Intombi yomenzi wewotshi.
Intombi yoMlindi (2018) sisihloko samva nje esipapashwe ngumbhali odumileyo waseAustralia uKate Morton. Njengoko kwenzekile neminye imisebenzi yakhe yangaphambili, Indlu kaRiverton (2006) kunye Igadi elityelweyo (2008), lo msebenzi woncwadi ubambe abagxeki kunye noluntu lokufunda kwilizwe jikelele. Kwangoko, ukuba ufuna ukufunda olu hlaziyo, kuyacetyiswa ukuba unayo Abaphangi.
Ihlobo le-1862 kwaye amanye amagcisa amancinci athatha isigqibo sokufuna inkuthazo eBerkshire. Kodwa, xa iintsuku ezishushu ziphelile, kwenzeka iimfihlakalo. Enye intombazana iyanyamalala, enye idutyulwe yabulawa kwaye kukho ukuphanga. Ingaphezulu kwenkulungwane idlulile ukusukela ngoko kwaye, eLondon, uElodie Wislow ufumana into ebonakala ngathi yincwadi yokubhala enezinto ezimbini ngaphakathi ezibonakala ziqheleke kuye: umzobo wendlu kunye nefoto yomfazi.
Malunga nombhali, uKate Morton
UKate Morton wazalelwa eBerri, e-Australia, ngo-1976. Ukususela esemncinci kakhulu wabonisa ukuba uyathandana ngokufunda kunye neeleta, enokhetho olukhulu kwiincwadi zombhali u-Enid Blyton. Uqeqesho lwakhe lwemfundo lwaqala kwisikolo esisemaphandleni kufutshane nasekhaya.
Emva koko, Ekukhuleni kwakhe, wafudukela eLondon ukuya kufunda kwiKholeji yaseTrinity. Apho wafumana i-BA yakhe kwiNtetho nakwiDrama. Emva kwexesha, ebuyele kwilizwe lakhe, wafunda kwiDyunivesithi yaseQueensland, apho waphumelela khona amanqaku aphezulu kuLwazi lwesiNgesi.
Ukuqala kwakhe ngokubhala
Ngexesha lokufunda kwakhe, uKate wabhala amabali amade, kodwa akazange awapapashe. Kwakungekho ngo-2006 ukuba umbhali wenveli wenyuka waya kwincwadi yokubhala kunye nesihloko Indlu kaRiverton. Lo msebenzi uphumelele amabhaso aliqela kwaye wakwazi ukuzibeka njenge Umthengisi ogqibelele inombolo 1 eNew York naseUnited Kingdom.
Ukusuka apho, uMorton waqala ngokufunda ngokunyanisekileyo esidlangalaleni nangona wayenexesha elide, leminyaka emibini ukuya kwemithathu, phakathi kopapasho ngalunye. Iincwadi zakhe ezilandelayo: Igadi elityelweyo (2008) Iiyure ezikude (2010) Imfihlo yokuzalwa (2012) kunye Ndlela-ntle yokugqibela (2015) zamkelwe kakuhle kakhulu. Namhlanje, eneminyaka engama-44 ubudala, nezigidi zentengiso kunye nemisebenzi eguqulweyo kwiilwimi ezingaphezu kwama-30, uKate Morton uyincwadi yodidi lwangoku.
Malunga nomsebenzi Intombi yoMlindi
Ungayithenga le ncwadi apha: Akukho mveliso ifunyenweyo
Abanye bayibiza ngokuba yenye yezona zibizo zibalulekileyo zikaMorton. Incwadana yamapolisa yolwaphulo-mthetho kunye nokukhanya okulula kokukrokra kunye noloyiko. Ibaliswe ngamagama ahlukeneyo kwaye ibekwe kwixesha lama-Victorian. Iphawulwa ngokwahlulahlula kwaye ngaxeshanye kunxulunyaniswa phakathi kwamaxesha ahlukeneyo. Ibali lidibanisa uthando lobugcisa, ukufa nothando.
Sharp ujika ngexesha
Amaxesha ahlukeneyo aqeshwe nguKate Morton kule noveli aqhelekile ngoku. Sithetha ngesinye sezixhobo esele zibonwe kwizihloko zangaphambili. Imbali ye Intombi yoMlindi yenzeka ngamaxesha amabini ahlukeneyo: elidlulileyo (1862) kunye nelangoku (1962).
UKate Morton.
Isakhiwo sexesha elidlulileyo sinobunzima obuninzi kunye ne-hook, ngelixa eli langoku lingonwabisi kangako kumbono we-enigmatic. Ezi zimbini zidibanisa ngaxa lithile. Ke ngoko, ukuze ufumane umfundi, isahluko ngasinye sencwadi sibonisa umhla esikuwo isenzo.
Uphononongo
1862
Ihlobo lazisa uEdward Radcliffe, opeyintayo oselula, kunye noodadewabo kunye neqela labahlobo bezobugcisa eBerkshire. ngenjongo eqinileyo yokufumana inkuthazo kunye nokwenza ukuba ubuchule buchume. Bahlala eBirchwood Manor, indlu esemlanjeni eyayithengwe ngaphambili nguRadcliffe.
Iintsuku zehlobo ziyaphela kwaye kuthotho lweentlekele ezimangalisayo zenzeka. Umyeni ka-Edward Radcliffe wadutyulwa wabulawa, kwaye indawo yakhe yokugcina izinto zakudala, uLily Millington - okwabizwa ngokuba nguBirdi - uyanyamalala kunye nelitye elixabisekileyo losapho: iRadcliffe Blue. Oku kwenza ukuba uEdward aphule.
1962
U-Elodie Winslow usebenza njengomgcini-mpepha eLondon. Ngenye imini, njengesiqhelo, ufumana ipasile ezele zizinto ezindala azokubeka ecaleni. Xa evula, ufumana incwadi endala yomzobi apho kukho imizobo. Phakathi kwazo kukho indlu yasemlanjeni enesitayile sama-Victorian uElodie ayifumana iqhelekile, kodwa akazi ukuba kutheni. Kodwa akuphelelanga apho. Kwakhona, kukho ifoto kwi-sepia ethi, nangona ixesha liye laphathwa gwenxa, iyenza icace imbonakalo yomfazi omhle enxibe isinxibo senkulungwane yamashumi amabini.
Molweni
U-Edward wayeganelwe indlalifa yexesha elizayo yokuzalwa okuphezulu. Nangona kunjalo, wathandana noLily waza wamenza indawo yakhe yokugcina izinto.. Enkosi kuye- kwaye ngenxa yakhe - wakwazi ukuphumelela njengomzobi. Nangona kunjalo, uthando lwezi zimbini lwalungenakwenzeka. Ngelo xesha, inzala kaRadcliffe yayingenakutshata nomntu onobungqina obubi njengoLily.
Indlu
I-Birchwood Manor idlala indima ephambili kweli bali, njengoko ingumbala wayo yonke into. Emva kweso siganeko sibuhlungu ngehlobo lowe-1862, le ndawo yakhonza njengesikolo sokubhoda samanenekazi amancinci, iziko lobugcisa kwanoluhlobo lomhlala-phantsi okanye ihotele.
Ukuhlala komntu ngamnye owakha wasendlini kwabangela ubomi babo ngandlela thile ukuba budityaniswe. Ngokufunda, wonke umntu uyaxela amava akhe eBirchwood Manor ngokwembono yabo. Le yindlela uElodie ayazi ngayo indlu. Umama wakhe - owayengumdumisi odumileyo - wamxelela ngaye ngokungathi yintsomi. Ku-Elodie, iBirchwood Manor yayilikhaya elikhethekileyo lobuntwana bakhe.
Ixesha
Ngezwi likaLily, kancinci kancinci siyazi ukuba iintsuku zihambe njani kwaye akukho namnye umntu owakhe wamkhumbula. Kuyadida, kuba nangona abantu abatsha befikile eBirchwood Manor, kuye ixesha alikadluli.
Nangona iiyure zihamba, akazi nto. Akakwazi ukuyibona kuba ukusukela ngehlobo u-Lily ubanjiwe ngexesha nasendlwini njengesiporho. Akakhumbuli nokuba, kodwa uyintombi yomenzi weewotshi, into exakayo leyo.
Caphula ngo Kate Morton.
Mistery
Ekuqaleni, umbhali ubonelela ngezinto ezithile ukuze umfundi azifumanele imfihlelo. Nangona kunjalo, ziziphazamiso kuphela. Kumanqaku athile ebalini kunzima ukwazi ukuba uMorton ufuna ukuya phi. Kodwa kude kube sekupheleni apho yonke inyaniso iyaziwa.
Ininzi imibuzo kwaye Imfihlelo enkulu ikhasa ukusuka kwixesha likaLily. Kwenzeka ntoni kuye? Ngubani owabulala umfazi wexesha elizayo likaEdward? Laliphi igugu likaRadcliffe?
Iziphumo zencwadi
Ukongeza kwinto yokuba yonke imisebenzi kaKate Morton inesakhiwo sokuqala, sisebenza nombhali ngesitayile esimakwe kakuhle. Uhlobo abafundi bakho esele belazi ngokugqibeleleyo. Intombi yoMlindi yincwadi ekudala ilindelweEwe, kwakukudala kungekho nto intsha malunga nombhali odumileyo. Kwakhona ngenxa yokuba isihloko sayo sangaphambili, Ndlela-ntle yokugqibela, ishiye incasa embi emlonyeni wabaninzi, oku ngaphandle kokuba kuyeyona nto ithengiswayo.
Ewe, ulindelo kunye Intombi yoMlindi zazizide ngokwenene, kwaye, Ngokubanzi, ngumsebenzi ogqityiweyo kakhulu, kokubini ukuphikisana kunye neendawo ezifezekiswe kakuhle. Incwadi ibinokufikeleleka okumangalisayo kwihlabathi liphela kunye nolwamkelo olukhethekileyo eSpain. Nangona kunjalo, ngaphandle kokuphononongwa okuhle, abanye balindele okungakumbi kumbhali Umthengisi ogqibelele.
Wathini umgxeki
Inkcubeko
"Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo, lo wase-Australia ungumbhali walo mzuzu."
ABC
"Imbali, imfihlakalo kunye nenkumbulo [...] ihlala ithembekile kwifomula yayo, inoveli apho ixesha elidlulileyo nelangoku, zombini ezinesiNgesi, zidibene nemfihlakalo yokubamba umfundi ngokungenathemba."
El País
"UMorton uyathandeka ngendlela aluka ngayo iivenkile zakhe ukwakha iteyiphu exabisekileyo, esondeleyo, egcwele i-chiaroscuro kunye neemfihlakalo ezifihlakeleyo owela kuzo ngaphandle kokuchaswa."