“Iqhawe yinoma ngubani owenza okusemandleni akhe,” uRomain Roilland wagcina eveze ngakho konke ubuhlakani emhlabeni. Kepha akukho okuncane esicabanga ukuthi ingane ingakwenza ukubuyisa ubuntwana bayo. Ngoba ukulahlekelwa inzalo akuyona into engokwemvelo kanti ukushonelwa umzali ngokushesha kuyinto ewuphawu.
Kule ndaba, umama ulahlekile kulelo labyrinth lokuzibhubhisa, lokulahlwa njengokukhohlwa okudingekayo. Akekho umuntu ozotshela u-Agnes ukuthi akaphakamise ikhanda abuyisele impilo yakhe, njengeseshini eshibhile ukuzisiza. Akekho noyedwa ngaphandle kwendodana enenkani enethemba layo elikwazi ukufeza lokho okuncane kanye nalokho okuphezulu kokwenza, okungenani, lokho engakwazi ...
Ekuqaleni kweminyaka engamashumi ayisishiyagalombili, iGlasgow iyafa: idolobha lezimayini elake lachuma manje selikhungethwe yizinqubomgomo zikaThatcher, ezicindezela imindeni ekusweleni umsebenzi nasekudikibaleni. U-Agnes Bain ungowesifazane omuhle futhi onebhadi owayehlale ephupha ngokuthola impilo engcono: indlu enhle nenjabulo eyayingadingi ukukhokha kancane kancane.
Lapho umyeni wakhe, ongumshayeli wetekisi nothanda abantu besifazane, emlahla ukuze athole omunye, u-Agnes uzithola eyedwa enakekelwa izingane ezintathu endaweni egcwele usizi nokudumala, ecwila ngokujulile emgodini ongenamkhawulo wokuphuza. Izingane zakhe zizokwenza konke okusemandleni ukumsindisa, kodwa, ziziphoqa ukuthi ziqhubekele phambili, zizogcina sezizinikele ngamunye ngamunye. Bonke ngaphandle kukaShuggie, indodana encane kunazo zonke, ukuphela komuntu owenqaba ukuvuma, ogcina u-Agnes eqhubeka nothando olungenamibandela.
U-Shuggie, ingane ezwelayo, enesimilo, futhi ehlubuka ngandlela-thile, kuyamcasula ukuthi izingane zabasebenzi basezimayini ziyamhleka nokuthi abantu abadala bambiza ngokuthi “ohlukile,” kodwa enenkani njengoba enjalo, uyaqiniseka futhi ukuthi uma ezama ukufinyelela ezingeni eliphezulu uzophumelela. ukwazi ukuba "njengokuvamile" njengabanye abafana futhi uzokwazi ukusiza umama wakhe ukuba abaleke kule ndawo engenathemba. Owinile we-Booker Award ehlonishwayo, Indaba kaShuggie Bain iyinoveli ethambile nelimazayo emayelana nobumpofu nemikhawulo yothando, indatshana ethi, ngokubuka kwayo ububele emzabalazweni obuhlungu wowesifazane wokulwa nokulutheka, ukukhungatheka kanye nesizungu, ime njengesikhumbuzo esishukumisayo sokholo olungantengantengi lwendodana ezimisele ukusindisa unina. ngazo zonke izindleko.
Manje usungathenga inoveli ethi "History of Shuggie Bain", kuyo UDouglas Stuart, lapha:
