El ukusondelana njengohlobo lwemibhalo olutholayo U-Alice Mcdermott umqondo ocacile wokudlula cishe kwefilosofi. Ngoba kulokho kubuka ngemuva kwembobo noma ngamawindi, lapho amakhethini evulekile ngokunganaki, sithola ukukhanya kwangempela kwempilo yansuku zonke.
Kusukela eminyango kuya ngaphakathi, yilowo nalowo uthatha okuyikho modus vivendi. Phakathi kombono wakhe womhlaba, ukuqina, ukusinda lapho edlala noma okujwayelekile, okukhomba ukuhamba kwesikhathi okuhamba kancane okwamanje futhi okunamandla ekubukekeni kwawo okujwayelekile.
Izimpande zombhali zase-Ireland zisebenzela ukuthuthukisa isimo esithile ngaphakathi ukuthi iNew York ithambekele ekubeni nemibono engafani, kodwa futhi nasekuthuthukisweni kwendawo yonke ezimele. Ngakho-ke amacebo ayo asivulela umhlaba wamandla wokulutha okuluthayo. Imihlaba ebamba ngaleyo nkathi elandisayo eyenza nsuku zonke ibe yigugu; lokho kuchichima ubuntu obusondele kakhulu ezinyaweni zethu ukuze sigcine ngokuhlala emizimbeni yabanye abantu.
Amanoveli anconyiwe aphezulu amathathu ngu-Alice McDermott
Umuntu othile
Ithemba elihle kakhulu lezindaba zikaMcDermott. Inoveli elayishwe lelo phunga lenjabulo nayo eshiya ukuvuka kwayo komunyu. Nginelukuluku lokuthi kufanele kube kusukela ekugugeni, kanye nekhefu layo, lapho kutholakala ukungaqiniseki kwenjabulo, kunqotshwa naphezu kwakho konke.
Impilo, nokuthokoza kwayo okuncane nezikhathi zayo zenjabulo, kepha futhi nokudabuka kwayo nokuphazamisa amahla-ndinyuka, kuyisihloko sale noveli engavamile. Izinkumbulo ezibonakala zihlakazekile futhi ziphazamisekile zikaMarie Commeford, umlingisi oyinhloko nomlandisi wale ndaba, waseNew Yorker odabuka e-Ireland, usisonga ngewebhu yesicabucabu engabonakali lapho ubuntwana, ukuvuswa kwezocansi, uthando lokuqala, ukuba ngumama, ukwakheka komndeni nokwadala ubudala.
Ekulandiseni kwakhe, okuthatha iminyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa yokuphila eBrooklyn, izigcawu zihlangana ngokukhanya okumangazayo kanye nemvelo, kuguqula okwakubonakala kuyimpilo njengabanye abaningi kube okuthokozisayo. Inoveli esivumelanisa nokuphoxeka kwansuku zonke nokukhohlisa, nezidingo ezincane zokuphila ezivame ukusilawula futhi zisibeke esimweni, futhi lokho kuqinisekisa u-Alice McDermott (owazuza umklomelo weNational Book Award kanye nowamanqamu amabili kaPulitzer) njengomunye wabavelele kakhulu ababhali besikhathi samanje baseMelika.
Indoda ebukekayo
Awukho omunye umbuthano womndeni obaluleke njengomngcwabo. Eminye imikhosi edlulayo enezenzisa zaphakade. Awukho umshado, asikho isimemezelo sosuku lokuzalwa noma sokukhulelwa esithwala ukubaluleka komhlangano omakwe ukuphela, ngegebe kanye nokungabi nalutho kwawo.
UBilly Lynch usanda kushona. Kepha, enkumbulweni yomndeni wakhe nabangane, usaphila kakhulu kunakuqala. Ngemuva komngcwabo wemvula, ezingxoxweni eziphansi ezizwakalayo ezaqhubeka ngalolo suku, wonke umuntu uyavuma ukuthi uBilly wayekade engumfana omkhulu, okungenani ezikhathini eziya ziba nzima kakhulu lapho esangulukile.
Kepha akekho ofuna ukukhumbula lokho ngoba, ekujuleni kwenhliziyo, bayaqonda ukuthi uBilly wathwala impilo yakhe yonke ngokufa ngaphambi kwesikhathi kuka-Eva, ingoduso yakhe yase-Ireland. Kamuva, wayezohlangana nomuntu onomusa, ashiye phansi futhi aqonde njalo uMaeve, umfelokazi wakhe wamanje.
Ihora lesishiyagalolunye
Ushintsho olukhulu kakhulu lwesizukulwane yilo baba onquma ukuhamba ngaphambi kokuba indodana yakhe ifike kulo mhlaba. Esinye salezo zinqumo eziqinile neziphazamisayo ezisenza sicabange ngabo bonke ubuhlungu umphefumulo womuntu ongabuthwala. Kodwa kuhlale kubi kakhulu kulabo abasalayo.
Ntambama emnyama ebusika ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-XNUMX eBrooklyn, umuntu osemusha wase-Ireland osanda kuxoshwa uqinisekisa umkakhe, osezobeletha, ukuthi ayothenga. Uma eyedwa efulethini, uvulela uphethiloli azibulale. UDade St Saviour, indela yasesigodlweni esiseduzane, nguyena ozosiza u-Annie, umfelokazi ompofu, ukuba akhe kabusha impilo yakhe.
U-Annie uzosebenza iminyaka eminingi e-ironer endaweni yokuwasha izindela. Indodakazi yakhe uSally, umlingiswa oyiqiniso wendaba, uzokhula phakathi kwezinqwaba zezingubo ezimhlophe nokuhaywa njalo kwensimbi kepha, lapho kufika isikhathi, kufanele azikhethele indlela yakhe empilweni.
Ihora lesishiyagalolunye iyinoveli enhle, ejulile ngabantu, mayelana nokuxolela, ukuphana nokukhohlwa. Ngale ndaba edlula ezizukulwaneni ezintathu zendawo encane yaseBrooklyn, u-Alice McDermott uphinde afakazele ukuthi ungomunye wabalobi baseMelika abasebenza kakhulu.
