Ngisanda kulalela ingxoxo noDon U-Arturo Pérez Reverte ukubhekana nodaba lobuzwe, umuzwa wokuba ngowakho, amafulegi nalabo abazimboza ngabo. Umqondo wokuba iSpanish namuhla udakwe yimibono, imibono, izakhiwo kanye nesithunzi eside sokusola ngobunikazi obusebenza njengembangela yengxabano eqhubekayo mayelana nokuthi kusho ukuthini ukuba iSpanish. Amalebula neManichaeism akala phansi noma yimuphi umqondo wokuthi yini eyiSpanishi, esivuna bonke labo abakha uzungu ngokumelene neqiniso nje lokuba khona, ukuligcwalisa ngecala, ukusondela kulo kusukela entweni ethakazelayo yomzuzu othola amapasi amnyama ukusizakala. Umqondo osebenza ngokuzikhandla wokuthi iSpain manje iyafana nangesikhathi yayihlala futhi ihlukaniswa yiqembu elithile, icabanga ukwamukelwa ngokuphelele ukuthi konke kulahlekile, ukuthi labo abaguqule ngaphansi kwesigaxa esisodwa bazigcinele bona phambi kwalabo ababethanda ngobuningi nokwehlukahluka. Ukukhohlakala kobunikazi bukazwelonke okuthi, njenganoma yimuphi omunye, obunezibani kanye nezithunzi zawo futhi, ekugcineni, akufanele kube ngezomqondo othile kepha kube yilabo abahlala kuleso sifiso sezwe esingajwayelekile futhi esiminyene.
Kungakho kungalokothi kube buhlungu ukunaka umbhali oyisisekelo wezinsuku zethu. Umbhali osebenza ngaphandle kokuphikisana ngombangela wobunikazi kusuka ku-anecdotal kuya kokubalulekile. Ngoba lolu hlobo lokuhlanganiswa kwemicabango lunezikhala ezihluke kakhulu zesikhashana ze-paneriama yase-Iberia lapho ama-rogues, ama-scoundrels, abaqambimanga, izixhumi zesenzo kanye ne-indoctrinators ngaphandle kwemfundiso yabo bekhula futhi bechuma, kuzo zombili izinhlangothi zebanga mbumbulu.
Futhi ngithi "mbumbulu" ngikubeka ngaphambi kwemibono ngoba empeleni, ezikhathini eziningi kumayelana nalokho, ukukhumula amanga, ukukhombisa amanga, ukubhala nesitatimende esibuhlungu kakhulu sikaPérez Reverte sokugcina ukumaka ngamunye ngezinsizi zabo.
Ukuziqhenya ngokuba iSpanish noma isiPutukezi noma isiFulentshi kuhlala ebukhazikhazini babantu abasakhululekile kuleso senzo sokuziphatha okuya emangeni. Ukuze babhekane nobuzwe obucatshangelwayo, abantu abasha baseSpain abacasukile bagqoka ifulegi eliphambene nalo, lelo abagqoka ngokweqiniso nangokuhlanzeka, elingakaze livikele izikhohlakali lapho zingezona izigebengu. Njengokungathi abantu ababi bebengaba sohlangothini olulodwa, sengathi ukucabanga okuhlukile kunabo bekuzocwila kuleyo ndawo okuthiwa iSpain emnyama ukuthi uma ikhona kungenxa yesibindi esinamandla lapho abanye bebheka ngamehlo ayizolo kuphela, kanti abanye, njengoba impendulo ebuhlungu, baphathiswe imimoya yakudala.
Ngoba akufani nokuphinda ukubuyiselwa kwamalungelo nokuhlonishwa okulungile kwanoma iyiphi impi kunokuzenza ngathi ucwilisa konke okunye ngehlazo, kuze kube sekupheleni kwezinsuku nakho konke okuhamba ngejubane elifanayo.
Umlando kaPérez Reverte uyisikhala sokukhuluma ngokukhululeka, ngaphandle kolimi oluvinjelwe abalungile kwezepolitiki, ngaphandle kwezikweletu nabasekeli balo, ngaphandle kokuzibophezela okutholakele nangaphandle kwenhloso yokubhala umlando omusha. Umlando uyimibono futhi, inqobo nje uma lokhu kungekona lokho okusakazwa ngamanga okusizakala.
Konke kuthobekile. Futhi lokho kwaziwa kakhulu ngumlobi owenza uzwela lube yithuluzi lokuhweba. Ngakho-ke sithola le ncwadi ekhuluma ngesihluku lapho unya lwalungumthetho futhi evula ukungqubuzana lapho ukungqubuzana kwemibono kwaholela esivunguvungwini.
ISpain, isamba sezizwe ngokusho kobani abakubonayo, iphrojekthi ngokuxhuma okulula kwendawo, izwe lakubo yi-hodgepodge eyabiwe ukusuka ePyrenees kuya eGibraltar. Konke kumuntu osenkingeni ejwayelekile, ukubamba iqhaza ezikhathini ezikhazimulayo noma amakhasi amnyama, kuya ngokuthi bafuna ukufunda kanjani.
UPérez Reverte yizwi lochwepheshe kulokho kobunikazi bezindwangu ezishisayo okungamafulegi, indaba yokuthi le Spain ingaba yini lapho into enhle kunazo zonke, ukubheka abanye njengabalinganayo futhi sijabulele izinto zabo lapho sihamba lobo buhlakani obumangazayo besidwedwe esikhulisiwe esikude. Okuncane noma okunye iSpain, ngisho nencwadi esongela iculo. I-Royal March ukuthi ngisho nemvelaphi yayo ilahlekile ngokutholwa okunamandla kokudala.
Manje usungathenga incwadi ethi A History of Spain, ka-Arturo Pérez Reverte, lapha: