Ukuvela okujwayelekile kwe- UJohn banville negama lakhe elingumbombayi uBenjamin Black uza nale noveli kuhlobo oluthile lokuhlanganisa ngomsebenzi okuthi, ngaphansi kwesiginesha yamagama akhe, inikeze ukufundwa okuphindwe kabili kwenganekwane yomlando noma uhlobo olumnyama. Ngakho-ke, umbhali wase-Ireland ufingqa lowo mzila ophindwe kabili ohlukanisa indalo yakhe, ebeka phambili, yebo, isici se-noir futhi ngaleyo ndlela akhethe ilebula elimnyama.
Kuyinoveli yobugebengu esuswe esimeni esedlule noma esinzima kakhulu, ngokuhambisana nomkhuba ovulekile kubalobi bakamuva abanjengoCecilia Ekback naye Ukukhanya okumnyama kwelanga laphakathi kwamabili. Akunakuphikwa ukuthi ukuzibophezela kokushada ubulili obumnyama nomlando nakho kungathakazelisa. Isigebengu besilokhu sibulawa njalo besilokhu sifunwa kunoma imuphi umphakathi onempucuko encane, kusukela kumaphoyisi amaGrikhi kuya kwi-American CSI ...
Inkinga kuphela ngalolu hlobo lwenoveli ye-hybrid ukuthi idinga inqubo yemibhalo engokomlando ukuze le nto ingadluli kuma-anachronism nakwezinye izinyawo. Ezimpisini zasePrague, iBanville isibeka ekuhwaleni kwekhulu le-XNUMX, khona kanye emkhathizwe wekhulu elisha ngokwesiko elivuse zonke izinhlobo zezinkolelo nezinganekwane. Futhi ngaphandle kokungena kuso njengesisekelo sokuphikisana, indawo yesikhashana yomngcele phakathi kwama-epochs isebenza umbhali ukuthi anikeze ukuthinta okunenkungu uma kungenzeka.
UChristian Stern uyena ophikisayo obalulekile wozungu olugxile ebugebengwini obedlulele. Akufani nokuthi umuntu ovela kuma-plebs afele empikiswaneni kunokubonakala komzimba wentokazi ecebile. UStern uhlele ukwenza impilo entsha ePrague, bahlonishwa kakhulu futhi ucabanga ukuthi leli dolobha eliyinkulungwane lingamphakamisa njengomuntu omkhulu wesayensi nokuhlakanipha. Kepha uma esefakwe ngaphansi kwesandla sikaRodolfo II, ommangalele ngamaphrojekthi akhe angaphansi komhlaba azungeze i-alchemy kanye nokwandiswa kwama-meccans amangazayo, icala lomzimba osashisayo wentokazi le lihlangana naye nophenyo ukufakazela ukubaluleka kwakhe.
UStern kuyacaca ukuthi lokhu kuhlasela okwabulala le ntokazi ngokunqunywa umphimbo ngaphandle kokweba lutho emaphuzwini akhe kuyitulo elibi elingasongela ubuqotho bakhe. Kepha ubhajwe kufulawa, uzokwenza konke okusemandleni akhe ukwembula leli cala edolobheni elifana nePrague elihlelwe umbhali ngokuvumelana nohulumeni kaRudolph II, obhekene ne-lurid chiaroscuro.
Manje usungathenga inoveli ethi The Wolves of Prague, incwadi entsha kaBenjamin Black, lapha: