Kuvakala ngathi kuyaphikisana. Ndakhe ndeva umbhali ngamaxesha athile esithi enye yezizathu zakhe xa ebhala kukushiya into ukulungiselela izizukulwana ezizayo, ukuze ihlale emva kokuba eswelekile. Oko kukuthi, babhala ngokuyinxenye ngesenzo esithile esingenantsingiselo nesichazayo (esihloniphekileyo) ukuze emva kokusweleka kwabo, into yabo, into yakhe ihlale ngonaphakade, kwaye ngendlela ethile, iyakukhunjulwa yiyo. Kwaye ukubuyela kwisivakalisi sokuqala endisibhalileyo, kuvakala ngathi kuyaphikisana, kuba inqaku endikulethela lona namhlanje linomdla kubabhali be-2 baseMelika kunye nombhali wase-Austrian esele elityelwe.
Ndingakhankanya ezinye ezimbalwa, kodwa sele iqabane lam u-Alberto Piernas liqhube kakuhle koku nqaku endikucebisayo, apho akhankanya abanye ababhali abali-5. Kwimeko yam, ndikuzisa kancinci ngobomi kunye nomsebenzi waba babhali-3 baseMelika singaze sibakhumbule: UVicki Baum, uErskine Caldwell, kunye noPearl S. Buck.
Ngubani uVicki Baum?
UVicki Baum (1888-1960) wayengowase-Austrian ngokuzalwa, kodwa uloyiko lwamaNazi lwamkhokelela ekubeni kungekudala afudukele eUnited States, nalapho wayeza kufa khona. Uyazi ukuba ngubani uGreta Garbo, akunjalo? Ewe, ngulowo wanika ubomi ethetha ngesinema ngembonakalo yomlinganiswa okwincwadi yakhe Grand Hotel. Lo mbhali wabhala iinoveli ezimbalwa, uninzi lwazo lunxulumene nokuhamba kunye nokudibana kwakhe.
Kwabuzwa kwaye kwagxekwa njengoko kwakudunyiswa. Inxalenye yabagxeki bacinga ngomsebenzi wakhe wokubhala ukuba wawungento kwaye wonqena, nangona kunjalo elinye icala, lithe ngaye nangemibhalo yakhe ukuba bomelele kwaye banikwe ubuntu obukhulu.
Erskine Caldwell
Lo mbhali owazalelwa eGeorgia ngo-1903 kwaye wasweleka ngo-1987. Uyaziwa ngaphezu kwayo yonke into ngomsebenzi wakhe odumileyo "Icebo likaThixo" (1933), Ifumaneka phakathi koncwadi olusemazantsi lweGothic kunye nemikhosi yokulwa. Kwenzeka ntoni kulo mbhali kwaye yiyo loo nto engaziwa kangako namhlanje kukuba wayegutyungelwe ngelo xesha ngabanye ababhali ababini ababalaseleyo belo xesha: UWilliam Faulkner noJohn Steinbeck.
Khange ibe nefuthe kumhla wakhe kwaye ayibanga nayo kuye. Yaphinda yakhutshwa ngumshicileli uNavona kodwa ngaphandle kwempumelelo enkulu.
Pearl S Buck
Ityala lombhali waseMelika uPearl S. Buck (1892-1973) liyamxaka nangakumbi, kuba ubuncinci waphumelela Ibhaso likaNobel kuLwazi ngo-1938.
UPearl uchithe iminyaka engama-40 yobomi bakhe ehlala e-China. Ukusuka kwilizwe lasempuma watsalela iimpembelelo zemisebenzi yakhe kwaye umgangatho wakhe waqatshelwa nalo Mbasa kaNobel woNcwadi. Yapapashwa iminyaka emininzi kodwa kwafika ixesha apho bayeka ukuyenza, ngendlela engaqondakaliyo kwaphela. Kuze kube namhlanje, akukho mshicileli waseSpain oye wathatha lo mbhali ukuba enze kwakhona.
Andibalibalanga nje kuphela, kodwa ngamanye amaxesha bendiwafunda kwakhona, ngakumbi loo mbhali ubalaseleyo owayenguPearl S. Buck.
Ndibe nethamsanqa ngokwaneleyo lokufumana incwadi yokudityaniswa kweenoveli zikaPearl S. Buck kwivenkile ethengisa ukutya okwethutyana kwaye ibonakala intle. Enkosi ngokukhumbula aba babhali. Wayengazi uBaulm noCaldwell.
U-Erski e Caldwell: umsebenzi ozimeleyo eMntla Melika Merika, nothuli lwendlela, ugxininiso lobuhlanga kunye neskripthi somntu. Ndiyakuvuyela.