeschylus 'Oriestíada lihlala linjalo nanamuhla. Ngoba, ucaphuna uTerence kulo mcimbi: Isamba seHomo; humani nihil a me fucking alienum. Ngamanye amagama, akukho lutho lomuntu olungelona olwezizwe.
Kusukela kumuntu wokuqala kuye kulowo omemezela ukuvalelisa kokugcina, sizobe sifana, imizwa efanayo, izinhlungu ezifanayo nezinkanuko, isifiso esifanayo, inzondo efanayo nothando olufanayo nentando eyodwa ekwazi ukuxhumanisa konke.
Kunoma ikuphi, ngandlela-thile, kuhlale kuyingozi ukuvakashela i-classic futhi ususe enye ye-patina yayo ukuze ilingane kahle esikhathini samanje. Ulwazi oluningi kuphela lwenhloso yomsebenzi wakudala walokhu kujula olwenza lokhu kuhunyushwa komlingo kwemizwa nezinhloso zombhali.
Kepha akungabazeki ukuthi uColm Toíbín uyaphumelela. Shaya ukhiye. Uyaphumelela ekukhetheni umlingiswa ojule kakhulu emdlalweni: UClytemnestra, owesifazane nomama ogcwele intukuthelo futhi odinga ubulungiswa bokugcina. Ukuzama ukungena ngaphakathi kwengqondo yalomlingiswa wesifazane weminyaka eyinkulungwane kunika le ncazelo ilebula lobuciko obuhle.
Ngenxa yalokhu, sithola uzungu okufanele sihlakulele ngalo ngenkathi sikhumbula umlando Wokhokho bethu abadala, lowo mlando owawuqoshwe ngokumangalisayo ezinganekwaneni nasezinganekwaneni ezalethwa yi-Oriestíada ezinsukwini zethu.
Manje usungathenga inoveli Indlu yamagama, Incwadi entsha kaColm Tóibín, lapha: