UJonathan Coe uyasichukumisa ngencwadi yakhe Imvula ngaphambi kokuwa funda kunye nathi kweli nqaku kwaye siya kukubonisa zonke iinkcukacha zeli bali elikhulu.
Andinangxaki nokuba kuyanetha ehlotyeni. Nditsho ndiyithanda. Yeyona mvula ndiyithandayo.
Imvula ngaphambi kokuwa
Umbhali wayo uJonathan Coen wazalelwa eBromsgrove, eWorcestershire ngo-Agasti 9, 1961. Wafunda kwiiyunivesithi zaseCambridge naseWarwick. Umbhali nombhali wesiNgesi oliNgesi, owaqala ukubalasela ekupheleni kwenkulungwane yama-1980, ngeenoveli ezikwayintlekisa kwezopolitiko eNgilane ngo-XNUMX (ebizwa ngokuba yi-grey years), njenge. Enjani yona iCarve Up!
Inoveli yakhe yokuqala yapapashwa ngo-1987. Imvula ngaphambi kokuwa, ukusuka kwi-2007, inethoni eyahlukileyo, i-introspective kunye ne-intimate, eye yanconywa kakhulu.
Uhlalutyo
Umfazi oneminyaka ephakathi kunye neentombi ezimbini wafumana iindaba ezibuhlungu zokuba u-anti wakhe uRosamond wayesandula ukusweleka, xa ugqirha wakhe wangasese wangena endlwini kwaye wabona umzimba ongenayo wexhegokazi esitulweni sakhe, i-microphone, ezinye iikhasethi ezirekhodiweyo ngaphezulu. itafile encinci, yayiyinto awayeyibambe elugcinweni lwakhe, ingaba ushiye umyalezo? Ngosuku olusemva komngcwabo wakhe, uGil wafumana ibhotile yepilisi engenanto ngaphakathi kwindlu kaRosamond.
Kwangelo xesha, ufumanisa isiqwenga sephepha apho achaza khona iinkcukacha zokuba ushiye iikhasethi ezirekhodiweyo apho agqabaza khona ngeefoto ezingamashumi amabini zobomi bakhe kwaye ezi teyiphu kufuneka zisiwe ku-Imogen, a. umtshana lowo URosamond uyimfama. Ngombulelo kwezi nkcazo zithethiweyo uya kuba nakho ukwazi imbali eyinyani yakhe kunye nosapho lwakhe, nokuba izalamane zakhe zangoku zifihlile.
Umfanekiso ogqibeleleyo wenkulungwane yama-XNUMX eNgilani
Isishwankathelo
Abazange bavume ukwenza utyando lwentliziyo, isifo awayesiphethe, wayehlala yedwa kwindlu encinane eOxfordshire, watyelelwa kuphela ngugqirha wakhe, owayesiya phantse yonke imihla, uRosamond wayeneminyaka engamashumi asixhenxe anesithathu ubudala, yaye ngenye imini wayemtyelela. ugqirha wamfumana esitulweni sakhe eqinile kwaye ebanda okweqhekeza lomkhenkce.
Emva kokungcwatywa, umyolelo. U-Rosamond akazange atshate okanye abe nabantwana, umhlobo-okanye isithandwa-owayehlala naye iminyaka emininzi sele efile, kwaye ilifa lakhe kufuneka lahlulwe ngokulinganayo phakathi kweendlalifa ezintathu: isibini kwisithathu sikaGill noDavid, abantwana bakadadewabo, omnye u-Imogen. , umntu wasemzini.
Intombazana eneminyaka esixhenxe ubudala eblond, engaboni kakuhle, engaqhelekanga, enomtsalane, eyaphumelela ingqalelo yazo zonke iindwendwe ngaloo mini, kuba uGil yena phantse akaziwa, phantse iminyaka engamashumi amabini sele idlule emva kweso siganeko.
Kodwa xa uGill esiya kwindlu yomfazi ofileyo, ufumana elinye ilifa: iikhasethi ezininzi zeekhasethi uRosamond azibhalayo ngaphambi kokuba asweleke - okanye wazibulala - kunye nenqaku elixelela uGill ukuba iikhasethi zeze-Imogen, kwaye ukuba akamfumani. Makabaphulaphule.
Iifoto ezingamashumi amabini zilungelelaniswe njengephazili ye-paranormal, kwenye yezinto ezirekhodiweyo kwakumnandi ukubona ilizwi likaRosamond, irekhodi elijoliswe kumfazi oyimfama. UGil neentombi zakhe bachitha iinyanga kwaye ngaphandle kwempumelelo bezama ukufumana ibhinqa eliselula eliyimfama.
Ibalisa ibali loomama kunye neentombi ezihamba ukusuka kumashumi amane ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, izizukulwana ezithathu zabasetyhini ezidityaniswe ngumnqweno, ubutyala, inkohlakalo, ukunyaniseka kwemizwelo yabo ...
U-Imogen uyimfama. Yiyo loo nto iiteyiphu endaweni yeeleta, yiyo loo nto eyona ndlela ichanekileyo yeenkcazo zikaRosamond. Kwaye kukuba ukuxelela u-Imogen ibali lobomi bakhe; URosamond ukhetha iifoto ezingama-20 zamaxesha abalulekileyo ebomini bakhe.
Iinkcazo zichanekile kangangokuba unokuphantse ubone iifoto engqondweni yakho. I-landscape, ukuba isibhakabhaka sasinamafu okanye cha, imibala yendawo, izijekulo, indawo yabantu kwifoto. Siyakumema ukuba undwendwele inqaku kwi indlu yokuzisola njengoko ikwalibali elikhulu.
Isicatshulwa esincinci esivela kwincwadi
Musa ukulahlekelwa ngumbono kwaye ujonge amafu, kuya kubakho isaqhwithi, kwaye ukuba beza ngale ndlela ». U-Thea weva inkcazo (ngamaxesha onke, ndaqaphela ukuguquka kwemizwelo ngoko nangoko, ayizange iyeke ukundimangalisa indlela awayevakalelwa ngayo, indlela awayenovelwano ngayo kwiimvakalelo zabantu abadala), kwaye oko kwamkhokelela ekubeni aphande kwaye abuze: 'ubuhlungu??" “Ulusizi?” wabuza uRebecca, eguquka. Hayi andinamdla wemvula ehlotyeni. Nditsho ndiyithanda.
Yeyona mvula ndiyithandayo." “Imvula oyithandayo?” watsho uThea. Ndikhumbula ibunzi lakhe lithe chu xa wayezama ezo zivakalisi, waza wadanduluka. "Ke, eyam yimvula ngaphambi kokuba ine." URebecca wayihleka loo nto, kodwa ndathi (ngokunyelisa, ndiyaqikelela), "Kodwa sthandwa, ngaphambi kokuba iwe, akunjalo imvula?" Wathi uThea kum: "Yintoni ke?" Ndaza ndamchazela: “Kaloku, ngamanzi nje. Ukufuma emafini.»
UThea wajonga phantsi wazibiza kwakhona ukuba akhethe amatye engqalutye elunxwemeni; wabamba ababini waza waqalisa ukubabetha omnye komnye. Wagweba ukuba ingxolo kunye nemincili yayimkholisa. Ndaqhubeka ndathi: «Ngaba uyaqonda ukuba akukho mvula ngaphambi kokuba ine? Kufuneka iwe ukuze kube nemvula." Kwakulula ukuveza oku kwintombazana encinci; Ndaphantse ndazisola ngokuqalisa.
Kodwa kuyabonakala ukuba uThea akazange abe nangxaki yokufumana lo mbono; kunokuba ngenye indlela, kuba emva kwethuba wandijonga wanikina intloko ebonisa usizi, ngokungathi ngaphandle kokulwa nezo zinto kunye nesidenge wayephila ebeka umonde wakhe emvavanyo. “Ndiyazi ukuba ayikho,” watsho.
"Yiyo loo nto iyinto endiyithandayo. Kuba into akufuneki ibe yinyani ukuze wonwabe, akunjalo? Emva koko wabaleka esiya ngasemanzini encumile ngokucacileyo, evuya ukuba uye wabaleka ngenxa yengqiqo yakhe.