Ithalente elisha eliyimfihlakalo njengaleyo hybrid phakathi kwamaphoyisa kanye uhlobo lokuzijabulisa. Kuphela ukuthi ngezinye izikhathi i-adventure yokufunda i-Janice Hallett iyinselele edonselayo kumfundi. I-alchemy ehlale ifunwa phakathi kokufunda nokwenza njengento eyedlula kwalolo chungechunge lweminyaka yamashumi ayisishiyagalombili «Khetha owakho uhambo».
Umbhali ofana no-Hallett ukulabo, abahlasela izimakethe ezintsha kusuka lapha nalaphaya kusukela kulokho buciko obugxile ekulandiseni njengokunye. Izinganekwane ezinokunambitheka kwakudala kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo ziqondiswe ku-avant-garde okumele ikhombise uhlobo oluthile lokusebenzelana.
Okuyimfihlakalo noma ukungabaza ngokwengqondo kuqondwe ekugcineni. Ukushuba okuzuzwe ekuzibandakanyeni kokufunda. Ayikaze isimemo sokufunda sihambe kakhulu sisuka esimenyweni esisemthethweni siye kwisimemo esiyiqiniso kakhulu sokujabulela i-adventure, isamba esingalahleka phakathi kwamakhasi ayo ngokufuna izimpicabadala ezenza uhlobo lobugebengu lube umdlalo ohehayo.
Amanoveli aphezulu anconyiwe ka-Janice Hallett
Isikhalazo
Umuntu angaba nesiyezi ngenxa yokusonta okuningi kangangokuthi ubugebengu buye banikezwa ezincwadini nasesinema. Ubugebengu lapho inqwaba yabalingiswa izungeza khona izisusa zabo zokubulala. Umbuzo uwukwazi ukuthi kwenziwa kanjani, ukudlulisa lokho kuzwakalisa kweqiniso okunyakazisa njengezambane elishisayo phakathi kwabalingiswa, kule noveli, abakwaziyo ukudlala iphutha ngokuphelele.
Ukubulala. Abasolwa abayishumi nanhlanu. Ungakwazi yini ukuthola iqiniso? Edolobheni elihle lamaNgisi laseLockwood kunemfihlakalo okufanele ixazululwe. Konke kuqala ngokubuya kwabantu ababili basedolobheni ngemva kohambo olude futhi kugcine ngokufa kabuhlungu. Yize umsolwa eboshelwe ejele, ummeli uRoderick Tanner usola ukuthi umsulwa futhi uyalele abafundi bakhe, uCharlotte noFemi, ukuthi babuyekeze bonke ubufakazi kuleli cala.
Phakathi kwenkampani yeshashalazi eyenzeke kuleli dolobha kanye nomkhankaso wokuthola imali yokwelapha intombazanyana yasedolobheni, umbulali ucashe emehlweni. Ubufakazi bukhona, bulindele umuntu ozobuthola.
Kodwa ingabe uCharlotte noFemi bazokwazi ukuxazulula leli cala? Ungakwazi yini ukuyixazulula, mfundi? UJanice Hallett, ochazwe yi-Times ngokuthi Agatha Christie yekhulu lama-XNUMX, idale nge-Appeal inoveli eyimfihlakalo engajwayelekile, enamahlandla amaningi abengalindelekile futhi efaka umfundi ekuxazululweni kwecala sengathi ungomunye umphenyi. Uyalokotha uhlole izimfihlo ze-Lockwood? I-Sunday Times Mystery of the Year
Ikhodi ye-Twyford
Ubugebengu obuphelele kungaba yibo obethulwa UPatricia Highsmith kubantu abangabazi esitimeleni. Umbuzo ukushintshwa kokugxila. Abaseshi babengazi kangako njengawe mfundi ngohlelo phakathi kwabantu abangabazi esitimeleni. Kodwa kulokhu wonke umuntu uba yizimpumputhe futhi iwashi liyahamba, ngokuqinisekile linikeza umbulali obalekile inzuzo.
U-Edith Twyford wayengumbhali wezincwadi zezingane odumile emhlabeni wonke, kodwa manje okuwukuphela kwefa lakhe ukuba khona kwamahemuhemu ekhodi ye-Twyford: uchungechunge lwezinkomba ezifihliwe ezincwadini zakhe eziholela…kuphi? Akekho owaziyo, kodwa akusona isizathu esenza ukuba ukuqagela kuphelile.
USteve Smith angaxhumanisa cishe wonke amashwa empilweni yakhe no-Edith Twyford. Eseyingane, wathola enye yamanoveli akhe egcwele izimpawu eziyinqaba eziphawulwe emaphethelweni. Wayikhombisa uthisha wakhe, uNkosazana Bush, owavele wacabanga ukuthi iqukethe ukhiye wekhodi. Emasontweni ambalwa kamuva, u-Miss Bush wanyamalala, futhi uSteve akazi noma ufile noma uyaphila...noma wathola imfihlakalo yekhodi noma cha. Manje uSteve uzimisele ngokuthola.
Kodwa ikhodi ye-Twyford ifihla izimfihlo futhi abanye bangenza noma yini ukuze babe nazo, futhi uSteve akuyena yedwa oshisayo endleleni yakhe. Umjaho wokuxazulula imfihlakalo yekhulunyaka usuqalile. Ungafika lapho kuqala?
