Singena endaweni yonke Ali smith. Umbalisi owaziwa kakhulu eBritish Isles kanye nasemhlabeni we-Anglo-Saxon njengomunye wababhali abakhulu bamanje. Ukufika kwakhe eSpain kwenzeka ngokungahambi kahle kwababhali abangaqedi ukufinyelela emphakathini jikelele wokufunda ngaphesheya kwezilwandle zolimi lwabo. Kepha njengakwezinye izikhathi eziningi, lokhu akuhlangene nekhwalithi yesiphakamiso sokulandisa.
Kuze kube nge ukuhlanganiswa kwayo kweminye yemisebenzi ake sithi ngokwesifaniso sonyaka bekusiwina sonke. Amanoveli amane esizini ngayinye (anesiqalo ku-languor yasekwindla esebenza njengeseyili engenalutho ehehayo), abuyela ekuphileni, ukuba khona, amadrayivu, isifiso somuntu nakho konke okuphawula ukudlula kwethu nganoma iyiphi indlela. emhlabeni jikelele.
Ngakho-ke u-Ali Smith angavele ahlale etafuleni lalowo omunye umbhali omkhulu waseScotland njengoba enjalo U-Ian Rankin.
Amanoveli anconyiwe aphezulu amathathu ngu-Ali Smith
I-Otoño
Izivumelwano, izivumelwano maqondana nokufezeka kokuhleleka ezinxushunxushwini. Isizathu esikwazi ukumisa, sicishe sidwebe, senze okubonakalayo okungabonakali, kusuka emingceleni kuye eminyakeni noma ezikhathini zonyaka.
Umjikelezo wokuzungeza kweplanethi olahlekile endaweni yonke nokuzungeza kwawo okumangalisayo ngokuphazima kweso njengawo wonke umumo wendlela yokuphila egwetshelwe ukunyamalala maduze noma kamuva. Akuwona lawo mafilosofi aseNkwindla, kodwa adonsela esimeni esinqunyiwe seqiniso lethu ukuhlukanisa izincazelo ezibalulekile zesintu. Ngemva kwalokho, ukungqubuzana nalokho okuyikho abantu abaningi kuvusa imizwa eseduze nemibono ejulile. Futhi ngokuphambene, umuzwa omlingo wokuzithola sibhekene nohlobo lwenganekwane efanayo, kusukela ku-prism ejulile kanye nokwehlukaniswa komuntu kwabalingisi.
Inoveli yokuqala yeQuartet Yonyaka ethengiswa kakhulu ka-Ali Smith iwukuzindla ngezwe elinciphayo nelikhethekile, ngengcebo nenani, ngokuthi kusho ukuthini isivuno. Isitolimende sokuqala se-quartet yakhe yesizini: izincwadi ezine ezizimele, ezihlukene kodwa ezixhumene futhi ezinomjikelezo (njengezinkathi zonyaka); futhi kusenza sicabange ngesikhathi ngokwaso. Mayelana NATHI? Sakhiwe ngani? Lena inoveli emayelana nokuguga nesikhathi nothando kanye nezindaba ngokwazo.
invierno
Kutuswa endabeni yalo msebenzi ukuba uzicwilise esigqini nasekuhleleni okunqunyiwe, kulowo mjikelezo wemvelo ohlephula ngokuqondile lokho esiyikho, izinqubo zengqondo ezisiqondisayo, izinkanuko eziqondiswe kabusha kanye nesikhathi sethu sokulahlekelwa nokuphelelwa ithemba. I-Emergency vitalism ukuze usinde enhlekeleleni.
Ubusika? Bleak. Umoya omubi, umhlaba njengensimbi, amanzi njengetshe, kusho ingoma endala. Izinsuku ezimfushane kakhulu, ubusuku obude kakhulu. Izihlahla ziyize futhi ziyaqhaqhazela. Amaqabunga ehlobo? Udoti ofile. Umhlaba uyancipha; ubisi luyacwila. Kepha ubusika benza izinto zibonakale. Futhi uma kuneqhwa, kuzoba khona umlilo.
Ebusika buka-Ali Smith, amandla okuphila aqondana nesikhathi sonyaka esinzima kunazo zonke. Kule noveli yesibili evela kwi-Seasonal Quartet yakhe ehlonishwayo, ukuqhubeka kwe-Autumn yakhe evusa amadlingozi (i-Premi Llibreter 2019), i-quartet ka-Smith yokushintsha amanoveli iveza ukubukeka okulula esikhathini se-post-iqiniso esibuhlungu ngendaba egxile emlandweni, inkumbulo nokufudumala, i-taproot ekujuleni kwezitshalo ezivuthiwe: ubuciko, uthando, ukuhleka.
Ihhotela Lomhlaba
Ukushiya kancane ubulembu besicabucabu obelukiwe ngumlobi kumanoveli akhe wonyaka, kuleli hhotela sithola indawo yokuthula engajwayelekile lelo hhotela elihlala likhona. Ngoba ayikwazi ukuthokomala njengekhaya kepha iphephe ezingozini ezifanayo zomgwaqo. Futhi nenkonzo yasekamelweni, uma kungabikho isithandwa esinomusa, bangahlala bekulethela ibhulakufesi embhedeni.
Kepha okuhle kakhulu ngamahhotela ukuthi sonke siyazi ukuthi okuthile okuthokozisayo, okungathandeki, okuthile okuphazamisayo kuhlale kwenzeka kwelinye lamasudi abo, eduze kwesihambi esilahlekile, isihlabani sedwala ebesikade sisendleleni, abathandi abangaziwa noma izigebengu zababaleki ...
Abesifazane abahlanu: abane bayaphila, abathathu abafokazi, ababili ngabodadewabo, oyedwa ushonile. Futhi bonke badlule ehhotela ngesikhathi esithile. Ihhotela Lomhlaba usamukela ngobusuku bempilo yabo. Amathemba abo nokudumazeka kwabo kuhamba emaphaseji, bavikelekile enkumbulweni yaleyo ndawo. Ngamunye owela izindlela nabanye ngaphandle kokubona ithuba lokuhlangana kwabo.
Umdlalo, inselelo, ubuqili obuchichimayo, le noveli iyi-alchemy yamazwe aphikisayo ahlangana aholele emfanekisweni wanamuhla mayelana nokuxhumana nokunganaki, futhi, ekugcineni, ukuvikela uthando.
