Alvaro Arbina. Ingxoxo nombhali we-Los años del silencio.

U-Alvaro Arbina UngowaseVitoria futhi wazalwa ngo-1990. Waqala esemncane kakhulu emkhakheni wezincwadi futhi lapho eneminyaka engamashumi amabili nane waqala nge-debut yakhe. Owesifazane onewashi un Thriller umlando owangena ohlwini oludayiswa kakhulu futhi wahlala kulo izinyanga ezimbalwa. Futhi wahlanganisa impumelelo ngenoveli yakhe yesibili, I-symphony yesikhathi, naye owawina i I-Hislibris Award ye-Best Historical Novel ka-2018. Manje esanda kukhishwa iminyaka yokuthula. Ngibonga kakhulu isikhathi sakho nomusa wakho ngalokhu ingxoxo lapho esitshela khona ngaye nangezinye izindaba.

Alvaro Arbina - Ingxoxo

• ACTUALIDAD LITERATURA: Inoveli yakho entsha inesihloko iminyaka yokuthula. Usitshelani ngakho futhi umqondo wavelaphi? 

U-ÁLVARO ARBINA: Ngo-August 1936, uJosefa, owesifazane okhulelwe ongaqondakali, wanyamalala emhlabeni kanye nezingane zakhe ezincane eziyisithupha. Kuthe kusempondozankomo ngakusasa kwabonakala ukuthi akazi lutho edolobheni kodwa izimfihlo nezipoki zaqala ukugcwala ezindlini. Kwaqala kanjalo-ke ukuthula okwathatha isikhathi eside kunalokho okwakucatshangwa muntu. Lolu daba ngiluthole emsakazweni lapho ahlanganyela khona ohlelweni lokuhlenga izindaba ezithakazelisayo mayelana nesikhathi sethu esidlule. Ngavele ngabona ukuthi imizuzu eyishumi nanhlanu emoyeni yayinganele.

• AL: Ungabuyela kuleyo ncwadi yokuqala oyifundile? Nendaba yokuqala oyibhalile?

AA: Kungase kuzwakale kungavamile, kodwa mina ngivela esizukulwaneni sika u-Harry Potter futhi ngaqala ukufunda nalesi saga esimnandi. Kwabe sekufika izincwadi ezintsha nemikhathi emisha. Indaba yokuqala engayibhala yayiyinoveli, Owesifazane onewashi. Ngangingazi ukuthi ngangizifaka kuyini...

• AL: Umbhali oyinhloko? Ungakhetha ngaphezu kweyodwa nakuzo zonke izinkathi.

AA: Ababhali Bamanje, uMaggie o'farrell noma uLucia Berlin. Uma kungibuyisele emuva ngesikhathi, Albert elimile, UStefan Zweig, Alexander I-Dumas nezinye eziningi.

• AL: Yimuphi umlingiswa osencwadini obungathanda ukuhlangana naye futhi umakhe? 

AA: Ukapteni I-Alatriste. 

• AL: Yimiphi imikhuba noma imikhuba ekhethekile uma kukhulunywa ngokubhala noma ukufunda? 

AA: Uma ngikhathele, ngiyaphuma ukugijima. Kuyangihlanza futhi kungikhuthaze ukuba ngibhale.

• AL: Futhi indawo yakho oyithandayo nesikhathi sokwenza? 

AA: Uma ngibhala angizazi izinto ezingizungezile. Ngicwila komunye umhlaba. anginandaba nokuthi ngikuphi.

• AL: Ingabe zikhona ezinye izinhlobo ozithandayo? 

I-AA: Inganekwane yesayensi. Lapho ibucayi futhi ikhombisa. Lapho ngicabanga ukuthi kungase kube okwangempela.

• AL: Ufundani manje? Futhi ukubhala?

AA: Ngifunda izindatshana ezahlukahlukene i-neuroscience, okuyisihloko esingijabulisayo.  

• AL: Ucabanga ukuthi sinjani isigcawu sokushicilela?

AA: Ngifisa sengathi kukhona ukulangazelela izindaba ukuthi bafuna izindlela ehlukile kokujwayelekile.

• AL: Ingabe isikhathi sobunzima esibhekene naso sinzima kuwe noma uzokwazi ukugcina okuthile okuhle kuzo zombili izinhlaka zamasiko nezenhlalo?

AA: Akuzona izikhathi ezinhle lezi, kodwa umbono ubalulekile. ekugcineni kwakho konke, esiqhathanisa nezinye izindawo emhlabeni kanye nezikhathi eziningi zomlando, asibabi kangako.