Uma ngempela Uthando kuyigama langempela likaTowles, akungabazeki ukuthi abazali balo mbhali omangalisayo babesecaleni lomsakazo lapho bekhetha ukumbiza kanjalo. Kepha ekugcineni amagama akhethekile ahlala esiza lapho othile efuna ukuzisho ngokwakhe entweni efana nokubhala. Wake waziwa umbhali Uthando TowlesAwusamkhohlwa.
Sikukhumbula ngokwengeziwe, sincokola eceleni, ngoba iTowles isivele ingomunye walabo abathengisa kakhulu kusuka eqinisweni elilodwa, kusukela ekuhlukaniseni nasekuhlukanisweni lapho nje ikubeka endaweni inganekwane yomlando kube sengathi lisondela esikhaleni esiphakathi kokubonga okusondele nokubakhona kumandla okuheha abalingiswa bawo kanye nemihlaba yabo yangaphakathi.
Umbuzo ibhalansi, ukunambitheka noma ikhono lokufingqa ubuhle bempilo yangaphakathi yabalingiswa. Kukhona labo okunzima ukukuthola futhi bagcine behlule, ngokwesibonelo, inoveli yomlando yokudalula okulula. Noma ongabhalwanga kahle ecaleni elifanayo futhi agcina ngokubhala isakhiwo esingahlali nganoma iyiphi indlela kulayini wakhe wesikhathi wesikhala.
I-Amor Towles iyakwazi ukudlulisa ngokushelela kwayo, isigqi sayo nemininingwane eyigugu (cishe ngaso sonke isikhathi ihlenga okonakele kakhulu kumzuzu ngamunye), ukuthi ubuntu obubheke phezulu kepha futhi bufinyelela kuzwelo olubalulekile lomfundi ofuna ukuhlala kwesinye isikhumba.
Amanoveli aphakanyisiwe aphezulu we-Amor Towles
Umnumzane eMoscow
UTowles wayebuye abe yisisulu salowo mbono wokufundisa nokufundisa amashumi ayisishiyagalombili wezwe elisondela ebubini bempi ebandayo eyalwa eMoscow ebandayo. Impela le ndaba ehehe abafundi emhlabeni wonke ingukuziphindisela kwemibono edluliswa ngomhlaba, ulwandle nomoya, kusuka ezindabeni kuya kokucatshangwa okufakwe ngenganekwane.
Ibhalwe ngobukhazikhazi obusemagqabini nomuzwa ofudumele wamahlaya, le noveli ekhethekile isitshela ngamandla ethu angenakuphela okubhekana namashwa okuphila.
Egwetshelwe ukufa ngamaBolsheviks ngo-1922, u-Count Aleksandr Ilyich Rostov ubalekela ukuphela kwakhe okubuhlungu ngenguquko engavamile yokudalelwa. Ngenxa yenkondlo evukela umbuso eyabhalwa eminyakeni eyishumi ngaphambili, ikomidi lezinguquko lishintsha isijeziso esikhulu kunazo zonke ekuboshweni kwendlu okungakaze kubonwe: indlovukazi kuzodingeka ichithe zonke izinsuku zayo eMetropol Hotel, i-microcosm yomphakathi waseRussia kanye nokuveza obala okunethezeka nokuthi umbuso omusha uhlose ukuqeda nya.
Le ndaba ethakazelisa kakhulu iyisisekelo senoveli yesibili ye-Amor Towles, okuthi ngemuva kokuthola ukunconywa okungenakubalwa Imithetho enesizotha, isici sakhe sokuqala, sihlanganiswe njengomunye wababhali baseMelika abathakazelisa kakhulu okwamanje.
Erudite, elicwengisiswe futhi eline-chivalrous, uRostov uyikhasimende elijwayelekile leMetropol edumile, etholakala kude neKremlin neBolshoi. Ngaphandle komsebenzi owaziwayo yize esevile eminyakeni engamashumi amathathu, uzinikele ngothando lwangempela ezinjabulweni zokufunda nokudla okuhle.
Manje, kulesi sikhundla esisha nesiphoqelekile, uzokwakha ukufana okujwayelekile ngokuxhumana ngokomzwelo nabanye babalingiswa abahlukahlukene basehhotela, okuzomvumela ukuthi athole izimfihlo ezinamanzi ezigcinwa amakamelo akhe. Ngakho-ke, ngaphezu kweminyaka engamashumi amathathu, lesi sibalo sizobona ukuthi impilo yakhe izodlula ifihlwe ngamawindi amakhulu eMetropol ngenkathi enye yezikhathi ezinesiphithiphithi ezweni iqhubeka phesheya.
umgwaqo omkhulu we-Lincoln
Njengoba indaba yohambo lokuqala imayelana, akukho lutho olungcono kunokucabangela uhambo ngomgwaqo omkhulu wokuqala wokuwela i-United States usuka ogwini uye ogwini. Ngoba Umzila 66, umgwaqo ongumama wase-United States, weza kamuva futhi namuhla uhlobene nohambo lwezokuvakasha, abantu abakhanyiselwe befuna okuhlangenwe nakho kanye nezinye izihambi ezingajwayelekile. I-Lincoln Highway ingenye into, engadumile kangako kodwa iyiqiniso kakhulu njengoba indima eholayo ithathwa ngabangu-66.
Ngakho singalindela ubuqiniso, ukusesha okuphelele kohambo njengesisekelo esibalulekile. Futhi kunjalo kulesi sakhiwo. Indaba emnandi ngohambo lokuqala lwabantu abasha abane phakathi nenkaba ye-United States phakathi neshumi leminyaka lamashumi amahlanu.
Ilandiswa ngemibono eminingi futhi igcwaliswe abalingiswa abahlukahlukene kazibuthe, kusukela kumabhamu ahlala kojantshi kuya ezikhulwini zase-Upper East Side, umgwaqo omkhulu we-Lincoln Kuyinoveli emangalisayo yokuhlangana nokungaboni ngaso linye, uguquko olungahleliwe ukusuka ebusheni kuya ekubeni umuntu omdala.
Imithetho enesizotha
Amasango ezulu avele avulekele ababhali abaphume bengazelele, kusuka kulolo hlobo lwesigaxa esihlala abalobi abakhungathekile. Ngale ndaba, i-Amor Towles yaduma emasangweni ezulu yaze yaphuka. Kwakungalelo khono elingajwayelekile lokuvuselela konke, ukwenza kabusha izindlela neziphethu zezikhathi emlandweni wethu kumiswe ngesikhathi kulindwe ukuthintwa komlingo ukubuyisa impilo kubo bonke ubukhazikhazi bawo nakuwo wonke umehluko wawo.
Intela ehloniphekile eya ko-XNUMX eNew York. Ngenkhulumomphendvulwano ebukhali njengamazenga kanye ne-fizzy beat, Imithetho enesizotha itshela ukufundwa kowesifazane osemusha onomdlandla olwela ukuhlala edolobheni lobuso obuyinkulungwane, ihlathi lapho amathuba amahle kakhulu ahlangana khona nezilingo nezingozi ezingapheli.
Ngonyaka omusha ka-Eve 1937, uKatey Kontent, owayengumthayi wenkampani yabameli eWall Street, no-Eve Ross, owayehola impesheni, baphuma bekulungele ukusebenzisa kahle inkululeko yaseNew York. Babhekise amabombo eThe Hotspot, ibha yomugqa wesithathu lapho bathatha khona i-jazz ngokungathi sÃna ngokwanele ukuthi akekho noyedwa ohlupha amantombazane amabili abukeka kahle, futhi lapho i-gin ishibhile ngokwanele ukuphuza i-martini eyomile njalo ngehora.
Lapho kusetshenziswa amadola amathathu abewaphethe, uTheodore Tinker Grey, umdlwane osemusha wobukhosi baseNew England, uvela endaweni yesehlakalo, emamatheka kabi nengubo uKatey no-Eve ababengeke bakwazi ukuyikhokhela ngomholo wabo wonyaka owodwa. Ngokubambisana bazogcina bebungaza ukufika konyaka omusha eTimes Square, ngobusuku obuzobe buqala ukuqala kobungani obuzoguqula izimpilo zabo.
Lokhu kuhlangana kwamathuba kuzonikeza uKatey ithuba lokukhetha imibuthano yomphakathi waseNew York, lapho, ngenxa yobukhali bakhe, izinzwa zakhe zensimbi nobuhlakani bakhe, uzokwazi ukumvulela iminyango eminingi. Kodwa-ke, efakwe endaweni ekhazimulayo, umhlaba ongenamqondo futhi ongcolile owakhiwe ngabalingiswa abanemvelaphi engabazisayo, uKatey kuzofanele athole imithetho yomdlalo ukuze avumelane nezinselelo zedolobha elikhulu.
