Ukuba kuye kwafuneka ndikhethe incwadi, bendiya kunamathela kule, endiyifunde kaninzi kwityeli elinye kwaye ihlala ikwazi ukundenza ndizive zizinto ezahlukeneyo. Iinjongo? I-Indiya, izikweko ezingazange zigqithise, ibali elilula kodwa eligcwele amanqaku kunye nabalinganiswa ababuhlungu, bathuthunjiswa embindini weparadesi. Namhlanje ndizisa uphononongo lwe UThixo wezinto ezincinci nguArundathi Roy, iminyaka eli-100 yokuba wedwa eIndiya.
Kwilali yaseIndiya. . .
IKerala, ilizwe lase-India apho imisa khona inoveli.
Uthixo wezinto ezincinci umiselwe kwilali yaseAyemenem, engekude nesixeko saseKottayam, kwiphondo laseIndiya elisemazantsi eKerala. Indawo esinokuyibala njengomnye ophambili ebalini ukusukela, njengoko isihloko senoveli sisitsho, ezo zinto zincinci zizelwe kule ndawo zibumba indlela yokucinga, indaleko kunye nokuphelela kwabo babalulekileyo.
Inoveli iqala ngo-1993, ngelo xesha uRahel oneminyaka engama-31 ubudala ubuyela edolophini ukuya kudibana newele lakhe, u-Estha. Ukusukela ngoko, ibali libuyela umva ngo-1969, unyaka apho ubomi bakhe batshintsha ngonaphakade, kunye nentsapho yakhe, isaga yase-Syria-Orthodox ehlala eKerala. Inoveli ihlala ihamba ngamaxesha ukubalisa ngobomi bukaPappachi kunye noMammachi, ootatomkhulu bobabini, ugqirha wentsholongwane kwaye uyinjini ephambili yenkampani iCoservas y Encurtidos Paraíso.
Kwakufutshane emva koko sabona ibali labantwana bakhe, u-Ammu, ibhinqa elihlukumezekileyo elibuyela kwikhaya labazali balo nabantwana balo ababini-uRahel no-Estha-, kunye noChacko, umzalwana owathi emva kokufunda e-Oxford watshata umfazi oliNgesi, uMargaret, owayenentombi yakhe uSophie Moll.
UMoll ngoyena mntu ubalulekileyo kule noveli, njengoko kuya kuba njalo ngexesha lotyelelo kwilizwe likayise ukuba ubudlelwane bakhe noRahel no-Estha bukhokelela kwisiqendu apho ishishini elingapheliyo, amashwa kunye neminqweno yosapho lubonakala ludibana .
Kronike yeparadesi ekhathazekileyo
Uthixo wezinto ezincinci uzondla ngokwenyani ethile yobugqi umbhali ebesoloko eyala kodwa ubukho bakhe buyabonakala kuyo yonke inoveli. Iinkcazo kunye nezifaniso zakhe zichaza iimvakalelo ezintsha ezinokucingwa kuphela ezinokuthimba, kunye nayo, ingcinga yelizwe elibonakala lingazazi ezi zinto zincinci.
Nangona izikweko zihlala zinciphisa isingqisho sebali, kule noveli bayayiqhubela, behamba nonyango lwabalinganiswa kwaye bayenze yahluke, bekwazi ukujonga ngakumbi kumava abo, kuloo Ammu uhlala nendoda emnyama kuye amathumbu, kuloo Pappachi entliziyweni yakhe ibhabhathane lisaphaphazela. . . Ngamnye wabalinganiswa ubonakala edanisa naloo mandla alandayo angangeni nje kuphela kubalinganiswa, kodwa nakwimeko yeparadesi exhuzulayo enje ngeKerala, imigxobhozo yakhe yoyisiwe kukhenketho, apho ubusuku buxhaswa ziingqiniba kunye amangqina athambileyo athanda amagwababa amnyama azinkcinkca kwiimango ezibengezelayo. Yonke into iyonwabisa ayifanelekanga, ewe, kuzo zonke iipalati.
Njengokuba inoveli iqhubeka, ngakumbi kwisigaba sokugqibela sencwadi, zonke "ezo zinto zincinci" zibaluleke ngakumbi, kwaye okwaqala njengokucinga kuya kuba ngamava ahlukileyo, ukurhanela, njengabo bantwana, kusirhuqa kumgxobhozo isisombululo sokugqibela esinemiphumo engayi kuba ntle kubo bonke.
Umbhali onononophelo
Umbhali kaThixo wezinto ezincinci, uArundhati RoyUkhulelwe le noveli emva kweminyaka emine yokusebenza, nangona waqinisekisa ngamanye amaxesha ukuba kwakuthathe ubomi bakhe bonke ukuyibhala. Umbhali, owazalelwa eKerala kwaye eyinxalenye yosapho lwamaSyria-lamaKristu, wakhulela kwiparadesi enqunyulwe yimigxobhozo kwaye yabonwa ngamehlo omthi wekhokhonathi, ikwanguloo mntu unokuphazanyiswa bubukomanisi okanye inkqubo yokwahlulwahlulwa kwabantu okanye abanye abemi baseIndiya ngokusekwe kwimvelaphi yabo kwaye, ke, kwindima yabo ekuhlaleni.
Yagqitywa ngo-1996 yaza yapapashwa ngo-1997, UThixo Wezinto Ezincinci wayengoyena mntu wathengisa kakhulu, ngakumbi emva kokuba umbhali athe wawongwa Ibhaso leNcwadi kwangalo nyaka. Le kuphela kwencwadi yenoveli kaRoy, umbhali wesikrini, umbhali kunye nomzabalazo ovela kwi-Indian subcontinent apho ukungabikho kokungabikho kokusesikweni akwenzileyo amashumi eminyaka
Lo uphononongo lukaThixo lwezinto ezincinci nguArundhati Roy Zama ukushwankathela umongo wenye ye Ezona ncwadi zicetyiswayo kuncwadi lwamaIndiya lwale mihla. Ukuphenjelelwa ngu UJames joyce, USalman Rushdie okanye singade sithi abanye ababhali baseLatin America bathanda UGabriel García Márquez, URoy usithuthela ngasemazantsi eIndiya apho amagqubu amadala, utshintsho olutsha kunye nekamva elingenakulungiseka bahlangana kunye phantsi kobusuku obucacileyo nobungenaluhlu ukusinika umthendeleko weemvakalelo.