UMargaret Atwood ngomnye wababhali uninzi lwabameli —singasathethi ke kakhulu—kuncwadi lwangoku ECanadaan kwaye wazalwa ngosuku olufana nanamhlanje ngo-1939 e-Ottawa. Kwakhona umgcini-skrini kunye nomgxeki woncwadi, mhlawumbi Ubuso bakhe njengembongi lelona laziwayo okanye ilandelwe, igutyungelwe kudumo olukhulu lwamva nje lweencwadi zakhe ezibalisayo, ezibonisa ukhuselo lwakhe lwamalungelo abantu basetyhini, uqhanqalazo lwentlalo kunye neyelenqe lakhe le-dystopian.
Uhlengahlengiso olwenzelwe umabonakude njengothotho lwezihloko ezinje Ibali lesicakakazi o Alias Nceba Bafumene inkoliseko yabagxeki kunye noluntu ngokulinganayo. Uye wawongwa ngamabhaso amaninzi kuquka ne INkosana ye-Asturias yeeleta ngo-2008. Kodwa namhlanje sizisa oku Ukukhetha imibongo ekhethiweyo emsebenzini wakhe. Ukuyifumana kwaye ubhiyozele olu suku lokuzalwa.
UMargaret Atwood—Imibongo
ihotele
Ndivuka sekumnyama
kwigumbi elingaqhelekanga
Kukho ilizwi eluphahleni
ngomyalezo kum.
phinda ngokuphindaphindiweyo
ukungabikho kwamagama okufanayo,
isandi esisenziwa luthando
xa ifika emhlabeni,
ukunyanzelwa emzimbeni,
ibekwe ekoneni. kukho umfazi phezulu
engenabuso kunye nesilwanyana
owasemzini ogubhayo phakathi kwakhe.
Ukhupha amazinyo akhe, ulile;
ilizwi lihlebeza ngeendonga kunye nomgangatho;
ngoku ukhululekile, ukhululekile kwaye uyabaleka
ezantsi ukuya elwandle njengamanzi.
Jonga umoya ojikeleze kuwe kwaye ufumane
indawo. Ekugqibeleni, I
ingena ibe yeyam.
Iiflashbacks kwiMfazwe ye-1837
Enye ye
izinto endizibonileyo
kuyo, kwaye ukususela ngoko:
ukuba ibali (lolo luhlu
iminqweno ekhulayo kunye nemivimbo yethamsanqa,
iziphazamiso, ukuwa kunye neempazamo ezinamathele
njengeparashute)
iphazamisana nengqondo yakho
kwelinye icala, kwaye kwelinye liyatyibilika
ukuba le mfazwe kungekudala iza kuba phakathi kwabo
imifanekiso emincinane yamandulo
ilifu likuthobe
ukusuka ngasemva kwentloko,
babhidekile, abaphumli, abakhuselekanga
benza ntoni apho
kwaye amaxesha ngamaxesha zibonakala ngobuso
idiot kunye neqela lezandla zebhanana;
neeflegi,
ngezixhobo, ukuya emithini
stroke esimdaka kunye ne-scribble eluhlaza
okanye, kumzobo wepensile ongwevu
enqabeni, bazimela ngokudubula
omnye komnye, umsi kunye nomlilo obomvu
ukuba esandleni somntwana kwenzeke.
Ezinye iingcamango ezinokwenzeka ezivela ngaphantsi komhlaba
Phantsi. kungcwatywa. Ndiyakuva
ukuhleka okulula kunye namanyathelo; ukunyathela
yeglasi kunye nentsimbi
abahlaseli babo babenakho
ihlathi lokusabela
nomlilo ukuba unkwantye, nento engcwele
iindlalifa, abo bavusiweyo
izakhiwo eziethe-ethe.
Intliziyo yam yangcwatywa amashumi eminyaka
Kwiingcinga zangaphambili, qhubeka uthandaza
Ah, chitha eli bhongo likratshi, bhabhiloni
isamente ngaphandle komlilo, kumhlaba ongaphantsi
Thandaza kuThixo wam we-deadpan.
Kodwa bahlala. Iphelile. ndiyeva
ukudela ukanti nosizi: yintoni na amathambo
zezirhubuluzi ezinkulu
wohlulwe yinto
(masithi kuye
weather) akukho mda
ukuba intsingiselo yayo elula
wabalanda ngoko kulungileyo
waziva xa babe
batshutshiswa, bangcwatywa phakathi kwabaziphethe kakubi
Izilwanyana ezanyisayo ezingenaluvelwano ziyenziwe.
Phambi kwesipili
kwakungathi ndiyavuka
emva kokulala iminyaka esixhenxe
kwaye ndizibhaqe ndineribhoni eqinileyo,
yomnyama ongqongqo
ibolile ngumhlaba nayimilambo
endaweni yoko, ulusu lwam lwaba lukhuni
yamaxolo neengcambu njengeenwele ezimhlophe
Ubuso bam belifa ndize nabo
iqokobhe leqanda elityumkileyo
phakathi kwenye inkunkuma:
ipleyiti yodongwe eqhekeziweyo
endleleni yehlathi, ityali
evela eIndiya ikrazukile, amaqhekeza oonobumba
kwaye nelanga lalapha lindichukumisile
umbala wayo barbaric
Izandla zam ziqinile, iminwe yam
brittle njengamasebe
namehlo adidekile emva
iminyaka esixhenxe kwaye phantse
iimfama / amathupha, ababona kuphela
umoya
umlomo ovulayo
kwaye liqhekeka njengelitye elivuthayo
xa uzama ukuthi
Yintoni lento
(ufumana kuphela
indlela osele uyiyo,
kodwa ntoni
ukuba sele ulibele ukuba ibiquka ntoni
okanye ufumanise ukuba
awuzange wazi)
indoda eyayikho
Ebaleni kunekhephu umyeni wam uyavula
i-X, ingqikelelo echazwa phambi kwesithuba;
ihamba ide ihlale
ifihlwe lihlathi
Xa ndingasamboni
ibe yintoni na
yintoni enye indlela
ixube kwi
ukhula, amaza ngamadabi
uyazifihla kwisilumkiso
ubukho bezilwanyana zomgxobhozo
Ukubuyela kwi
ngokuhlwa; okanye mhlawumbi ingcamango
ndinantoni ngaye
nantoni na endifumanayo
naye wazimela emva kwakhe.
Isenokunditshintsha nam
ukuba ifike ngeliso lempungutye okanye eyesikhova
okanye ngesibhozo
amehlo esigcawu
andikwazi ukucinga
uza kubona ntoni
xa ndivula umnyango
Umthombo: Ilizwi eliphantsi