Abalandeli abathembeke kakhulu bakaJuan Marsé bangathola kulokhu incwadi Iqoqo elikhethekile enye yalezo zindawo zokuhlangana okuseduze nendawo yonke yombhali. Amakhasi akhethwe nguJuan Marsé ukuveza umbuzo ofaneleka kakhulu ongabuzwa umbhali: Kungani ubhala? Umbuzo obuzwa yizinhlangothi zombili zesibuko sezincwadi ngesikhathi esithile. Umfundi angase afune ukwazi ukuthi yini eshukumisa umbhali, kodwa umbhali akanayo njalo impendulo enembayo, kuze kube yilapho esethula iqoqo elithile elifana naleli.
UJuan Marsé ngokwakhe usevele wathi "ukubhala kuwumsebenzi obuyela emuva naphambili, onamapensela amaningi phakathi" futhi wakubonisa lokhu emisebenzini efana Ukudumala okukhulu, eyanyatheliswa ngo-2004 nakuba kwakuwumsebenzi ogqugquzelwe ngokuphelele yimibhalo evela eminyakeni engamashumi ayisithupha, enezinkulumo zeminyaka yakhe yobuntwana phakathi kweminyaka yama-30s kanye nama-40s.
Ngakho-ke, akukho lutho olungcono kunokuba, ngesikhathi esithile emlandweni womuntu siqu othuthukisiwe womlobi, ukwethula lokho kuhlanganiswa okukhethekile okubonisa abafundi bayo ukuthi ingxenye yomphefumulo ishiywe emibhalweni futhi ibhalwa kabusha, ezindabeni ezikhohliwe nasezindabeni ezikhazimulayo ezakha. izwi lonke umbhali phambi komhlaba.
Kodwa le ncwadi ayikona ukuhlangana kabusha nemibhalo edlule, futhi ayikona nje ukuhlanganisa. Phakathi kwamakhasi alo ungakwazi futhi ukujabulela izici ezingashicilelwe zombhali, ngokwemibandela yomsebenzi kodwa futhi ngokuya ngezilungiselelo, lezo zimo ukuthi umcabango wakhe uhlale udluliselwe ephepheni ukuze ujabule abafundi nabagxeki.
Indawo yonke eyiqiniso YAKHO KONKE egcina isinikeza umbhali ngomphefumulo wakhe kanye nesitayela sakhe, ukukhetha okuqotho nokunesibindi, ubunqunu obuphelele balowo ocabangayo futhi adlulise okungokoqobo ukuze axoxe izindaba ezishisayo.
Manje usungathenga incwadi ethi Private Collection, eyakamuva ka-Juan Marsé, lapha: