I-A Gentleman in Moscow ( Salamandra , 2016) ilandela impumelelo evelele yenoveli yokuqala ka-Amor Towles , ethi Rules of Civility (2012). Kodwa lena ayihlukile; njengoba isivele ibhekwa njengencwadi ethengiswa kakhulu futhi eyimpumelelo ebucayi, iphinde yathola imiklomelo eyahlukahlukene. Ngaphandle kokungabaza, i-Towles ingomunye wababhali bamanoveli baseMelika abadumile kakhulu besikhathi sethu.
Isigwebo sokufa sikaCount Rostov sashintshwa saba ukuboshwa udilikajele eMetropol Hotel yaseMoscow. Kusukela ngo-1922 kanye neminyaka engamashumi amathathu eyalandela, yena, njengomfundi, waba ngufakazi wezinguquko ezibalulekile zomlando nezenhlalo ezenzeka eRussia ngemva kokunqoba kwamaBolshevik.
Umnumzane eMoscow: ukuvalelwa eMetropol
Umlando kaRostov
UCount Aleksandr Ilich Rostov uyindoda enesibindi, efundile, futhi ehloniphekile . Impilo yakhe yonke izinikele ekujabuleleni ukuba nobudlelwano obuhle, ukunethezeka kanye nobuciko, izincwadi ezisezingeni eliphezulu, kanye nokudla okumnandi. Akakaze abe nokuningi kokukhathazeka ngakho, ngaphandle kwakhe futhi ezizwa anelisekile futhi anelisekile ngendlela yakhe. Ungowesigaba sasebukhosini amaBolshevik, ngokunembile, ayefuna ukusiqeda ngekota yokuqala yekhulu lama-20 . Into emangazayo ngendaba eyalukwa nguTowles ukuthi umlingiswa oyinhloko wale noveli uthola isigwebo sokufa ngo-1922, esishintshelwa ekuboshweni unomphela ehhotela elikhethekile nelibi kakhulu eMoscow, iMetropol. Okusindise impilo yakhe yinkondlo eguquliwe eyabhalwa eminyakeni eyishumi edlule.
IRostov izophoqeleka ukuba ihlale kule ndawo kuze kube phakade, isakhiwo esimelela njengobufakazi bokushona kwesikhathi esikhazimulayo . Iba yibhamuza eliyinqaba, elihlukanisiwe neqiniso njengoba umuntu angacabanga lapho ebhekene neNguquko yaseRussia. Lapho, iRostov izoxhumana nabantu abadumile abeza behamba, abahlala lapho, bejwayelana nendawo yonke encane yehhotela ehlalwa yizivakashi zayo. Okwamanje, ngaphandle, ushintsho oluzozamazamisa ingxenye eyodwa yomhlaba futhi luphinde luzwakale kwenye lukhishwa ngolaka.
ukuvalelwa kanye nobudlelwano
Le noveli ithuthukisa futhi iveze ngobuciko imiphumela yokuvalelwa komuntu , ngisho noma esendaweni emnandi kakhulu, ekhululekile, nenethezekile emhlabeni. Indaba ithatha amashumi eminyaka ambalwa, ngakho-ke ukwehla okuhlushwa ngumlingiswa kanye nehhotela, kanye nohlelo lwezepolitiki oluvela ngaphandle kwezindonga zalo, kuyabonakala. Konke lokhu kuhunyushwa kube umbhalo othakazelisayo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, indaba kaTowles ihlakaniphile kakhulu futhi inokuqonda.
Okunye okuphawulekayo ubudlelwano umlingiswa oyinhloko abukhayo nabanye abalingiswa, njengoba kungekho lutho kulesi sici olushiywa ngengozi ngumbhali. Ukuvalelwa, kanye nokuvuthwa kukaRostov kanye nobudlelwano abuthuthukisayo, kuyisihluthulelo senoveli , ephethe nezimpawu zenoveli yomlando. I-A Gentleman in Moscow inikeza ukuhlanganiswa okuthakazelisayo kakhulu nokwenziwe ngokucophelela komlando waseRussia wekhulu lokugcina. Kulesi simo, i-Metropol Hotel, njengeKremlin, imele njengophawu lomlando waseRussia kanye nokuguqulwa kwawo.
I-Hedonism eyenza umlando
URostov, naphezu kokuvuthwa okuhambisana nobudala, isisindo sokuvalelwa ngenkani, kanye nokuzungezwa ngaphandle yisiphithiphithi senguquko, uzama ukugcina imikhuba yakhe evamile. Ufuna ingxoxo enhle, injabulo yokudla okuhle, kanye nokucebisa ubungane nezincwadi. Kodwa-ke, usalokhu esindile, ehlushwa ukungaqiniseki ohlelweni olunesiphithiphithi nolungazinzile . Le noveli ilandisa ngezenzakalo ezinkulu zomlando zangaleso sikhathi, njengokuwa kukaBukharin kanye nokuvuka kukaStalin, noma ukuqaliswa koHlelo Lweminyaka Emihlanu lwaseSoviet. IMetropol ngokwayo iphakathi kwalesi siphithiphithi , iseduze kakhulu neKremlin kanye neBolshoi Theatre engavamile.
Nakuba umlingiswa kaRostov emangalisa, naye ufaneleka kakhulu . Indaba imfanela kahle; umlingiswa uhola izehlakalo zenoveli, kanti ngesikhathi esifanayo umbhali angangena ezenzakalweni zesikhathi esidlule eziqukethe nenani elikhulu lamaphupho, kodwa ngaphandle kokulahla ukunemba.
URostov angaba yisicukuthwane saseRussia ngaleso sikhathi, esikhathalela kakhulu yena kunanoma yisiphi esinye isenzakalo. Uhlukile ngokuziphatha kwakhe ngoba ungumuntu othanda injabulo . Inhloso yenoveli, kanye nesakhiwo sayo, kuyaqondakala ngokwengxenye ngenxa yakhe. Okunye ukufaneleka kombhali, umbhali onozwela olukhulu lwendaba kanye nelukuluku elanele lokuyivusa nakwabanye.
Iziphetho
Okuqukethwe yile noveli indaba ehlelwe kahle ekwazi ukuheha umfundi, umlingiswa ongasoze walibaleka, isenzakalo esibalulekile nesiguqulayo somlando, kanye nomlobi onekhono lobuciko. UTowles ukhetha umongo womlando futhi ubeka isikhulu sendawo phakathi kwenoveli yakhe, esembulela umhlaba omusha eMetropol Hotel yaseMoscow ngesikhathi sokuvukela kwabasebenzi. Ukuvalwa kwezwe kuyizaba, kodwa kuyizaba ezifanele zokuqala le noveli nokuthola lo mbhali waseMelika onesizinda sezezimali.
Sobre el autor
U-Amor Towles wazalelwa eBoston ngo-1964. Wafunda eYale University futhi kamuva wafunda eStanford University. Naphezu kokusebenza kwezezimali, izincwadi kwakuyinto ayithandayo ayihlanganisa nomsebenzi akwazi ukuwushiya ngenxa yempumelelo yamanoveli akhe. Incwadi yakhe yokuqala ethi Rules of Civility futhi yamukelwa kahle kakhulu. Inoveli yakhe yesibili, ethi A Gentleman in Moscow , yammisa njengomunye wababhali abathembisayo nabafundwa kabanzi ezindabeni zaseMelika. Incwadi yakhe yakamuva eyanyatheliswa ngesiSpanishi ibizwa ngokuthi iLincoln Highway.