Sekuyisikhathi eside kusukela Maalouf dazzle nge amanoveli akhe ngakolunye uhlangothi egcwele umfundaze phakathi kwamafa amaKrestu namaMuslim lapho ekhuluma inganekwane yomlando, futhi ngakolunye uhlobo lokuhlanganisa okulayishwe ukuzindla kanye nesenzo lapho yethulwa kunoveli yamanje, ngaphandle kokufakwa ilebula okwengeziwe.
Kulesi senzakalo sisondela esicelweni esinikezwe isenzo esikhulu, nge isizinda se-dystopian esenziwe kakade kubabhali abaningi abakhulu banamuhla, mhlawumbe esondela phezu kokuziphatha okubi okwandayo emhlabeni wonke ...
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U-Alec, umdwebi wamakhathuni oseminyakeni ephakathi, kanye no-Eve, umbhali wamanoveli othengwa kakhulu, yibona kuphela izakhamuzi zesiqhingana esincane ogwini lwase-Atlantic. Ziyagwenywa, kuze kube usuku lapho ukuwohloka okungaqondakali kwazo zonke izindlela zokuxhumana kubaphoqa ukuba baphume ekubeni bodwa abanomona.
Kwenzakalani? Ingabe iplanethi iye yabhekana nenhlekelele ngemva kwezinsongo eziqhubekayo zengxabano yenuzi nokuhlasela kwamaphekula ngezinga elikhulu? Kwenzekeni eziqhingini eziseduze, ogwini, kulo lonke izwe, kuyo yonke iplanethi? U-Alec uzoxazulula, kancane kancane, imfihlakalo.
Sibonga umngane wakhe omdala uMoro, osephenduke omunye wabeluleki abethenjwayo kumongameli wase-United States, uzokwazi ukwakha kabusha ukwenzeka kwezinto, kuze kube yilapho ethola ukuthi, nakuba siphunyukile enhlekeleleni, sikwenzile lokho. ngendlela eyisimanga nengalindelekile lowo mlando ngeke ukwazi ukuqhubeka nenkambo yawo njengakuqala.
Ukuhlangana okunesiyaluyalu kwabantu besikhathi sethu abadidekile "nabafowabo abangabalindele", bempucuko engaqondakali ezimemezela ukuthi iyindlalifa yeGreece yasendulo futhi esefinyelele olwazini lwezokwelapha oluthuthuke kakhulu kunolwethu, iphendula le noveli ibe indaba yesimanje enamandla amakhulu. .
Ngezinganekwane nomzekeliso, umbhali ukhuluma ngendaba enezindikimba ezinkulu okukhulunywa ngazo ezindabeni zakhe ezinjengokuthi “Umuntu Obulalayo”, “Ukungafani komhlaba” kanye “nokuphahlazeka komkhumbi kwempucuko” ...; kodwa ukuvula umnyango wethemba esinikezwa “abafowethu esingalindelekile” kithi.
Manje usungathenga inoveli ethi "Abafowethu Abangalindelwe", ka-Amin Maalouf, lapha: