Iincwadi ezi-3 ezilungileyo zikaMario Mendoza

I-plethora yangoku yababhali baseColombia yenye yezona zinto zixhaphakileyo kwaye zamkelwe kulwimi lwaseSpain. Umcimbi unokunxulunyaniswa nempumelelo yehlabathi UGabriel García Márquez Ukusebenza njengenkuthazo kwizizukulwana ezitsha zamabali. Kodwa ekugqibeleni, ukubhala kungumba wokubonakala okuzenzekelayo, okwenzeka okwethutyana phakathi kwemiphefumlo engenakuphumla efuna ukubalisa amabali.

Kwaye ke sifumana iipenisi ezihlaziyiweyo nezizihlaziyayo ezidlula ezandleni ze UWilliam Ospina, UFernando Vallejo obambe umfanekiso, UJuan Gabriel Vasquez, UJorge Franco o ULaura Restrepo. Kude kube kufikelela kwi UMario mendoza ijolise kwingxelo yakhe ethile yasezidolophini ekhokelela kwinqanawa exuba isixeko nemiphefumlo yaso.

Ngokukodwa iBogotá kunye nabantu bayo njengemvelaphi ephambili ebalisayo apho indawo kunye nolwakhiwo luphela lufika kwizibuko lobuntu, kwezentlalo kunye nakwi-anthropological ukuba iinoveli ezintle zidlulisa ngokuzama kombhali onje ngoMendoza.

Kodwa ayisiyiyo yokuba uMendoza ngumbhali ugxile kwinto yokwenyani eyenziwe phantse yimbali yendawo kunye nexesha. Ekugqibeleni iBogotá iphantse yahlala inqanaba lilungelelaniswe nohlobo oludlalayo. Kungenxa yokuba umahluko kukungcamla kunye nobuchule obungakumbi. Iinoveli ezimnyama, iimfihlakalo, iihambo ezinemvelaphi. IMendoza isuntswana layo yonke into nayo yonke into elungileyo.

Iincwadana ezi-3 eziphezulu ezicetyiswayo nguMario Mendoza

NguSathana

Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo uCampo Elías Delgado wayeza kuva ubunzima Ukujongwa kweewadi ezingamawaka, ukujonga okwewaka leemitha, leyo inqumle umhlaba wokwenene ukuya kwindawo emnyama apho umbono wakhe wokwenene ulahlekile. Apho phakathi kwegazi elibomvu lomlo, eliqaqanjiswe kukudanyazwa kwezixhobo zomlilo kwaye loyikiswa kukubona abafileyo kuyo yonke indawo.

Njengobubi njengoko kufanelekile ukuba ungene enzonzobileni yabantu, okanye endaweni yoko ube ngumntu. Akukho mntu ubize uCampo Elías Delgado kwiMfazwe yaseVietnam kwaye akukho mntu bekufanele ukuba uthethile naye malunga nendlela yokusebenzisa isixhobo sakhe sele kude ngaphambili. Kodwa ngokuchanekileyo ukujonga okulahlekileyo kuhlala kuhamba nelizwi elikhokelela kwimpambano.

Umbuzo ukule noveli ukutshintsha ukugxila, ukulandelela iindlela ngaphambi nasemva kwentlekele. Iziphumo zezona zinto zakha zenzeka ezibangela ukuba siqhubeke nesigwebo sethu nayo yonke into ngaphandle kokuvala.

Umfazi omhle nongenabuchule obaphanga ngobuchule abaphathi abaphezulu, ipeyinti ehlala imikhosi engaqondakaliyo, kunye nombingeleli ojamelene netyala lokuphathwa ziidemon eLa Candelaria.

Amabali athi, njengoko nditshilo, alukiwe ajikeleze lawo kaCampo Elías, igorha lemfazwe, oqala ukwehla kwakhe esihogweni ekhathalelwe bubumbano phakathi kokulungileyo nokubi, phakathi kukaJekyll noHyde, kwaye uya kuba ngumtshabalalisi weengelosi.

Coven

Ngendima ephambili kaFrank Molina, owayekhe waba sisibonelelo esibalulekileyo kwiziqendu zakhe, umbhali wasinika enye yeenoveli zakhe eziphambili.

Uninzi lwabanye ababhali badibanisa "emva kwemini yozuko" lwabaphandi babo okanye amapolisa aselusizini anexesha elimnyama, bebhala amacebo ahlukeneyo alayishwe ngasemva komntu ophambili emsebenzini. UMendoza ufuna ukunika ulawulo lwenoveli yakhe kuFrank Molina kwelona xesha lakhe libi. Utata-umbhali ongalunganga odibana nomntu ongalunganga ophambukayo kunye nengxelo yakhe.

UFrank Molina, enxilile, ebhodweni kunye nesigulana sengqondo, ubambekile kwi-akhawunti yakhe yokuqokelela xa amapolisa embiza ukuba abacebise ngokubulala okungaqhelekanga okwenzeka kwindawo yaseSanta Fe.

UJack umlingisi weRipper ungene emanzini egazi kwaye ubulala oonongogo ngaphandle kokucinga. Njengoko uMolina elandela imikhondo ukusuka kwelinye icala lekomkhulu ukuya kwelinye ukufumana isaphuli-mthetho, amanyathelo akhe adibana nalawo omcebisayo, umbingeleli ehlaselwa zizinto azifihlayo ebutsheni bakhe. Kwaye emazantsi alo mzobo weGothic weso sixeko, umzobi omncinci ufumanisa ukuba akangomculi, kodwa ungumthakathi oxabisa amandla ookhokho.

Ukuphela kwidayari yehlabathi

Enye yeenoveli zombhali wesinyithi kwimbono yayo ebaluleke kakhulu yeenjongo zombhali, ngobume bakhe obuzinikele ekuthumeleni umbono wehlabathi abanye abaya kuthi kamva babamkele kwingcinga yabo, benze yonke into ngomlingo.

Umbhali uMario Mendoza ufumana umyalezo ovela kumhlobo wakudala wasekholejini: uDaniel Klein. Phakathi kwabo babini baya kuvusa ulutsha olunamandla apho babelane ngothando lomfazi omnye: UCarmen Andreu. Ubomi obungaqhelekanga bukaCarmen, ukukhotyokiswa kweziyobisi, ukuhlala kwakhe kwihlelo lenkolo, ukuzulazula kwakhe njengomfoti welizwe lasentlango, imisebenzi yakhe eyimfihlo njengomzekelo wemifanekiso bhanyabhanya engamanyala, kuya kuba nzima kakhulu kubo bobabini uDaniel noMario ukuba bafane.

Ngexesha elithile kwingxelo, uDaniel ucela uMario ukuba amncede alandele emanyathelweni kayise, umJamani oye wahlala e-camouflaged eBogotá ezama ukutsala ingqalelo. Uphando luza kubakhokelela bobabini kwixesha elibi nelibi: ukuthuthunjiswa, ukubulawa kwabantu, amasiko enkolo okuhambisa amanqanaba amandla, uvavanyo lwe-macabre phakathi kwemfazwe.

Ekugqibeleni, umcuphi uFrank Molina, ovela kwiinoveli ezifana ne-Lady Masacre kunye neLa melancolía de los feos, uya kufumana, emva kokumlandela iintsuku ezininzi kumbindi we-Bogotá, kwi-alley efihliweyo, olu hlobo lwe-vampire egwenxa kunye nobugebengu. Amanye amanqaku e-apocalyptic kwincwadi yamanqaku avala le noveli ejonge ukucacisa ixesha lethu kunye nokulindela ixesha eloyikekayo elizayo.

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