Kumbhali u-Olivia Manning besigeja inkomba enkulu yokulandisa okungaphezu kokuzibophezele kumlando wekhulu lama-XNUMX eYurophu obhekene nezingxabano ezinkulu. Futhi ngithi "silahlekile" ngoba ngenhlanhla indlu yokushicilela efana ne-Libros del Asteroides ibonakala ifuna ukubuyisela lo mlandisi phakathi kokuhlangenwe nakho kanye nesithakazelo kulokho humanism emthunzini okuyizo zonke izindaba emva kwe njengempi.
Samukelekile-ke lesi sifiso sokudalula okungaphezu komsebenzi wokubhala. Ngoba phakathi kwe-biographical, satin kuze kufike endaweni ethile yenganekwane, singena esimweni esibanzi esenziwe i-adventure phakathi kweshwa lempi.
Ama-trilogies amabili, i-Balkan ne-Levant, asekelwa osukwini lwawo umphakathi omkhulu ofundayo. Akukaze kube buhlungu ukubuyisela lobo bufakazi namuhla lapho sibhekene nezibikezelo ezifanayo zezimpi okwamanje eziqhamukayo njengokungathi zihlehla, kusukela empumalanga kuya entshonalanga yeYurophu ebonakala ingavuki ebugqileni bezingxabano phakathi kobuzwe bemibala ehlukahlukene. ...
Amanoveli ka-Olivia Manning anconywe kakhulu
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Ngenkathi yonke into yayiqhunyiswa, amazwe afana neRomania ayesalokhu esendleleni yokuphila engazinzile yokungathathi hlangothi okuhlale kusongelwa imizamo yobuNazi. Lelo zwe yilapho sizithola sibona ukukhanya okubi kweMpi Yezwe Yesibili kuvuka. Phakathi kwethunzi, ngokuzinikezela ku-inertia, i-autarky nethemba, iBucharest yavuka naphezu kwakho konke usuku nosuku ngethemba eliyinqaba ...
Umbhangqwana osanda kushada wamaNgisi, uGuy noHarriet Pringle, ufika eBucharest, ebizwa ngokuthi iParis YaseMpumalanga, ekwindla ka-1939, emasontweni ambalwa ngemva kokuhlasela kweJalimane iPoland. Kuleli dolobha eligcwele ukungafani, eligcwele ukungaqiniseki ngenxa yempi nokungazinzi kwezombangazwe, u-Harriet ongenile kuzodingeka abelane nomyeni wakhe, uprofesa wasenyuvesi, nombuthano obanzi wabangane abasha nabantu abajwayele.
Phakathi naleso sikhathi, izakhamuzi zaleli dolobha, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi zingabahambi abangamaNgisi abanelungelo elikhethekile noma abantu bendawo, bazama ukubambelela ekuphileni okujabulisayo kwansuku zonke njengoba isiyaluyalu sigubuzela iRomania kanye nalo lonke elaseYurophu.
umuzi ophangiwe
Uma kufika isikhathi sokukhetha iqembu phakathi nempi, ukukhetha akusoze kwaba mahhala noma mahhala. Manje isiqephu se-semibiographical sika-Olivia Manning sigcwele iphunga lesibhamu negazi lempi. Ithemba bekuyize futhi iqiniso lizibophezela ngonya lomuntu ophoqelwa engxabanweni, okokuqala phakathi kwezakhamizi zezwe uqobo.
Bucharest, 1940. UHarriet noGuy Pringle, abafuduki abangamaNgisi abafika kuleli dolobha ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, balandela ngokukhathazeka ukuvela kwezenzakalo zezombangazwe ngesikhathi sokungazinzi okukhulu: IParis isiwile futhi kunamahemuhemu okuthi iJalimane isizohlasela. I-Romania; emigwaqweni yenhloko-dolobha inguquko ibonakala iseduze futhi ama-fascists we-Iron Guard awayeki ukuzuza abalandeli. Esimweni esikhulayo nesiyingozi esizovivinya umshado wabo nobungane babo, u-Harriet noGuy kuzodingeka benze izinqumo eziyingozi futhi bakhethe ngokuhlakanipha ukuthi ubani abangamethemba.
Ngokusekelwe kokuhlangenwe nakho kombhali, le noveli, umqulu wesibili we-trilogy eyaziwayo eyaqala nge-The Great Fortune, ilandela umbhangqwana wakwaPringle phakathi neMpi Yezwe II futhi idweba isithombe esingajwayelekile sase-Europe ngaleso sikhathi. Ibhekwa njengenye yezinganekwane ezinkulu zaseBrithani mayelana nempi, i-Balkan Trilogy ingumsebenzi obalulekile okufanele ubuyele kuwo njalo.
