Chii chinoitika kuna vamwari veNyika Yekare kana vachizviwana vasina kutendeka, voga uye vasina rubatsiro kukondinendi iri mutorwa kwavari? Uyu mubvunzo ndiwo wakabvunzwa Neil Gaiman uye yakanga iri nhoroondo yake basa rakakura: American Gods. Nhoroondo inonyudza midzi yayo mune yekutanga ngano kuti ivadzikise, asi panguva imwechete ichiremekedza kuvimbika kwavo.
Iye murume anotsigira ngano
Iyo trajectory yeBriton gaiman haina kukodzera sezvainonakidza. Paaive achishanda semutori wenhau akabvunzurudza Allan moore (nyika inozivikanwa nemifananidzo yakajeka se v for Vendetta o Varindi), izvo zvakamutsidzira kufarira kwake ma comics. Nekuda kwehukama pakati pevaviri, Gaiman akatanga basa rake semunyori wemabhuku echinyorwa ane mabasa akadai Nhema orchid y The Sandman. Iyi yekupedzisira nhevedzano ndiyo yaakawana nayo kuzivikanwa mukati memakore makumi mapfumbamwe, kudzamara asvika pachinzvimbo chemunyori wechitendero.
Kunyangwe iye akarimawo yakawandisa yechinyakare rondedzero mukati megumi iri makore, yaigara iri mukubatana nevamwe vanyori (senge mu Mashura akanaka, padyo ne Terry Pratchett) kana kunyora mavhezheni avo kana zvinyorwa zveterevhizheni (Kupi kana kupi y Kudzora). Isu taifanira kumirira kusvika pakutanga kwezana ramakumi maviri nemasere kuti tiverenge American Gods (2001), chisikwa chake chekutanga chakave nemimba kubva pakutanga senge inoverengeka. Mariri, Gaiman anounza pamwechete izvo zvese zvinhu zvainge zvakamutambudza muhupenyu hwake hwese, izvo zvakaumbika kuita basa rinonakidza.
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American Gods inotaura nyaya ya Mumvuri Mwedzi, uyo mushure memakore matatu ekutongwa abuda mutirongo kuenda kumariro emukadzi wake Laura, achangobva kufa mutsaona yemotokari neshamwari yake yepamwoyo. Ari munzira kudzokera kumba kwake kwekare anosangana nemumwe «Mr wednesday»(Chitatu), uyo anomupa basa rekuchengetedza muviri. Kubva ipapo zvichienda mberi, Sombra, anofungidzirwa kusahadzika, anoona kuti seri kweicho chaicho chokwadi pane chimwe, uye kuti ngano dzinovanda pakona.
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Iyo inoverengeka inosanganisa ese marudzi ese akapatsanuka zvinhu. Iyo nyaya ye fungidziro uye panguva imwechete a thriller, nhoroondo ye ngano yesainzi, uye kunyange a bhuku rekufambisa. Iyi ndiyo chaiyo dambudziko rakanyanya kusangana nevanoongorora kana vachiongorora American Gods, nekuti hazvigoneke kuibaya. Mushure mezvose, isu tinofanirwa kunzwisisa kuti Gaiman haafunge nezvemhando dzemanyoro semakamuri akapfigwa. Iye munyori akadaro akataura nezvazvo:
Pandinongova neni ndega semuverengi wekutanga, murume kana murume, kana kusavapo kwevakadzi, zvinova zvisina basa. Iwo wega mutemo unogona kunditungamira semunyori kuramba uchienda kumberi, uye kuramba uchitaura nyaya isingaite kuti ini, muverengi wangu wekutanga, ndinzwe kubiridzirwa kana kuora moyo pakupedzisira.
Nenzira iyi, American Gods Ndicho basa rekusiyanisa. Uye izvi, kure nekuve zvakashata chimiro, zvinopa hunhu hwayo wega kuti mamwe mabhuku angangoshuvira chete. Mutambo uye komedhi, kufungidzira uye chokwadi zvinopindirana pakati pemapeji ayo kugadzira nyaya inobata muverengi.
Nyaya yevanamwari nevarume
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"Anofunga kuti tiri zviratidzo; isu tiri iko kurota uko hunhu hunogadzira kuita pfungwa yemumvuri pamadziro emabako. Zvino chienda hako. Muviri wako wave kutonhora. Vakapenga vari kuungana pagomo. Nguva ipfupi.
American Gods Havasi ivo vega ezviitiko zveakare mutongi. Zviri ngano dzazvino uno iyo yakarongedzwa mukati mezvino zve chii neo-naka, akazvarwa semhedzisiro yekuneta kwerudzi, uye zvinopesana netsika yechinyakare yekufungidzira nemudzidzisi Todorov. Ndiro simba rekurwa muUnited States pakati peiyo Vamwari vekare (akachenjera, akura, murombo uye akashata) uye iyo vamwari vatsva (vasingazive, vadiki, vapfumi uye vane simba), vanofananidza kudyidzana kwenyika, Internet, uye postmodernity. Uku kusangana kune zvirevo zvemanyepo izvo zvinotiyeuchidza nezveGigantomachy yenyaya dzechiGiriki, kana hondo pakati paÆsir naVanir wenhema dzeNorse.
Nekudaro, iyi nhoroondo yakapfuma ngairege kutitsausa. Ichokwadi icho American Gods ine chirevo chekuti muverengi akangwara anogona kuwana, asi hachisi chinhu chinodiwa kuti unakirwe nebasa. Iyo zano iri, iri yega, inonakidza, neakasiyana zano rinokanganisa y mavara akanyatsovakwa uyo ari nyore kunzwira tsitsi. Kune izvi zvese, ini ndinokurudzira kuverenga iyi nyaya yevanamwari nevanhu.