Umnumzane eMoscow (I-Salamander, 2016) yandulelwa impumelelo encomekayo yenoveli yokuqala ka-Amor Towles, Imithetho enesizotha (2012). Kodwa lena ngeke ishiywe ngemuva, isivele ibhekwa njengokuthengisa nempumelelo ebalulekile, iphinde yathola ukuqashelwa okuhlukile. Ngokungangabazeki, u-Towles ungomunye wababalisi baseMelika abashayelwa ihlombe kakhulu okwamanje.
Isigwebo sentambo sika-Count Rostov sishintshelwa ekuvalelweni unomphela e-Metropol Hotel kusukela eMoscow. Kusukela ngo-1922 futhi iminyaka engamashumi amathathu uzoba esinye isibukeli, njengomfundi, izinguquko ezibalulekile zomlando nezenhlalo ezivezwa eRussia ngemva kokunqoba kwamaBolshevik.
Umnumzane eMoscow: ukuvalelwa eMetropol
Umlando kaRostov
U-Count Aleksandr Ilyich Rostov uyindoda ekhaliphile, enamasiko futhi ehlukile.. Impilo yakhe yonke uzinikele ekujabuleleni inkampani enhle, ukunethezeka nokunethezeka, izincwadi ezicolisisiwe kanye nezibiliboco. Akazange akhathazeke ngokuningi ngaphandle kwakhe futhi azizwe enelisekile futhi ephelele ngendlela yakhe. Ungowaleso sigaba sezicukuthwane, empeleni, amaBolshevik ayefuna ukusiqeda phakathi nekota yokuqala yekhulu lama-XNUMX.. Into emangazayo ngetulo elihunyushwe nguTowles ukuthi umlingiswa kule noveli uthola isigwebo sentambo ngo-1922, esishintshelwa ekuvalelweni unomphela ehhotela elikhethwe kakhulu nelilikhulu kunawo wonke eMoscow, iMetropol. Okusindise impilo yakhe inkondlo yoguquko eyabhalwa eminyakeni eyishumi edlule.
U-Rostov uzophoqeleka ukuthi ahlale kule ndawo kuze kube phakade, isakhiwo esiyisibonelo sokushona kwelanga kwenkathi ekhazimulayo. Lokhu kuba bubble ongaziwa, yonke into engajwayelekile ukuthi umuntu angayicabanga ngaphambi kwenguquko yaseRussia. Lapho, i-Rostov izobhekana nezinhlamvu ezikhazimulayo ezifika ziphinde zihambe, ezihlala lapho, zazi indawo yonke encishisiwe yehhotela elihlala izivakashi zalo. Okwamanje, ngaphandle kwenguquko ezozamazamisa ingxenye yezwe idedelwa ngokucasuka, futhi lokho kuzoduma kwelinye.
ukuvalelwa kanye nobudlelwano
Inoveli ithuthukisa futhi iveze ngobuchule ukuthi ukuvalelwa kusho ukuthini kumuntu, ngisho noma isendaweni ejabulisa kakhulu, enethezekile nenethezeka emhlabeni. Ukulandisa kuthatha amashumi eminyaka ambalwa, ngakho-ke ukwehla komlingiswa kanye nehhotela, kanye nesistimu yezepolitiki edlidliza ngaphandle kwezindonga, kuyabonakala. Konke lokhu kuhumusha umbhalo oshayayo. Futhi, ukulandisa kukaTowles kuhlakaniphile futhi kunobuhlakani.
Okunye okuphawulekayo ubudlelwano umlingiswa oqavile abakha nabanye abalingiswa, ngoba akukho kulokhu okushiyelwe ngengozi ngumbhali. Ukuvalelwa, kanye nokuvuthwa kweRostov kanye nobudlelwano obuqinisayo ngokhiye wenoveli, nayo enezimpawu zenoveli yomlando. Umnumzane eMoscow Imelela ukuhlanganiswa okuthakazelisayo kakhulu nokubalwa kwekhulu lokugcina lomlando waseRussia. Kulo mongo, i-Metropol Hotel imi, njenge-Kremlin, njengophawu lomlando waseRussia kanye nokuguqulwa kwayo.
I-Hedonism eyenza umlando
I-Rostov, naphezu kokuvuthwa kweminyaka edlule, isisindo sokuvalelwa ngenkani, futhi sizungezwe yi-vertigo eguquguqukayo ngaphandle kwezindonga, izama ukuqhubeka nemikhuba yayo evamile. Funa ingxoxo enhle, injabulo yokudla okumnandi kanye nokucebisa inkampani nezincwadi. Nokho, usengumuntu osindile ondiza phezu kokungaqiniseki ohlelweni olumatasa nolungazinzile. Le noveli ilandisa ngezenzakalo ezinkulu zomlando zamanje, njengokuwa kukaBukharin kanye nokuvuka kukaStalin, noma ukuqaliswa kohlelo lweminyaka emihlanu lwaseSoviet. I-Metropol ngokwayo iphakathi nendawo ye-maelstrom, eduze kakhulu ne-Kremlin noma i-Bolshoi Theatre engavamile.
Uma uhlamvu lukaRostov lumangalisa, lubuye lufaneleke kakhulu. Ngenxa yokuthi indaba iyamfanela, okungukuthi, umlingiswa uvusa izehlakalo zenoveli, ngesikhathi esifanayo lapho umlobi ekwazi ukuhlolisisa izenzakalo zenkathi edlule futhi eziqukethe amaphupho amaningi, kodwa ngaphandle kokuntula ukwethembeka.
Kungenzeka ukuthi uRostov wayeyinkosi yaseRussia yangaleso sikhathi, ezikhathalela kakhulu kunanoma yimuphi omunye umcimbi. Ungomunye endleleni yakhe yokulingisa ngoba uyi-hedonist. Inhloso yenoveli, kanye nokuqanjwa kwayo, ngokwengxenye kuyaqondakala ngenxa yakhe. Okunye ukufaneleka kombhali, umbhali onozwela olukhulu lokulandisa kanye nelukuluku lokwazi elanele lokukwazi ukukuvusa nakwabanye.
Iziphetho
Okuqukethwe yile noveli kuwuhlaka oluhlakazwe kahle olukwazi ukuheha umphakathi, umlingiswa ongenakulibaleka, isigameko somlando esidlulele kanye nesiguquguqukayo, kanye nombhali owazi lo msebenzi. U-Towles ukhetha umongo womlando futhi ubeka izicukuthwane njenge-pawn kunoveli yakhe futhi uthole indawo yonke entsha ehhotela laseMetropol. eMoscow ngokuvukela okuphelele kwabasebenzi. Ukuvalelwa kuyizaba, kodwa kuyizaba eziphelele zokuqala le noveli nokwazi lo mbhali waseMelika ophume ezezimali.
Sobre el autor
U-Love Towles wazalelwa eBoston ngo-1964. Wafunda eYunivesithi yaseYale futhi kamuva wafunda i-English Literature eStanford University. Yize ezinikele kwezezimali, ukubhala kube wuthando aluhlanganisa nomsebenzi akwazile ukuwushiya ngenxa yempumelelo yamanoveli akhe. Imithetho enesizotha Kwakuyincwadi yakhe yokuqala futhi yamukelwa kahle. Inoveli yakhe yesibili, Umnumzane eMoscow, umchaze ngokuthi omunye wababhali abathembisayo nabafundeka kabanzi bezindaba zaseMelika. Incwadi yakhe yakamuva eshicilelwe ngeSpanishi ibizwa umgwaqo omkhulu we-Lincoln.