Imisebenzi emikhulu ayinakonakala. I-Country Girls Trilogy idlula ekupapashweni kwayo okokuqala ngo-1960 ukuya namhlanje ngobunzulu obufanayo kunye nokunyaniseka.
Imalunga nomntu, malunga nobuhlobo, malunga nembono yabasetyhini behlabathi, kunye nemiqobo yalo kwaye kutheni kungenjalo, kunye namaxesha alo obuqaqawuli.
U-Kate noBaba ngabahlobo ababini abaye babelana ngayo yonke into ukususela ebuntwaneni, ngaloo mvakalelo yokuzaliseka okuza kunye nenyaniso yokuqhubela phambili kwindlela yokuphila engeyiyo eyakhiweyo, ezaliswe yimvakalelo yokuqala yomntu kwindawo esisiseko njenge Amaphandle ase-Ireland, i-terroir ecinezelayo kubo kodwa ekwaphumeza loo mvakalelo yokudityaniswa okuyimfuneko kwemiphefumlo emibini ekusindeni.
I-autobiographical tint yomsebenzi ayinakungahoywa, kunye nefuthe elibi kulo mhlaba endibhekiselele kuwo ngaphambili. UbuKatolika obumnyama obagqubayo kwezo nxalenye abuzange buthabathe nantoni na ngokufanelekileyo ukugxekwa okuqatha ngokwembono yoncwadi, kwimifanekiso nemiqondiso.
Kuba uKate noBaba babalisa ngesidingo sabo sokubaleka kule ntolongo ivulekileyo. Bona, njengabasetyhini, basebenzise ithuba lokuxhasana ukuze bafune i-horizons entsha ngaphaya kweentsuku ezingapheliyo zokukhunjulwa kweyona ndawo inzulu yelizwe laseIreland.
IDublin yayingengomhlaba wesithembiso ababenokucinga ngawo. ELondon kuphela apho bafumana amakrotyana enkululeko, nangona imitshato yabo kwiminyaka kamva yavelisa imvakalelo efanayo yokunganeliseki ngendima yabo njengabafazi abatshatileyo.
Ihlabathi libonakala liyincwadi evaliweyo kaKate noBaba, ingxabano yobomi babo ezotywe kwimigca ehleliweyo ngaphandle kwamanqaku omda okanye nayiphi na idrafti. Kodwa zombini ezo zinto zimbini aziyi kuncama ubomi.
Lonwabela uthando kunye neminqweno yakho, yamkele intlungu njengenxalenye yomzabalazo wenkululeko ...
UKate noBaba, xa sele bekhulile, baya kukwazi ukuba bakulungele ukwenza nabuphi na ubomi obunye obunye. Umtshato, abantwana, imvakalelo edabukisayo yokuba ukuthanda ukubakho kukubanjwa kokuqwalaselwa kobufazi njengento encedisayo.
Uncwadi ngobuninzi obunenjongo yokuziphindezela. U-O'Brien watsibela kwibala loncwadi ngeminyaka yoo-60 ngeli bali libalulekileyo elathi, nangona mathidala, landiswa kumacandelo amabini alandelayo enza umthamo. Kwaye ngaphaya kwentando yokubanga isithuba esihlala sikhatywa, u-O'Brien wayekwazi ukubhala iinoveli ezinkulu ezinoburharha njenge-placebo ethomalalisayo yokudana. Ibali elizele luluntu, ubuhlobo bokwenyani kunye nabalinganiswa abatsala umdla ngokupheleleyo.
Ngoku ungathenga Country Girls Trilogy, incwadi enkulu UEdna O'Brien, Apha: