ʻO ka ʻāpana sociological o ka moʻolelo i hana ʻia ma Galgut e wehe i nā puka i nā mea ʻokoʻa o kahi ʻApelika Hema i loaʻa i nā ʻano ambiguities ma waena o nā lāhui a me nā ʻāina. Akā ma waho aʻe o kāna hoʻolālā hoʻonohonoho i ka ʻāina nui o ʻApelika Hema, ua hui pū ʻia kona ʻaha pili me kahi hana e pili ana i ka existential e hōʻike ana iā mākou me nā canvases paʻakikī o ke kanaka.
He ʻano hauʻoli i nā ʻano kikoʻī āpau e pili ana i ke ʻano o ke kanaka, mai kona manaʻo pili loa i ka lehulehu o nā ʻano ākea. ʻO nā kaulike a kēia haku o ka moʻolelo o kēia manawa e huki me ka wikiwiki o ka mea hiki ke lilo i makana no ka haʻi ʻana i nā moʻolelo intra-moʻolelo i hiki ke hoʻonui ʻia i kekahi pōʻaiapili ʻē aʻe.
Ka kikoʻī a me ke ao holoʻokoʻa. ʻIke ʻia ka Microcosm ma lalo o nā manaʻo like ʻole ma muli o ke kiko āna e kuhikuhi ai iā mākou e like me ka mea pena i mua o kāna hana nui. Loaʻa mau ʻo Galgut i kēlā wahi o ka transcendence o ka moʻolelo ma ke ʻano he hōʻike ʻoiaʻiʻo o ke kanaka. ʻO kahi hana o nā ʻumi makahiki e piʻi mālie i kona kiʻekiʻe.
ʻO 3 mau puke i manaʻo ʻia e Damon Galgut
Ka ʻōlelo hoʻohiki
Ua hala nā ʻōlelo me ka makani. mau. ʻO ka hilinaʻi a me ka manaʻoʻiʻo i ka mea i ʻae ʻia me ka ʻole o kāna kākoʻo pepa kūpono ke kauo iā mākou i nā ʻaiʻē hiki ʻole ke uku ʻia ma lalo o nā manaʻo ʻē aʻe no kēlā me kēia manawa hou o ka hoʻokō ʻole.
He ʻohana keʻokeʻo ka Swarts i noho no nā hanauna ma kahi mahiʻai ma waho o Pretoria, ʻApelika Hema. Ma hope o ka make ʻana o ka makuahine, ʻākoakoa nā mea a pau no ka hoʻolewa ma ka home ʻohana. Ua hōʻole ʻo Amor lāua ʻo Anton, ʻelua o kāna mau keiki, i ka mea a ka ʻohana e hōʻike nei a mai poina i ka ʻōlelo hoʻohiki a ko lāua makuakāne i hana ai i ko lāua makuahine ma mua koke o kona make ʻana: ʻo Salome, ka wahine ʻeleʻele nāna i hana no lāua i kona ola a pau a nāna i lawe. mālama iā ia i kona mau lā hope, hiki iā ia ke mālama i ka hale liʻiliʻi āna i noho mau ai. Akā, ke hala nei ka manawa a ʻaʻole i hoʻokō ʻia ka ʻōlelo hoʻohiki.
Ua hahai ka moʻolelo i nā kapuaʻi o nā Swarts ma mua o ʻekolu mau makahiki; Ma o ka ʻimi kikoʻī ʻana o nā ʻohana a me kā lākou mau paio, haʻi pū ʻo Galgut iā mākou e pili ana i nā loli politika a me ka pilikanaka ma ka ʻāina ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ka hoʻokaʻawale lāhui.
ʻO ka Promise, kahi moʻolelo kumu mua a neʻe i lanakila i ka 2021 Booker Prize, ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea kākau moʻolelo nui ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekania o nā makahiki i hala.
Ke kauka maikaʻi
Me he mea lā ʻaʻohe kumu no nā maʻi endemic i laha i nā hanauna. ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia ka huhū i kahi kano a i ʻole ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Hiki mai ke kauka maikaʻi me nā ʻuhane hou. Hiki ke hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ka manawa e ʻike ʻole ai i nā hoʻonā kupanaha ...
Ke hōʻea ʻo Laurence Water i kahi haukapila kuaʻāina e lawe i kāna hana, kānalua koke ʻo Frank. ʻO Laurence ke kū'ē iā Frank: ʻōpio, manaʻolana a me nā papahana he nui. A laila, ulu aʻe ka pilina ma waena o lākou. ʻO ke koena o nā limahana e nānā iā Laurence me ka hui pū ʻana o ka mahalo, ka makaʻu a me ka hilinaʻi.
ʻO ka poʻe ma waho o ka haukapila ke alo pū nei me nā poʻe hou a me nā poʻe i noho ma laila i ka wā i hala. a noho iho la ko lakou haku ino, he kanaka a Frank i ike loihi ai, a aohe ona makemake e halawai pu me ia. Makemake ʻo Laurence e kōkua iā ia, akā i loko o kahi honua kahi i koi ai ka wā i hala i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana no kēia manawa, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻomanawanui i kāna idealism maikaʻi ʻole.
Ka mea hoʻopunipuni
ʻAʻohe mea ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka noho ʻana i ka mea ʻole o ka mea hiki ʻole ke loaʻa. Makemake paha ka haku mele no ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana e kākau i kāna mau pauku maopopo loa. Akā i kēia manawa, hiki i ka inertia ke alakaʻi i ka make ...
ʻO Adam Naiper, he kanaka keʻokeʻo waena, ke hele nei i kahi ʻano paʻakikī: ua nalowale kāna ʻoihana, ua haki kāna male ʻana a manaʻo ʻo ia he mau ka hōʻino i kona ola. ʻO ka holo ʻana mai nā mea āpau, akā ʻoi aku ka nui iā ia iho, ua hūnā ʻo ia i loko o kahi hale liʻiliʻi kokoke i ka wao nahele ʻo Karoo no kona kaikaina ʻo Gavin, kahi mea hoʻomohala waiwai waiwai e hōʻike ana i ka ʻApelika Hema hou. Manaʻo ʻo ia e hoʻomaka i kahi ola hou, hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kāna ʻoihana mele, āna i haʻalele ai i iwakālua makahiki i hala; aka, ua hoopiliia ke ola o Adamu he lewa hoopilikia.
I kekahi lā ua hālāwai ʻo ia me kekahi hoa kula kahiko, ʻo Canning, ʻaʻole ʻo ia e hoʻomanaʻo. ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu, hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hele pinepine i ka hale o kāna hoaaloha kahiko, ka hoʻoilina i kahi waiwai nui a nona kahi mālama mālama, ʻo Gondwana, āna i manaʻo ai e hoʻololi i kahi papa kolepa. No ka hana ʻana i kēia, pono ʻoe e kiʻi i nā luna hoʻopunipuni a hana pū me nā gangsters.
Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Napier me ka ʻike ʻole iā ia iho i loko o ka hoʻolālā hewa a kāna hoaaloha a hoʻolei ʻia i loko o nā lima o kāna wahine enigmatic a me kāna wahine ʻo Baby. ʻO ka Impostor ka hakakā ʻana o ke kanaka e ʻike iā ia iho i loko o kahi honua i hoʻoluliluli ʻia e ka loli nui o ka nohona a me ka politika; he honua lokoino a me ka claustrophobic, kahi e makaʻala mau ai ka manaʻo, ka wahine a me ka make i nā kiʻi.
