Imibhalo yinto efana nomlingo lapho imfishane ikwazi ukubhekana nayo yonke into, lapho ulimi, ithuluzi eliyisisekelo lokuqonda, likwazi ukucacisa ulimi olusetshenziswayo nolusondela kuzwi njengezwi elilodwa embhoshongweni waseBabele womhlaba. Ibhalansi ephelele phakathi kwento nefomu, umyalo ogcwele wokuxhumana
Futhi kulokho UJohn Maxwell Coetzee Ungumpetha wamakhosi kukho konke okubandakanya ukulungiswa phakathi kwamagama aqonde kakhulu esimweni esigcwele, esisuka ekuthintekeni kwezinhlamvu kuya encazelweni ejulile yamagama ashiwo umlingisi ngamunye noma engezwe umbalisi ukuqedela ukulinganisa izinto umhlaba, uhlala uzithobile, futhi lelo elinye izwe leminyango ngaphakathi, phakathi kokomoya noma kokuziphatha.
Kulesi sihloko Sezincwadi Eziyisikhombisa Zokuziphatha, sibuyisa izwi lika-Elizabeth Costello, ongomunye walabo balingisi okwathi, kusukela ekuzalweni kwakhe njengenhlangano yakhe yokuqamba inoveli, wandisa ubukhona bakhe kwamanye amanoveli angakhohlwa njengeSlow Man.
Futhi ukuthi u-Elizabeth Costello, njengomlobi, uphethe ukunikela ngesici se-psychoanalytic salokho okwenzekayo, ngaleyo nhloso yokuqwashisa ngokulungiswa kweqiniso, lokho kulungiswa esikwenzayo njengoba sisebenzisana futhi siphendula kuzo zonke izinselelo eziphansi, kuzo zonke izinqumo ezihloniphekile.
Ezindabeni eziyisikhombisa, kunalokho izindaba, sithola leyo ndawo yokuphila kwansuku zonke, isikhala lapho ngendlela ethambeka kakhudlwana sithola isizungu sethu sokuphatha izimpilo zethu. U-Elizabeth Costello usisiza ukuba sifune ukulingisa, ushintsho lwesikhumba, ukuphikisana okutholwa yilabo abanye abalingiswa, ngenxa yalolo limi olunembile lombhali, okwazi ukusethula ngaphambi kokwahlulela kwansuku zonke kwezinqumo zethu.
Futhi kungenxa yalokhu kulingisa ukuthi ngayinye yezindaba eziyisikhombisa iphakamisa imibono edingeka kakhulu yozwela, hhayi njengesixazululo sokuxhumana kwabantu (azikho izindlela zokupheka zemilingo), kodwa njengokugxuma okudingekayo kusuka emphefumulweni kuya komunye. Izindaba eziyisikhombisa ezondla ubuhlakani, isizathu, imibono mayelana nokuthi kungani futhi kungani.
Uma imibhalo ivame ukuba yinto ejabulisayo, ukuzivocavoca ukubhekana nezinye izimpilo, ukuthi le ncwadi ikuphi ngokuphila nokucabanga ngendlela ehlukile ngomkhumbi wethu, ezanyazanyiswa olwandle lwezinqumo ezibonisa uhambo lwethu olungaqondakali.
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