Enye yezindatshana ezangijabulisa kakhulu ngaleso sikhathi, lapho ngaya ocwaningweni ngalo mlingiswa othile, kanye nombhali ongakholeki, kwakuwukulwela kwakhe ukuba ngumongameli.
Inothi engilifunde ngalo, elibizwa ngegama UMacedonio Fernandez Njengomlingisi kulo mbono, futhi ngacaphuna le nkulumo elandelayo eshiwo ngumbhali (ngicaphuna njengoba ngikhumbula):Uma owesilisa efuna ukusetha i-kiosk, njengoba kunamadoda amaningi kakhulu anama-kiosk, ngeke kumhambele kahle. Manje, uma owesilisa engenela ukhetho lokungenela umongameli, njengoba bengekho abaningi kakhulu abazongenela ukhetho, uzokwenza kahle.".
Okuthile kuze kube namuhla ngikukhumbula njengesimo sokuhlekisa kakhulu, yize kujwayelekile kumlobi. Iqiniso ukuthi, ngenkathi ngiqala ukucwaninga ukuthola okwengeziwe ngale ndaba, ngathola i-athikili ebhalwe ngu UCarlos Garcia, enesihloko esithi UMongameli waseMacedonia?.
Kuyo, umcwaningi ukhombisa izakhi ezahlukahlukene nezingcaphuno zababhali, ukuze acacise ukudideka okuvelile ngenxa yesicelo sokungenela ukhetho emlandweni wonke. Futhi, phakathi kuka-1920/23 no-1926/28, uMacedonia Fernández wayekwazi noma engakwazi ukumela ukhetho. Phakathi kwalezi zinsuku ezimbili akucaci ukuthi umbhali ukwenzile noma cha. Iqiniso ngukuthi uGarcía, ocwaningweni lwakhe, ukhombisa ukuthi babengenalo ukhetho, kepha kunalokho kwaba nomthelela odalweni olwenziwayo. Lokho wukuthi, iMacedonia yaqala umkhankaso mbumbulu ukuze ifinyelele kubantu, ngokusabalalisa izingcezu zephepha ezinegama lakhe, ngokwesibonelo. Akukho sikhathi lapho avele khona njengomuntu ozongenela ukhetho, futhi akazange acele ukuvotelwa yena.
Uma sekuqinisekisiwe, ngezihlobo zakhe, ukuthi ngo -20, uMacedonia Fernández wayefisa ukuthola isikhundla endlini kamongameli, kepha kwakungekhona okomeluleki oyimfihlo kumongameli. Kepha, maqondana namarekhodi, bekungekho ukuphakanyiswa okucacile.
Le-anecdote isengenye yezindlela eziningi ezihlakaniphile uMakedoniya azenza waba khona ngazo, kokubili phakathi kwabangane bakhe, nasemphakathini uqobo, umamukeli wokukhohliswa kwakhe.
Okulandelayo, umbhalo kaBorges engikholelwa ukuthi ucacisa okuningi kwalokho okuvezwe lapha.
Indlela yodumo enentshisekelo [MF], hhayi ukutholwa kwayo. Unyaka owodwa noma emibili wadlala ngenhloso enkulu futhi engacacile yokuba nguMongameli weRiphabhulikhi. […] Okudingeka kakhulu (waphinda) ukusatshalaliswa kwegama. […] UMacedonio ukhethe ukusizakala ngegama lakhe lokufuna ukwazi; Udadewethu nabanye babangane bakhe babhala igama likaMacedonia emaphepheni noma emakhadini, abawakhohlwa ngokucophelela kuma-confectionery, ku-trams, ezindleleni, ezindleleni zezindlu nasezinkundleni zemidlalo yama-movie. […] Kule miklamo ecishe ibe mincane, ukwenziwa kwayo okungafanele kusheshiswe, ngoba bekufanele siqhubeke ngokuqapha okukhulu, kwaqhamuka iphrojekthi yenoveli enkulu yezinganekwane, ebekwe eBuenos Aires, nalapho saqala ukubhala khona ndawonye . […] Umdlalo lo wawunesihloko esithi Umuntu Ozoba nguMongameli; Abalingiswa kulenganekwane kwakungabangani bakaMacedonia kanti ekhasini lokugcina umfundi wayezothola isambulo sokuthi le ncwadi ibhalwe nguMacedonia Fernández, umlingiswa oyinhloko, nabafowethu bakwaDabove noJorge Luis Borges, owabulawa ekupheleni kuka isahluko sesishiyagalolunye, noCarlos Pérez Ruiz, owayenobungoma obubodwa ngothingo, njalonjalo. Izimpikiswano ezimbili zazihlangene emsebenzini: eyodwa, ebonakalayo, izinyathelo zokufuna ukwazi ezithathwe nguMacedonia ukuba abe ngumongameli weRiphabhulikhi; enye, imfihlo, uzungu olwenziwe ihlelo loosozigidi mhlawumbe abahlanya, ukufeza lokho. Bazimisela ukubukela phansi nokubukela phansi ukumelana kwabantu ngochungechunge oluncane lwezinto ezisindayo. Owokuqala (lowo ophakanyiswe inoveli) owezitsha zoshukela ezizenzekelayo, okuthi, empeleni, zivimbele ikhofi ekubeni liswidi. Lokhu kulandelwa okunye: ipeni eliphindwe kabili, ngosiba ekugcineni ngakunye, okusabisa ngokuhlaba amehlo; izitebhisi eziphakeme lapho kungekho zinyathelo ezimbili ukuphakama okufanayo; i-razor-comb enconywe kakhulu, esika iminwe yethu; imishini eyenziwe ngezinto ezimbili ezintsha eziphikisanayo, ukuze izinto ezinkulu zikhanye kakhulu futhi zincane kakhulu zisinde kakhulu, ukugwema okulindelwe thina; ukuphindaphindwa kwezigaba ezishumekiwe kumanoveli wabaseshi; izinkondlo eziyindida nomdwebo weDadaist noma weCubist. Esahlukweni sokuqala, esizinikele cishe ngokuphelele ekukhungathekeni nasekwesabeni isifundazwe esincane emfundisweni yokuthi akekho umuntu uqobo, ngakho-ke akekho, kunedivayisi eyodwa kuphela, isitsha soshukela esizenzakalelayo. Elesibili kunezimbili, kepha ngendlela ehambisanayo futhi edlulayo; inhloso yethu bekuwukuwethula ngesilinganiso esandayo. Besifuna nokuthi njengoba amaqiniso ehlanya, isitayela sahlanya; esahlukweni sokuqala sikhethe ithoni yokuxoxa kaPío Baroja; eyokugcina ibizohambisana namakhasi abhalwe kakhulu eQuevedo. Ekugcineni uhulumeni uyawa; UMakedoniya noFernández Latour bangena eCasa Rosada, kepha akukho okusho lutho kulowo mhlaba we-anarchic. Kule noveli engakaqedwa kungenzeka kube khona ukubonakaliswa okungenakuzibandakanya kweNdoda eyayinguLwesine.
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