Ukuba ngenene uthando lelona gama lokwenyani leTowles, ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo abazali balo mbhali umangalisayo babekwinqanaba lomtshangatshangiso xa bakhetha ukumbiza njalo. Kodwa okokugqibela, amagama awodwa ahlala esiza xa umntu efuna ukuzithetha kwinto efana nokubhala. Kudala waziwa umbhali Uthando TowlesAwusayi kumlibala.
Siyikhumbula nangakumbi, siqhula ecaleni, kuba iiTowles sele ingomnye wabona bathengisi babalaseleyo kwinyani, ukusuka kukwahlulahlula kunye nokushenxisa ukuba kuthi nje ukuba kubekwe iintsomi zembali ngokungathi isondela kwisithuba esiphakathi kokubonga okusenyongweni kunye nokubakho kumandla okutsala abalinganiswa kunye nehlabathi labo langaphakathi.
Umbuzo ulungelelwano, incasa okanye ukubanakho ukushwankathela ubuhle bendalo kunye nobomi bangaphakathi babalinganiswa. Kukho abo kunzima ukufumana kwaye baphumelele ukuphumelela, umzekelo, ngokubhekisele kwinoveli yembali yokuchazwa okulula. Okanye ngubani ongabhaliswanga ngokufanelekileyo kwityala elinye kwaye agqibe ukubhala iyelenqe elingahambelani nangayiphi na indlela kumgca wakhe wexesha.
I-Amor Towles iyakwazi ukuhambisa ngokudodobala kwayo, isingqisho sayo kunye neenkcukacha ezixabisekileyo (phantse zihlala zihlangula ezona zimbi zomzuzu ngamnye), ukuba ubuntu obujolise phezulu kodwa bufikelela kuvelwano olubalulekileyo lomfundi ofuna ukuhlala kolunye ulusu.
Iinoveli eziphakanyisiweyo eziphezulu zeAmor Towles
Inene eMoscow
Iitawuli zazilixhoba laloo nto ifundisayo kunye nombono wamashumi asibhozo ehlabathi elijamelene nokugqwetha kwemfazwe ebandayo eyalelwa eMoscow enomkhenkce. Ngokuqinisekileyo eli bali eliye lathandwa ngabafundi kwihlabathi liphela kukuziphindezela kweembono ezihanjiswe ngumhlaba, ulwandle kunye nomoya, ukusuka kwiindaba ukuya kwingcinga efakwe ngentsomi.
Ibhalwe ngobuhle obukhulu kunye noburharha obufudumeleyo, le inoveli ikhethekileyo ithetha ngamandla ethu angenakuphela okumelana namashwa obukho.
Ugwetyelwe ukufa yiBolsheviks ngo-1922, u-Count Aleksandr Ilyich Rostov usinda kwisiphelo sakhe esibuhlungu ngenguquko engaqhelekanga yelishwa. Enkosi kumbongo wokubhukuqa owabhalwa kwiminyaka elishumi eyadlulayo, ikomiti yotshintsho-lwenyani isohlwayo esingaphezulu kwesokubanjwa kwendlu okungazange kubonwe. kwaye urhulumente omtsha sele ezimisele ukuwutshabalalisa.
Eli bali linomdla lisisiseko senoveli yesibini ye-Amor Towles, ethi emva kokufumana indumiso engenakubalwa Imigaqo yokubonisa imbeko, Umsebenzi wakhe wokuqala, udityanisiwe njengomnye wababhali baseMelika abanomdla okwangoku.
U-Erudite, ococekileyo kunye no-chivalrous, uRostov ngumthengi oqhelekileyo we-Metropol eyingqungquthela, ehlala kumgama omfutshane ukusuka kwi-Kremlin naseBolshoi. Ngaphandle komsebenzi owaziwayo nangona bekwiminyaka yamashumi amathathu, uzinikele kuye ngenzondelelo yokwenene kulonwabo lokufunda kunye nokutya okumnandi.
Ngoku, kwesi sikhundla sitsha nesinyanzelekileyo, uyakwakha ukubonakala kwesiqhelo ngokuqhagamshelana ngokweemvakalelo nabanye babalinganiswa behotele abahlukeneyo, nto leyo eya kumvumela ukuba afumane iimfihlo ezimnandi ezigcinwa ngamagumbi akhe. Yiyo ke loo nto, ngaphezulu kweminyaka engamashumi amathathu, ukubalwa kwakhe kuya kubona ukuba ubomi bakhe bugqityiwe ngaphaya kweefestile ezinkulu zeMetropol ngelixa elinye lawona maxesha obunzima kweli lizwe liqhubeka phesheya.
uhola wendlela uLincoln
Kuba umba wohambo lokuqalisa umalunga, akukho nto ingcono kunokuqwalasela uhambo ngohola wendlela wokuqala ukuwela iUnited States ukusuka kunxweme ukuya elunxwemeni. Ngenxa yokuba i-Route 66, umama wendlela yase-United States, yeza kamva kwaye namhlanje inxulumene nohambo lwabakhenkethi, abantu abakhanyiselwe ekufuneni amava kunye nezinye i-ilk zabahambi abangaqhelekanga. Uhola wendlela iLincoln yenye into, engathandwa kangako kodwa iyinyani kuba indima ephambili ithathwa ngabangama-66.
Ngoko sinokulindela ukunyaniseka, ukukhangela okupheleleyo kohambo njengesiseko esibalulekileyo. Kwaye kunjalo kule ngqungquthela. Ibali elikhulu malunga nohambo lokuqala lwabantu abane abasebancinci betyhutyha intliziyo yase-United States ngexesha leshumi leminyaka yamashumi amahlanu.
Ixelelwe kwimibono emininzi kwaye izaliswe ngabantu abahlukeneyo abalinganiswa bemagnethi, ukusuka kwiibhum ezihlala kwiireyile ukuya kwi-Upper East Side i-Aristocrats, uhola wendlela uLincoln Yinoveli eyothusayo yeendibano kunye nokungavisisani, utshintsho oluzenzekelayo ukusuka ebutsheni ukuya ebuntwini obukhulu.
Imigaqo yokubonisa imbeko
Amasango ezulu avuleka ngequbuliso kubabhali abathe baphuma bengaveli ndawo, kolo hlobo lwengqumbo luhlala ngababhali abakhathazekileyo. Ngeli bali, iAmor Towles yaduduma emasangweni ezulu de yaphuka. Yayibubuchule obungaqhelekanga bokuphinda ubuye yonke into, ukuvuselela iindlela kunye nemithombo yamaxesha kwimbali yethu enqunyanyisiweyo ngexesha elinde ukubanjwa komlingo ukuze kubuyiselwe ubomi kubo bonke ubungangamsha bawo nakuwo wonke umahluko wawo.
Umrhumo odlamkileyo ukuya koo-XNUMX eNew York. Ngengxoxo ebukhali njengemikhonto kunye nokubetha okunamandla, Imigaqo yokubonisa imbeko isixelela ngokufunda kwebhinqa eliselula elinamabhongo elisokolayo ukuhlala kwisixeko sobuso obuwaka, ihlathi apho amathuba angcono ahlala khona nezilingo kunye neengozi ezingapheliyo.
Kwi-New Year Eve ngo-1937, uKatey Kontent, ochwetheza kwinkampani yamagqwetha yaseWall Street, kunye no-Eve Ross, odla umhlala-phantsi, baphuma bekulungele ukusebenzisa eyona nkululeko izithembiso zaseNew York. Bahamba baya kwiHotspot, ibha yomqolo wesithathu apho bathatha i-jazz ngokungathandabuzekiyo kangangokuba kungabikho mntu ukhathaza amantombazana amabini amhle, kwaye apho igin ibiza ixabiso elincinci ukusela imartini eyomileyo iyure nganye.
Xa iidola ezintathu ababeziphethe zisetyenzisiwe, uTheodore Tinker Grey, injana encinci ye-New England aristocracy, uvela enkundleni, edlala ngoncumo olubi kunye nengubo uKatey no-Eve abangenakukwazi ukuyifumana ngomvuzo wabo wonyaka. Ngokudibeneyo baya kugqiba ukubhiyozela ukufika konyaka omtsha eTimes Square, ngobusuku obuza kuphawula ukuqala kobuhlobo obuza kuguqula ubomi babo.
Eli thuba lokuhlangana liya kunika uKatey ukufikelela kwizangqa zoluntu lwaseNew York, apho, ngenxa yobukhali bakhe, imithambo yentsimbi kunye nengqondo yakhe, uya kuba nakho ukumvulela iingcango ezininzi. Nangona kunjalo, ebhaptizwe kwindalo eqaqambileyo, umhlaba ongenabuntu nongcolileyo onabalinganiswa abanemvelaphi ethandabuzekayo, uKatey kuya kufuneka afumanise imigaqo yomdlalo ukuze avumelane nemiceli mngeni yesixeko esikhulu.
