Izimbali zikaMashi, liyincwadi ethakazelisayo kaPhilip Kerr, lena kuyincwadi yokuqala ku-trilogy ebizwa ngokuthi iBerlin Noir, edlala umphenyi uBernhard "Bernie" Gunther eBerlin ngaphambi kokuwa kweNazi. Ngakho sikumema ukuba uqhubeke ufunda.

Izimbali zikaMashi
Le ndaba yenzeka eBerlin ngo-1936, lapho umbuso wombuso wesithathu waseJalimane uqala ukudala futhi wenze iJalimane egcwele inzondo, ukwenqatshwa nokuziphindiselela. Lo mseshi ozimele uBernie Gunther uqala ukubona ukuthi umphakathi waseBerlin uqala kanjani ukuhanjelwa ngumuntu Izimbali zikaMashi, abangabalandeli beNational Socialist Party.
Ukuxabana
Edolobheni laseBerlin ngo-1936, uBernie Gunther ungumseshi ozimele, owayeyiphoyisa engxenyeni yobugebengu emaphoyiseni eJalimane, onguchwepheshe ekutholeni abantu abalahlekile, iningi labo okungamaJuda. Njengoba lona bekuwumsebenzi oneholo elihle.
Ngaleso sikhathi, iMidlalo Yama-Olympic yayisenzeka ngaphambi kwempi engase ibe khona. UGunther wake waba seqhulwini laseTurkey phakathi neMpi Yezwe Yokuqala.
Kule ncwadi Izimbali zikaMashi, uGunther uqashwe usomabhizinisi wensimbi omnikeze umsebenzi wokuthola umbulali wendodakazi yakhe nomkhwenyana wakhe nokuthola umgexo wedayimane. Okubonakala sengathi kuyicala elihlobene nemakethe emnyama kanye nomhlaba ongaphansi kuzophenduka umbango wamandla phakathi kwazo zonke izinhlangothi zeNazi Party.
Lokhu kudala ukuthi uGunther aqale uphenyo oluyingozi lapho kuzofanele asebenzisane noNdunankulu uHermann Goering kanye noGeneral Reinhard Heydrich kanye noLieutenant Himmler. Banikezwa igama elithi Izimbali zikaMashi abasanda kufika eqenjini lamaNazi.
Ngezansi sizokushiyela ividiyo lapho uzoba nolwazi oluthe xaxa ngale ncwadi ethokozisayo Izimbali zikaMashi. Ngakho sikumema ukuba ubukele.
Uma ufuna ukwazi ngenye indaba ethokozisayo sizokushiyela isixhumanisi esilandelayo indlu yokuzisola.
En Izimbali zikaMashi, uPhilip Kerr usifaka enkingeni yophenyo lwangasese eBerlin ebuswa umbuso wamaNazi. Ngokuhlangenwe nakho kukaBernie Gunther, singabona umthelela isimo sezombusazwe yangaleso sikhathi esasinawo ebudlelwaneni babantu nokuziphatha. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kuyathakazelisa ukuthi le ncwadi ihlanganisa kanjani inkumbulo yomlando nokuthuthuka komuntu siqu ka-Gunther.
Abalingisi abazungeze u-Gunther, kusukela kwabalingani kuye ezitheni, babonisa ukungezwani kwezenhlalo nezombusazwe yangaleso sikhathi. Lo mongo wenza isakhiwo sigxile nakakhulu futhi sivumela umfundi ukuba acabange ngencazelo yobulungisa ezweni elineziyaluyalu. UBernie Gunther, naphezu kokubhekana nobunzima obuningi, uyaqhubeka nokufuna iqiniso, okumenza abe umlingiswa otusekayo.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, Izimbali zikaMashi Abameleli kuphela abasanda kuhlanganyela eqenjini, kodwa futhi noshintsho ekuguquguqukeni kwezenhlalo nezombusazwe zaseBerlin ngaleso sikhathi. Uchungechunge lukaPhilip Kerr lweBerlin Noir alugcini nje ngokujabulisa kodwa futhi lufundisa ngesahluko esimnyama emlandweni waseYurophu.
Uma ungumuntu othanda amanoveli ayimfihlakalo futhi ufuna ukuhlola okwengeziwe ngetimu emnyama yaseBerlin ezincwadini, sincoma ukuthi uhlole le ncwadi. Indaba kaKerr idonsa ukunaka kusukela ekuqaleni futhi igcina ukungabaza kuze kube isiphetho sendaba.
Ngokufanayo, Izimbali zikaMashi Iphinde inikeze ukugxeka kokuthi izindinganiso zomphakathi zithintwa kanjani imibono eyeqisayo nokuthi lokhu kungaholela kanjani ekwehliseni ubuntu. Njengoba u-Gunther eqhubeka nophenyo lwakhe, ubhekene nenkinga eqhubekayo phakathi kokwethembeka, umsebenzi, nokusinda—izindikimba ezisasebenza emhlabeni wonke nanamuhla.
Ekugcineni, incwadi Izimbali zikaMashi UPhilip Kerr ungumsebenzi oweqa uhlobo lwenoveli yobugebengu ngokunikeza umbono ojulile ngezinselele zokuziphatha ngezikhathi zobunzima. Indaba kaBernie Gunther iyisikhumbuzo sezingozi esibhekana nazo lapho imibono ibekwa kuqala kunobuntu.
Uma ufuna ukujula kwezinye izici zemibhalo noma ukuhlola izihloko ezihlobene, kuningi okunye ukufundwa okungahambisana nolwazi olunikezwayo. Izimbali zikaMashi. Khumbula ukuthi yonke incwadi inokuthile okuhlukile okumele ikuxoxe, ngakho ungangabazi ukuqhubeka uhlola izindaba ezintsha.