Kwakukhona isikhathi, hhayi kudala, lapho ukusayina ngegama-mbumbulu lowesilisa kwakubonakala kuphoqelekile kunoma imuphi umbhali. Akazange akubheke kanjalo a UCecily Isabel Fairfield ukuthi ngigcina ngisayina njengo URebecca entshonalanga en ukuphakama kokubhuqa lapho kubhekene nobandlululo olunjalo phakathi kwabafundi nabashicileli, njengendilinga enonya engenazo izimpawu zesixazululo ngisho nasezinsukwini zayo.
Yiqiniso, akuyena uCecily (noma uRebecca) kuphela okwadingeka ukuba akhononde ngokungacabangeli kwakhe ukuba umlobi, ngisho nangekhulu lama-20. Eqinisweni, wayengasho ukuthi kwaba lula nakakhulu.
Ngoba le nkinga yayivele iqinisekisiwe phakathi nekhulu leshumi nesishiyagalolunye nodadewabo baseBrontë, nge Charlotte ekhanda, noma nge U-Aurore Dupin. Mhlawumbe imachismo yombhalo engamakiwe kangako eSpain kuze kube sekhulwini lama-XNUMX, lapho ababhali abanjengo URosalÃa de Castro, U-Emilia Pardo Bazán noma uClara Campoamor babengadingi "ikhava yokuqamba igama", noma ngabe babelana ngehlazo elihlanyisa abesifazane njengabancane.
Iphuzu liwukuthi uRebecca wazidla ngalobo besifazane obudingekayo, futhi washumayela kusukela endabeni ngezincwadi ezihlakaniphile eziphethe ukubuyekezwa okudingekayo. Amanothi abalulekile phakathi kokusondelana namasiko. Okuphelele okunokulinganisela okunobuhlakani obuchichimayo obuya ekwakhiweni kwenoveli emangalisayo.
Amanoveli anconyiwe aphezulu kaRebecca West
Umndeni wakwa-Aubrey
Izimpilo zabakwa-Aubreys bezilokhu zigcwele ukungazinzi nobuqotho bukababa osabhala izindatshana ehhovisi lakhe amahora amaningi edayisa ifenisha encane abebeyishiyele ukuxhasa injongo ethile esile futhi elahlekile. Kepha umsebenzi wakhe omusha ngaphandle kwaseLondon uthembisa, okungenani okwesikhashana, ukukhululeka ehlazweni nasongozelweni lwencithakalo.
Umama, owayengumdlali wopiyano, uyazabalaza ukuze agcine umkhaya uqinile, kodwa iqiniso liwukuthi akagxili kakhulu kunomyeni wakhe. Okungenani yindlela uRose, enye yamadodakazi amathathu alo mkhaya, ambona ngayo ngeso lengane yakhe, ngezinye izikhathi enothando, ngezinye izikhathi enonya. Bobabili yena nodadewabo oyiwele lakhe, uMary, bangabadlali bepiyano. Umndeni ugcwaliswe nguCordelia, usisi omdala - ophucwe ithalente lomculo ngokudabukisayo - noRichard Quin, omncane endlini.
Emndenini wakwa-Aubrey uRebecca West waguqula eyakhe impilo yobuntwana yaba ubuciko obuhlala njalo. Lesi yisithombe esingahlobisiwe kodwa esithandekayo somndeni ongajwayelekile, lapho umbhali asebenzise isitayela esimangazayo nobuhlakani obunamandla ukuhlaziya imikhawulo engabambeki yobuntwana neyabantu abadala, inkululeko nokuncika, okujwayelekile nokufihliwe.
ukubuya kwesosha
UJenny kudala elangazelela ukubuya komzala wakhe, uChris Baldry, emigodini yeMpi Yezwe I. Lowo obuyayo, nokho, uyindoda eguquguquka ngokuphelele: une-amnesia, akakhumbuli iminyaka eyishumi nanhlanu edlule futhi uthandana ngokweqile nowesifazane ongeyena umkakhe uKitty, angamboni ngisho nokumbona. Imizamo yakhe yokwenza umqondo ngempilo ayenayo ngaphambili iyoba nemiphumela engalindelekile kulabo abamthandayo.
Okudabukisayo okudabukisayo, Ukubuya Kwesosha kwabonisa okokuqala ngqa ngaleso sikhathi imiphumela emangalisayo yengqondo yokungqubuzana kuwo womabili amasosha kanye nemindeni yawo, ngenkathi idweba isithombe esishubile nesibambekayo somhlatshelo, ukuphenduka kanye nonya lwempi. impi, ekwazi ukuguqula ngendlela engenakulungiseka. ukuqonda kwethu ngokwethu.
Ubusuku obuphazamisekile
Ngokuhamba kukaPiers, umyeni ophuphayo nongazibophezeli, nokuthengiswa kweminye imidwebo ebalulekile, uClare Aubrey ubonakala ekugcineni ethatha izintambo zomndeni wakhe. URose noMary baqhubeka nokuqeqeshwa kwabo njengabadlali bepiyano, kanti uCordelia uphoqeleka ukuthi asebenze njengomsizi womthengisi wezobuciko futhi ayeke izifiso zakhe zobuciko ingunaphakade, kanti uRichard Quin, umfowabo omncane, ucabanga ukufunda e-Oxford.
Ubusuku obuphazamisekile iyaqhubeka inkulumo ekhulunywayo yomndeni wakwa-Aubrey ongenakulibaleka ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-XNUMX, lapho ukufika kweminyaka yamantombazane, ngokwamukela kwabo uthando nokulahleka kancane kancane, kuba yinto ebabayo kakhulu njengoba izehlakalo ezizoholela eMpini Yezwe I kanye imiphumela emangalisayo.
Efanelwe ukudunyiswa ngazwi linye ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane, uRebecca West “ungomunye wemidondoshiya yezincwadi zesiNgisi. Akekho kuleli khulu leminyaka oye wasebenzisa iprozi ebabazekayo, waba nomoya omningi, noma wabona ubuqili besimilo somuntu nezici zomhlaba ngokukhalipha okukhulu. ' I-New Yorker.
Ezinye izincwadi ezinconyiwe nguRebecca West…
Umshado Ongapheli
Ngaphandle kwe-Aubrey trilogy, iRebecca West iphinde inikeze amazwibela amahle alokho kuziqhamuka esakhiweni esijwayelekile esiphendukayo. Futhi ngesikhathi sakhe, ngokusobala wabheka imizwa ebabayo kunazo zonke ezijwayelekile.
Ngoba ngale kwemibono ye-naïve mayelana nokuphilisana nokuguga kwesandla, kukhona futhi umunyu wazo zonke izinsuku zokugcina eziphelelwa yisikhathi futhi ezingaba imithombo yemililo yobukhulu obungalindelekile. Njengasesikhathini esidlule, uthando lwalungaba sesimweni salo senkontileka ingunaphakade, cishe njalo nezimo zalo ze-leonine ngokumelene nabesifazane.
"Kuze kube yilapho sehlukaniswa ukufa" kuvela njengesigatshana esisodwa sothando lwaphakade, kuvuselelwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi maqondana nokuhumusha okubandayo nokuhlanyayo komuntu oyingozi Poe mayelana nokuthola inhliziyo yenganekwane.
Ngephrozi evumelanisiwe futhi eningiliziwe, yokubanda okuhlukile, Umshado Ongahlukaniswanga usiyisa kuma-labyrinths wobudlelwano babashadikazi abahlukumezekile lapho ukukhululwa kowesifazane kuba umzamo wokubulawa kwesiphepho ngumlingiswa wesilisa ochazwe ngokuphelele yi-prose yaseNtshonalanga.
