I-Muriel Spark wayengumbhali emuva wayo yonke into. Le ukuphela kwendlela yokuqonda izincwadi zakhe ezihlukanisiwe, ezihlekisayo, ezigcwele amahlaya kanye nalelo phuzu le-avant-garde elenza ukuthi abanye ababhali abanjengaye badlule isikhathi sabo ukwamukela ilebula lakudala noma okungenani izinkomba zesikhathi sabo.
Phakathi kukaSpark no UTom sharpe la izincwadi ezihlekisayo IBrithani izuze ukubuyekezwa njengohlobo ngokwalo hhayi njengento ethile engahambisana nanoma yimuphi umsebenzi. Ngoba impilo iyaxaka, iyahlekisa futhi iyahlekisa ngale kwenhlekelele eyeqile esiyijwayele ngokwesiko. Akekho osindayo ukuze athole i-Olympus noma izulu. Ngakho-ke esikusele wukuhleka noma okungenani sizame.
Ukuzuza lokho kuthakazelisa, esimweni sika-Muriel Spark, kuwumsebenzi oklanywe kahle kakhulu, kusukela kumacebo kuya kubalingiswa. Ngoba ezweni leziqondana elibheke enhlekeleleni, abalingiswa balo bavela naleso sifiso senkazimulo engangivele ngisibonisile ngaphambili esifakwe ku-DNA yethu yamasiko nemizwa. Izithiyo ziyingqophamlando njengoba benozwelo bagcine bebona ukuthi sibi kangakanani uma singabahleki abahamba ngamanoveli abo njengezifaniso zethu...
Into ehlukile ukuthi ngokusebenzisa amahlaya kukhona nokugxekwa kanye nesikhalazo esivulekile. Ngoba ubuhlakani nomcabango kuvusa lawo mahlaya akhipha indida. Futhi i-irony ihlale ilayisha ikamelo ngobuqili, ukugcina ngokudubula kuyo yonke into.
Amanoveli aphezulu amathathu anconyiwe nguMuriel Spark
Amaphimbo
Izwi elingaphakathi, elikhangwa kakhulu lapho lifuna okungcono kunalowo nalowo, ligcina liyisifo esinegazi lapho ligcina ngokuzibonakalisa ngokusobala engqondweni yomuntu ngamunye. Futhi konke ngoba ngezikhathi ezithile angasitshela ukuthi sibulale omunye noma omunye ...
Lena inoveli. Inoveli lapho umlingisi wayo omkhulu, uCaroline Rose, ongaba ngumbhali osanda kuguqukela ebuKhatholika, ezwa khona amazwi. Ngokuqondile, izwi nokhiye bomshini womuntu obhala le noveli. Uyazi ukuthi ungumlingiswa ovela kwinoveli, futhi ngenhlanhla inoveli iyamangaza, iyahlekisa, futhi ijulile. Yize kwesinye isikhathi ezozama ukukushintsha. Abalingani bakhe bezindaba bayamangalisa. Isibonelo, uLaurence, umlingani wakho, unogogo omuhle futhi obonakala engenabungozi.
Kodwa uthola ukuthi yena neqembu lezinhloli kungenzeka bashushumbisa amadayimane afihlwe esinkwa. Sonke singathanda ukuhlala kunoveli kaMuriel Spark, lapho kungekho lutho njengoba kubonakala. Lapho kubonakala sengathi yonke into imnandi futhi ihlakaniphile, kodwa ingaba nonya futhi ibe yimbi. UMuriel Spark, naye owaguqukela ebuKatolikeni futhi waphazamiseka ezinzwaneni, wabhala amanoveli angama-22 akhuluma ngobuntu obukhulu kakhulu. Umsebenzi owaqala, ngokuqondile, ngale ndaba.
Umgxambukeli
Ukungena okubalulekile. Yilokho wonke umbhali angakulangazelela ukugcwalisa izingxoxo zakhe ngobuqiniso obuphelele. Ngenxa yokuthi ngale kokucabangela izingxoxo ezisekelwe kuphrofayela echaziwe yomlingiswa ngamunye, khona-ke kukhona lowo mbhalo ongasoleki othi, ngenxa yokuqina kwawo, wenza labo abazibonakalisa ngale ndlela bathembeke nakakhulu. Izindida zempilo nomsebenzi wokwenza sengathi ukhuluma impilo...
UFleur Talbot kumele asinde ku-London ye-classist emangalisayo kanye nobulili ngemuva kweMpi Yezwe Yesibili. Futhi akafuni nje ukusinda: ufuna ukuphila futhi ufuna ukukwenza ngendlela yakhe. Ujoyina i-Autobiographical Association, iklabhu lapho i-snob imthuma ukuthi abhale kabusha izikhumbuzo zeqembu losozigidi abangenangqondo. Ngokuhambisana nalo msebenzi, lapho ezwa khona umkhonyovu oyingozi, ududuza unkosikazi wesithandwa somphathi wakhe, insizwa eyimpunga, nayo izohlangana nembongi.
Wonke umuntu ucabanga ukuthi ungumuntu omatasatasa, kodwa akukho okungaba ngaphezu kweqiniso. Ufuna nje ukubhala inoveli yakhe yokuqala. Kuya ngokuya kuba nzima kuye ukuhlukanisa izinganekwane namaqiniso. Bakhuluma naye ngokuphila impilo evamile, mayelana nokushada, kodwa akathandi amanoveli noma ukuphila okuvamile ngokweqile: "Ngolunye usuku ngizobhala indaba yokuphila kwami, kodwa okokuqala kufanele ngiphile."
Ukugcwala kukaMiss Brodie
Ngawo-XNUMX, uMiss Jean Brodie wayenguthisha esikoleni samantombazane e-Edinburgh. Phakathi kwabafundi bakhe, unyaka nonyaka ukhetha iqembu lamantombazane akhethekile afaka kuwo imibono yakhe yokuziphatha nokuzilibazisa ukuze agweme ikusasa lenqubo nenhlamba.
Kepha izindlela zakhe zokufundisa zizoshayisana nemithetho esunguliwe, ngasikhathi sinye lapho zizothuthukela khona ekuqondisweni komqondo kweqembu lakhe labafundi, kuze kube seqophelweni lokuhlanganisa amasu ezocansi ayingozi kubo nokuzama ukuthola ikusasa labo.
Ngale noveli (kukalwe "njengephelele" yiThe Chicago Tribune kanye "nomdlalo wamahlaya ononya" weThe Guardian), uMuriel Spark usethula ezweni elibukeka lingenacala kodwa elinenkathazo, lapho ukulangazelela nokukhungatheka, izindaba zothando nezinkohliso zobungcweti, ukuzinikela namagqubu ahlangana ngendlela ecashile futhi engenakulibaleka, eluka ubucwebe obuncane obumele ukugoqa nokujula kwesimo somuntu.
