Izwi le-cicadas ungumbonisi omuhle wezincwadi zezingane nentsha emakethe yaseLatin America. Ake sihlole izingqikithi zayo, isakhiwo, nombhali.
U-Patricia Truffello, kusukela emhlabeni wemithetho kuya emaphusheni ezingane
Umkhondo wempilo wombhali waseChile uPatricia Truffello, umdali we Izwi le-cicadas, ifana nabanye besifazane abaningi abaye bazinikela ezincwadini eminyakeni yabo yokukhula ngemva kokudlula kokuhlangenwe nakho okukude kakhulu nomkhakha wokubhala. Ukuxhumana kungahunyushwa nemisebenzi yabanye ababhali abazinikele ohlotsheni lwezingane nentsha, abaqale basebenza njengonobhala, othisha noma abasebenzi basezindlini, okwathi kamuva bathola ubizo lwabo embhalweni.
UTruffello waqala wagxila emsebenzini wakhe emkhakheni wezomthetho, waphothula izifundo zakhe ze-Law wabe esezinikela emsebenzini wezomthetho ohlobene namacala okutholwa. Wayesendleleni yezomthetho iminyaka eyishumi kwaze kwaba yilapho, ekugcineni, ishabhu yokubhala eyashiwo omunye umdidiyeli omkhulu wezincwadi zezingane zaseChile, u-Ana María Güiraldes, yamvulela umkhakha wokubhala. Ngakho-ke wasuka ekusizeni uhlelo lokutholela izingane ikhaya, waya ekuhlanganyeleni esenzweni sokuzinikeza izindaba ezijulile kanye nemicabango.
Umsebenzi wokuzilibazisa wawungemusha. Kusukela esemncane yeminyaka eyisishiyagalombili kuya ebusheni bakhe obusha obungu-21, umbhali wakusasa ugcine ijenali enesiyalo, eyamnika ikhono lokuphinda adale futhi azindle ngemicabango yakhe nolwazi lwakhe ngendlela ehlelekile, ecatshangwayo nenempilo.
Uma unentshisekelo ezincwadini zezingane nentsha, ungathokozela lo omunye umbhalo onikezelwe kuwo Indaba Engapheli kaMichael Ende. Landela isixhumanisi!
Lezi zinsiza zaqala ukusebenza futhi kusukela ngo-2007, unyaka wokuzinikela kwakhe okukhethekile ekubhaleni, futhi umphumela waba nenzuzo. Inoveli yakhe yokuqala, i-Colombina y el pez azul, yawina uMklomelo Kamasipala Wezincwadi Ka-2009 ezweni lakhe, phakathi kweminye imiklomelo. KANYE Izwi le-cicadas izoshicilelwa yindlu yokushicilela ehlonishwayo i-Alfaguara.
Kuvidiyo elandelayo ungabona ukunyuswa okusemthethweni kwenoveli esithintayo, ngomfanekiso opopayi omnandi.
Izwi le-cicadas, uhambo lokufuna ukuthi ungubani
Indaba ilandela intombazane eneminyaka eyishumi nantathu ubudala okuthiwa u-Ana. Le ntombazane engakafiki eminyakeni eyishumi nambili ibe nempilo enzima ngemva kokushona okwakucatshangwa ukuthi kwashona abazali bayo eminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili ngaphambili engozini ebulalayo. Abanakekeli bakhe abasha bangobabekazi bakhe u-Ofelia no-Violeta, abantu ababili abaqine ngokwedlulele abanemizimba engafani, njengombhangqwana osekisini: oyedwa omfishane futhi okhuluphele, onomoya omnene kodwa odabukisayo, nomunye ozacile futhi mude, onomoya ocasukayo.
Naphezu kokuhlukana kwabo, bobabili bagomela ngokulinganayo ngokholo. I-Ultra-Catholic futhi edelela ukuzenzela kwezingane, o-anti basungula isimiso esiqinile esisekelwe ekuyeni esikoleni, ukuhlala buthule ekhaya noma ukuphuma kweqembu kuya kobuningi. Umoya wentombazane u-Ana uvinjelwe yilo myalelo ongenakunyakaziswa. Ngaphezu kwalokho, imfihlo ephathelene nesikhathi esidlule sabazali bakhe nayo ayingeneki.
Utshani obuphula umhlane wekamela kuwumhlatshelo oqhubekayo womunye onogwaja abafuywayo owenziwa ngabanikazi bendlu ukuze uwuphakele edilini inyanga ngayinye. Ngobunye ubusuku obunesiphepho, u-Ana ukhulula bonke onogwaja bakhe, ededela ulaka lwababakazi bakhe. Lokhu kuveza kabuhlungu ukuthi uyise wentombazane usaphila futhi kumele ayomfuna ukuze athole ikhaya elisha, njengoba ubuhlobo bakhe noDeveli abulungiseki.
Uhambo lunikeza u-Ana nomngane wakhe u-Lola ithuba lokubona ukukhula okusheshayo kusukela ebuntwaneni kuya ekubeni umuntu omdala, ukugqashula emasikweni avimbelayo, ukudalula amaqiniso omndeni afihliwe, nokuthola ukuthi bangobani bangempela. I-The Voice of the Cicadas ka-Patricia Truffello ikwazi ukuthwebula le nqubo yokuzihlola ngendlela ebuhlungu.
Kuze kube manje indatshana yethu nge Izwi le-cicadas.
