Inoveli yobugebengu isanda kunquma ukubuyela emuva ngesikhathi ukuze ifinyelele eminyakeni yayo yegolide ngenxa yayo uchungechunge lwezincwadi ezihlonipha intokazi yalolu hlobo, u-Agatha Christie.
Ngesonto eledlule kushicilelwe i- "Closed Casket", incwadi yesibili kaHercule Poirot yombhali uSophie Hannah, okuyincwadi elandela impilo yomphenyi omkhulu ekuxazululeni amacala akhe. Le ncwadi kushicilelwe ukuqondana nalokho obekuzoba usuku lokuzalwa lombhali kanye nokukhumbula iminyaka eyi-100 selokhu kwanyatheliswa inoveli yokuqala yombhali.
Inoveli yokuqala kaGraham Norton, iHolding, izoshicilelwa ngesiNgisi ngo-Okthoba, ichaza indaba yothando, izimfihlo nokulahlekelwa okugxile ebugebengwini obenzeka edolobheni elincane e-Ireland. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, bamemezele ukuthi bafinyelele esivumelwaneni noTilly Bagshawe sokubhala uchungechunge olusha lwamacala. Okwamanje, Ukushicilelwa kabusha kwamacala akudala kusukela ngawo-30 kanye no-40 kuye kwaqhubeka nokuthengisa kahle futhi neHarperCollins yokushicilela indlu ivele yathatha uStella Duffy ukuqedela inoveli engakaqedwa yombhali uNgaio Marsh, indaba ebekwe kwiWWII.
Noma kunjalo, kuyathakazelisa ukubona ukuthi kanjani inkathi yegolide yobugebengu bemibhalo iyaqhubeka nokuheha ukunakwa kakhulu namuhla. UHannah uphawula ukuthi kuyisifiso sethu ukujabulisa okusikhuthaza ukuthi sifunde lezi zincwadi.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi sekuphinde kwavela ukuthandwa kwenoveli yobugebengu yeGolden Age kungenxa yokuthi thina, ezingeni elithile, sithanda ukuba nokwaneliseka ngokuba nendaba ekhulunywa obala. Okuqukethwe kulezi zindaba umyalezo othi: "Le yindaba enhle futhi uzokujabulela ukuyifunda."
“U-Agatha Christie) ubeke le ndaba ngaphezu kwayo yonke enye into… ubambeke kakhulu kwimfihlakalo yokuthi nUngaqagela nje ukuthi yini elandelayo futhi sihlala simangazwa ukuphela. "
UBagshawe, uchungechunge lwakhe olusha mayelana nomphenyi we-amateur u-Iris Grey lwalungu liphefumulelwe ngu-Agatha Christie, uvumelane nezitatimende zikaHana.
“Ngiqhamuke nombono walolu chungechunge ngoba abahleli abaningi bangibuze ngokubhala umdlalo othokozisayo wezengqondo ozoheha, futhi wavele ngenxa yesithukuthezi. Ngokushesha nje ngemuva kokuba ngifunde incwadi ka-Agatha Christie kaMiss Marple Tales, ngamangazwa ngempela ukuthi lo mlingiswa udwetshwe kanjani. Ucwaningo olumangalisayo lowesifazane olokhu ebukelwa phansi ngenxa yeminyaka nobulili bakhe. "
Ubekade efuna ukwehlukanisa iqhawekazi lakhe kuwo wonke amantombazane anezinkinga agqame kule noveli yobugebengu.
“Bengifuna ukubhala uchungechunge ngomuntu wesifazane osevile eminyakeni engama-40, obengenayo imilutha noma umshado ongajabulisi noma impilo ebhedayo. Ungowesifazane oneminyaka engama-40 nje kuphela onekhono lokubona izinto. Lowo nguthis. "
Umhleli weHarperCollins uDavid Brawn uphawule ukuthi ukuvuka kwesasasa esikhathini segolide kuxhomeke kakhulu ekukhathazekeni okungokoqobo.
“Esinye sezizathu esenza ukuthi ubugebengu bale nkathi budume ngokungazelelwe ukuthi ukuhlela kwanamuhla kanye nobuchwepheshe obusha kuvumela ukubaleka okufutshane kokuphrinta, okusho ukuthi singashicilela okuthunyelwe ngaphambili obekungaba yinzuzo. Siphumelele kakhulu ngokushicilelwa kwe- "Detective Story Club", okuletha abanye bababhali abaziwayo nabangaziwa kakhulu benkathi kaChristie"
Umhleli omkhulu weBloomsbury u-Alexandra Pringle uthi uthenge uchungechunge lwamaSkyes ngoba ezwe sengathi uDorothy Parker noma uNancy Mitford bazama ukufinyelela ku-Agatha Christie.
USkyes ngokwakhe uphawula ukuthi ungumlandeli omkhulu ka-Agatha Christie futhi ubefuna ukuthatha lokho abenakho nalokho abekwazi ukukwenza, okuyihlaya eliphakeme lomphakathi nezothando, bese engeza imfihlakalo kulo mxube.
UJames Prichard, umzukulu kaChristie nomongameli we “Agatha Christie Ltd”, bavumile.
“Kunomkhuba omubi wokubheka ubugebengu benkathi yegolide njengobugebengu obuthokomele, kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi kusobala impela ukuthi ugogo-mkhulu wami wathola ukubulala kuyibhizinisi elibi nelibi. Isizathu sokuthi lezi zincwadi zikhuthazelele futhi abantu abaningi baqhubeke nokuzifunda namuhla futhi baze bazame ukuzilingisa yingoba iziza zisusiwe. Abantu bajabulela izakhi zamaphazili futhi bathanda iqiniso lokuthi bangazizwa bengakhululekile., kodwa ungalokothi uzizwe ungakhululekile ukuthi awukwazi ukuqhubeka. "