Kumcimbi wokunikezelwa kwale ncwadi Izithuthuthu kunye neBison Grass ihlelwe okokuqala eSpain ngu Umhleli weAppaloosa, Actualidad Literatura wakwazi ukwenza udliwano-ndlebe nombhali, uDrew Hayden Taylor. Kwaye le noveli imangalisayo ithengisa kakhulu eCanada, ngowama-2010 yayiyeyokugqibela kumabhaso aziwayo ombhali weeRhuluneli Jikelele kwaye ithembisa ukuphumelela eSpain.
Drew hayden taylorU-Ojibwa ovela kwiCave Curve, eCanada, uhambe iindawo ezininzi kwaye ubhala malunga nembono yakhe yemveli. Uthotho lombhali, intatheli, icoluminist, umhlekisi, umbhali wenoveli kunye nombhali webali elifutshane, lo mbhali unomsebenzi obanzi wokubhala apho izihloko ezinjenge Ndihlekisa (2006) kunye Ukuhambahamba ebusuku: INoveli yesiNtu yamaNtu (2007) kunye Mna ndiyathandeka (2008).
Ukuhanjiswa kwencwadi kwenzeka eMadrid, kwivenkile yeencwadi ekhethekileyo kuncwadi lokuhamba IsiXeko esingabonakaliyo. Lo mbhali usicacisele ngomdlandla omkhulu ukuba zithini na iingxaki zakhe zoncwadi, yintoni emkhuthazayo ukuba abhale iinoveli kunye nokuthanda kwakhe ukuhlekisa. Kwaye ekubeni uncwadi lwasekhaya ludla ngokubonisa ngendlela ephawulekayo, igalelo elikhethekileyo lo mbhali uburharha babo kunye nokuzimisela kwabo ukuthetha ngobomi nenkcubeko yabo kodwa ngethoni echwayitileyo ngakumbi.
Umbuzo: Zeziphi iindawo okhe waya kuzo?
Impendulo: Ndikhe ndaya kumazwe amalunga ne-18, ndibhengeza iindaba ezilungileyo zoncwadi lwemveli. Ndikuyo yonke indawo, ukusuka eIndiya nase China ukuya eFinland naseJamani.
P: Ukuba ungakhetha ukuya naphi na kweli hlabathi (awukayazi okwangoku) ungakhetha ntoni?
R: Afrika kunye noMzantsi Melika.
P: Uyaziwa ngeetalente zakho ezininzi: umbhali, umhlekisi, intatheli, umbhali wemidlalo. Zihambelana njani ezi zinto? Ngaba ucinga ukuba zonke ziyinxalenye yesakhono esinye okanye zahlukile?
R: Ndizibona ndingumbalisi wamabali wangoku. Nokuba ndibhala iskripthi seTV, umdlalo weqonga okanye inoveli. Kum yonke le nto ibila ukuba uxelele ibali elimnandi kuye nabani na onokuthi aphulaphule okanye afunde. Ndiyathanda ukuthi siqale ukubalisa amabali ajikeleze umlilo wekampu ukubaxelela malunga neqonga okanye isikrini. Ewe kunjalo, ukuziqhelanisa nokubhala kwezi ntlobo zahlukeneyo kufuna, ngokomfuziselo, ukusebenzisa izihlunu ezahlukeneyo, kodwa kum yonke into iyafana. Ngaphandle koko, andiziboni njengeqhula kuba andenzi midlalo-ndiyenzile kwaba kanye kwaye yayimnandi. Ndikhetha ukuzibona njengeqhula, oko kufana nombhali obhala iiqhula.
P: Ngaba ucinga ukuba amabali kunye nomdlalo ohlekisayo uyafana ekubeni zombini zinento eyothusayo, ngokuchaseneyo, umzekelo, iinoveli okanye iikholamu? Yintoni oyithandayo ngakumbi?
R: Ukuhlekisa ewe, kodwa amabali amafutshane akanyanzelekanga. Ndifundile amabali amafutshane amaninzi angenasiphelo esimangalisayo okanye incopho, kodwa abonisa kuphela imifanekiso yemihla ngemihla ebomini. Endaweni yoko, umdlalo ohlekisayo ufuna olo tshintsho ngequbuliso; kufuneka ithathe indlela entsha eyahlukileyo kwinto ofuna ukuba iqatshelwe. Iphantse yafana nefomula yezibalo: A + B ulingana no D. Isiseko salo lonke uncwadi lwaseNtshona kukuba umlinganiswa ophambili unenjongo kwaye, kuninzi lwebali, kufuneka oyise uthotho lwemiqobo ukuze afezekise okanye angayifezi injongo yayo. Oko kuhlala kukhonkco ekugqibeleni: bayiphumeza njani injongo okanye basilele njani ukuzama. Kwaye kunzima ukutsho ukuba loluphi uhlobo endiluthandayo. Ngokucacileyo, andizukubhala ngazo zonke ezi ndlela ukuba andizonwabanga. Nangona kunjalo, ndiyakholelwa ukuba indawo yemidlalo yeqonga yindawo endiguqulele kuyo ndaba ngumculi. Abanye ndibathanda ngokunjalo, kodwa eCanada ndiyaziwa, ubukhulu becala, njengomdlali odlalayo.
P: Uqale nini ukubhala?
R: Intengiso yam yokuqala yayiluthotho IiBombcombers, uthotho lwezigigaba ezihlala imizuzu engama-30. Ingxenye yesithathu yabalingisi yayiyinzalelwane, kwaye kwenzeka xa ndandiphanda ukubhala inqaku lephephancwadi malunga nokutshintsha amabali omthonyama kumabonakude nakwifilimu. Ndenze udliwanondlebe nomhleli kwaye andazi nokuba ibindim okanye nguye, kodwa omnye wabo ucebise ukuba angenise amanye amabali ukuze nje avavanywe. Ndenzela nje ukuzonwabisa, kwaye bandithengela. Ndiyibhalile ... kwaye yaqala kanjalo yonke into.
P: Yintoni ekutsala kakhulu ngoncwadi?
R: Umbuzo onzima. Unditsala njani uncwadi? Ndicinga ukuba iyanditsala kuba indithatha indisa kwiindawo endingasokuze ndikwazi ukuzityelela, abalinganiswa endingasokuze ndikwazi ukubafunda, kunye neemeko apho, ndingcono okanye ndingasayi kuze ndibandakanyeke. Yinto enokwenzeka ukuba uphile obunye ubomi kwaye wenze izinto ezinomdla. Ke ndiyawathanda amabali agxile kubo bobabini abalinganiswa nakwisiqwenga somxholo.
P: Incwadi yakho oyithandayo?
R: Andinaluvo. Andikuthandi ukucinga ngentandokazi. Ndingumlandeli omkhulu kaTom King, uStephen King, uKurt Vonnegut Jr. nabanye abaninzi. Eyona nto indidanisayo kukuba ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo zikhona ezinye iincwadi endinokuzithanda ndingazifumani. Ukukhangela kuyinxalenye yolonwabo.
P: Umbhali ocinga ukuba ubenefuthe kubomi bakho boncwadi?
R: Ndiyakholelwa ekubeni ekubeni "ndandingumbhali kwindawo yokuhlala" kubuGcisa beNzululwazi yoMhlaba, inkampani yokuqala yaseCanada yeNative Theatre, ngexesha likaTomson Highway, wayeza kuba ngomnye wabanempembelelo kum. Kodwa kukho uTom King, u-O'Henry no-O'Neill.
P: Ngaba inkcubeko yakho inefuthe lini kuncwadi lwakho? Ngaba ucinga ukuba kukho iyantlukwano kwindlela yasentshona yokubhala?
R: Njengoko benditshilo kumbuzo ongaphambili, ndizibona ndingumbalisi webali wangoku. Ndikhule ndimamela amabali kwaye bendifuna ukuwenza. Nangona kunjalo, njengomfundi, bendinawo onke loo mabali avela kude afika kwindawo endihlala kuyo eCurve Lake, ke bendifuna ukuzisa amabali kwindawo endihlala kuyo kwihlabathi liphela. Umahluko ophambili phakathi kwamabali emveli kunye nolwakhiwo olukhulu lwaseNtshona ngumbono womlinganiswa ophambili. Uninzi lweenoveli kunye nemidlalo yeNtshona inomntu ophambili, eneseti yabalinganiswa besibini abamngqongileyo. Uninzi, kodwa ayisiyiyo yonke, amabali emveli, luluntu oluyinkwenkwezi kwaye kunokubakho okanye kungabikho mntu uphambili. Umntu akabalulekanga kunelali okanye uluntu.
P: Ngaba uyazi indawo yokubhala yaseSpain? Ngaba ukhe wafunda nayiphi na imisebenzi yangoku yeSpanish?
R: Ngelishwa akunjalo. Abakho baninzi ababhali baseSpain abaze kwindawo yam yokugcina izinto. Ndicinga ukuba kufuneka ndiqhelane ngakumbi nababhali baseSpain, ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo.
P: Isikhuselo sencwadi yakho Mna ndiyathandeka Ngeliphandle iyahlekisa, kuba yeyona nto iphambili kubo abathengisa kakhulu i-eroticism "ethambileyo" ("iphonografi yoomama"), edla ngokubonisa amantombazana anxibe iimpahla ezibanjwe ziingalo zakhe yindoda eyomeleleyo, entle kodwa ekrwada. Ucinga ntoni malunga neenoveli zolu hlobo okanye Amashumi amahlanu amaZithunzi eGrey?
R: Ndizifundile ezimbalwa ezo ncwadi ngelixa ndiphanda ngesincoko sencwadi. Ndiyasazi isitayile sakhe kunye nomxholo, kodwa ayisiyiyo leyo Amashumi amahlanu amaZithunzi eGrey, nangona bendisoloko ndimangalisiwe ngumdla wothando kwinkcubeko nakubantu bomthonyama. Kuyinyani ukuba sinomdla kakhulu, kodwa kusisidenge. Qokelela Mna ndiyathandeka Kwakumnandi kakhulu kwaye ndafunda lukhulu kwiimbono zabanye ababhali.
P: Ucinga ntoni ngemeko yokubhala yangoku?
R: Eli xesha libonisa iindaba ezinomdla kwaye zinomdla ngokwenene. Ngempembelelo ye-intanethi kunye namathuba okupapasha enziwe afumaneke ngale ndlela (umzekelo, ukubhloga kunye nokupapasha kwi-Intanethi), ngubani owaziyo ukuba izinto ziya kuya phi kule minyaka ilishumi okanye ingamashumi amabini izayo! Ndicinga ukuba abantu, nangona beyifomathi, baya kuhlala benomdla kwibali elilungileyo. Kwaye ngokuvulwa kweengcango kumazwe angaphuhlanga nakwezinye iinkcubeko, uncwadi lunokuba sisityebi kuphela kwaye lube nomdla ngakumbi.
P: Uthini ngawe kubalinganiswa be Izithuthuthu kunye neBison Grass?
R: Kukho into ngam onke amabali am, kodwa ayingobomi bomntu. Kuyamangalisa, kuba ezinye izihlobo zam ziqinisekile ukuba ndiyazifaka kuyo yonke into endiyibhalayo, kodwa andivumi. Wayefana noVirgil ekukhuleni. ULillian wayefana nomakhulu wam kwaye njengabanye abadala endadibana nabo. Ndicinga ukuba ndizamile ukufaka ubunyani bam kwaye ndikhazimle kuJohn kwaye ezinye zezona zimvo zam zingaphakathi eWayne. Kodwa ndifuna isithuthuthu esiyiNtloko saseIndiya sowe-1953.
P: Ngaba ucinga ukuba sele ubhalile umsebenzi wobugcisa?
R: Akunakuze. Owona msebenzi wobugcisa ndiya kuze ndibhale uya kuhlala uyincwadi elandelayo endizimisele ukuyibhala.
P: Ithini iprojekthi yakho elandelayo?
R: Ndineeprojekthi ezimbalwa. Ndibhala iskripthi kunye namazwi omculo omnandi womnyhadala weCharlettetown ePrince Edward Island. Incwadi yam yama-24 kufanele ipapashwe kwinyanga ezayo, inoveli yemifanekiso yeNoveli yam Umhambuma ebusuku, malunga nevampire yemveli. Kwaye ndinomdlalo omtsha ozakuphuma kunyaka olandelayo obiziweyo UThixo kunye ne-indian. Ndikwacwangcisa ukwenza into edibanisa abantu bomthonyama kunye neengxaki zesayensi. Kwaye mhlawumbi inoveli entsha.
Olunye ulwazi-u-Alice Munro, Ophumeleleyo kwi-Nobel Prize ka-2013