U-Anne Tyler, umpetha wamarekhodi omndeni, udale inoveli yokulandelana kwezikhathi i-Spool of Blue Thread kusukela kungxoxo, amafindo okusebenza kwengqondo, ukungqubuzana komndeni, kanye nozwelo.
Kukhona indlela eqinisekile yokungajabuli: ukufisa okuthile ngentshiseko nangentshiseko, ngaphandle kokwazi ukungabaza. Emndenini wakwaWhitshank, ukhokho uJunior wayefuna ibhizinisi lakhe kanye nendlu kanokusho e-Baltimore phakathi Nokucindezeleka Okukhulu, futhi ukhokho uLinnie Mae wayefuna ukushada nokhokho wakhe, nakuba wayeneminyaka engu-13 ubudala kanye neqiniso lokuthi yayibalekele ingxenye yezwe layo. Bobabili bangenza noma yini uma kufeza umgomo oyinhloko - ukusebenza ngokungakhathali, ukulinda nokubekezela, ukugqashula izibopho zomndeni futhi balahle izinkumbulo ezingadingekile (le yindlela uJunior azama ngayo ukukhohlwa imvelaphi yedolobhana lakubo, ebhala "idolobhana" eliluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka. umbala ovela eqinisweni impilo yakhe yonke). Umzuzu nomzuzu laba bantu abamangalisayo, abanezinjongo ezinhle kakhulu nezinto ezincane, bazihlupha bona kanye nomakhelwane babo, beguqula ukuphila kube umkhuba noma ukuhlukunyezwa. Bazofundisa okufanayo ezinganeni zabo nakubazukulu, ngisho neyokutholwa: Iphupho elivuthayo le-Stem liwukuba umndeni. Indlela alwela ngayo inkani yakhe imenza abe uWhitshank kakhulu kunabanye abazukulu.
U-Anne Tyler, umpetha wamarekhodi omndeni, uqambe inoveli yokulandelana kwezenzakalo ngezingxoxo, amafindo okusebenza kwengqondo, ukungqubuzana komndeni, kanye nozwelo. Kwavela kakhulu Chekhovian: wonke umuntu ubuhlungu, wonke umuntu uyaxolisa, akekho onecala. Abantu (kanye nathi) banenkani futhi banonya, izenzo zabo azihambisani futhi zinobugovu, zingalimaza, yebo, kunjalo. U-Ann Tyler usikhumbuza ukuthi lokhu asikwenzi ngonya. Kunezizathu ezijulile zokuziphatha ngale ndlela hhayi ngenye indlela, futhi kuwo wonke umzuzu wesikhathi senza konke okusemandleni ethu, futhi kunoma yikuphi ukubonakaliswa kuyakufanelekela uthando. Kodwa umbuzo oyinhloko - ingabe likhona iphuzu ekufuneni okuthile ngentshiseko? - ihlala ingakaxazululwa.
Ngezinye izikhathi kubonakala sengathi lo msebenzi, ifulethi, umuntu uzosijabulisa. Siphuma esikhumbeni sethu, sithole esikufunayo - kodwa cha, injabulo nje yokuba nezinto. Iphupho laseMelika liyafezeka, kodwa liyini iphuzu. Ingabe sisendaweni engafanele? Awuyanga lapho? Akukho "lapho"? Yini okufanele yenziwe ngale ngxabano embi, uTyler akafundisi. Ukuthola incazelo yegolide phakathi kokuthatheka nokunganaki, ukuncika kanye nokungabi nandaba kuwumsebenzi wethu siqu.
I-Spool ye-Blue Thread u-Anne Tyler. Ukuhunyushwa kusuka kusiNgisi nguNikita Lebedev. Phantom Press, 448 p.