Umsebenzi Imvula kaCamille (2019) bekulokhu yamukelwa nge-Rrose Sélavy Prize for Historical Novel evela e-ironpeiron Publishing House futhi kuyisiqalo sokubhala sentatheli nomlobi u-Esther Bengoechea (Palencia, 1980). Owesifazane wasePalencia, ovuma ukuthi wakhangwa esemncane yimpilo nomsebenzi kaCamille Claudel, waqala ngale noveli ukwenza kubonakale indaba enzima yomculi, esimazi njengesithandwa sikaRodin, kodwa hhayi njengeyokuqala nomqophi okhaliphile ukuthi Kwakungubani. Imvula kaCamille Inikezelwe kwabesifazane abane abangasekho futhi abahamba nombhali empilweni yakhe ngendlela enqumayo.
UCamille Claudel uyintombazane ehlukunyezwa ngunina (wayefuna ukuba nomfana, ukuze athathe indawo yendodana ayilahle ngonyaka owedlule), othola isiphephelo kuphela ebaziwe nakubuntu bukayise. Nguye othembela kuthalente lakhe futhi edelela izeluleko zomndeni nabangane, unquma ukuhambisa wonke umndeni eParis, yize izikhalazo zomkakhe, ukubhalisa uCamille esikoleni sobuciko nokumsiza afeze iphupho lakhe lokuba ngumqophi . Lapho le ntokazi ihlangana noRodin, ozohlatshwa umxhwele yizithombe zakhe ezibunjiweyo njengokubukeka kwazo okuyisimanga futhi azomenza isithandwa sakhe, imuse yakhe nomsizi wakhe kumasifundisane. Kodwa-ke, injabulo kaCamille ngeke ihlale futhi uchungechunge lwezimo ezimangazayo - ukukhohlisa, izithembiso ezingagcwaliseki ... - kuzomholela ekukhungathekeni, osizini nasekuvalelweni esibhedlela esiseParis, lapho ezoqeda khona izinsuku zakhe yedwa lapho ayehlala khona wafika emhlabeni.
Akalokothi nokungena. Uzwa nje ukuthi imilenze yakhe iyaqhaqhazela nokuthi uzoquleka noma yinini. Usuku. Namuhla usuku. Kungaba usuku oluhle noma kungaba yinto enhle. Konke kuncike ekwehlulekeni. Uwedwa, uwedwa ngokuphelele, eminyango yeHholo laseChamps-Elysées futhi kukhona umgoqo ongabonakali omvimbela ukuthi eqe umkhawulo. Isithiyo esime phakathi kwakhe nempumelelo yakhe ukwesaba, ukwesaba ukwehluleka. Kepha uyazi ukuthi kufanele. Ubelokhu enweba lo mzuzu imizuzu eminingi, ezulazula etendeni, kepha umzuzu weqiniso ufikile. Vala amehlo akho, phefumula, bese ungena ngomnyango ngokushesha, ngaphambi kokuba uzisole. Ngemuva kwegumbi kunomsebenzi wakhe, konke kwakhe, kukhona 'uSakountala'.
Imvula kaCamille
Impilo kaCamille Claudel yakhiwe kabusha kule noveli ngezigcawu ezingamashumi amabili nanye ezibhalwe kuphela unyaka ezenzeka ngawo, zalotshwa ngephrozi elisheshayo nelimanzi, kanye nomlomo wangaphakathi ongxenyeni ezimbili, ukunqekuzisa umdlalo othi 'El lamento de Portnoy 'nguPhilip Roth. Umbhali ubuye abone ukuthi unokulinganisa njenge- “mania yakhe uqobo” ekubhalweni kwakhe.Ngakho-ke, zonke izahluko zinobude obufanayo futhi zifana nokuqhuma kosuku oluthile lonyaka othize we-protagonist. Ubumbano phakathi kwalezi zigcawu lutholakala ngokubonakala kwezindawo ezijwayelekile endabeni, njengokuzola okuzuzwa ukuthinta ubumba kumqophi. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, isikhathi sokulandisa nolimi olulula ukuphatha ukudala iCamille eyiqiniso futhi esondele, "yenyama negazi".
Ukutadisha kwengqondo ngomlingiswa kugcwele wonke umsebenzi futhi kugxilisa umfundi emizweni kaCamille, intombazane egcwele ubuhlakani nomdlandla, kepha entula uthando lukanina, omenqaba ngenkuthalo kusukela azalwa. Lo mculi uzothola esithombeni ebaziwe ukuqinisekisa kobukhona bakhe emhlabeni futhi uzoba ngowesifazane onentshisekelo futhi onesibindi ozogqugquzela uRodin futhi ozokuncintisana nethalente lakhe. Naye uqobo wake wathi kwesinye isikhathi: "umphakathi ungijezisile ngokudlula uthisha wami ngobuhlakani."
Umbhali unikeza umsebenzi wakhe ukudla okumnandi nokuzwela okufanayo akuchaza ngezithombe zikaCamille Claudel, ehlala emininingwaneni futhi esebenzisa isitayela esikumngcele, ngezikhathi ezithile, iculo lomculo. Indaba yothando nokwenqatshwa okuqinisekisa isibalo somunye wabesifazane abaningi abangaziwa emlandweni wezobuciko, onamandla nobumnene bakhe okwakuwuphawu lwakhe “nethuna” lakhe, abesifazane okwakukholakala ukuthi bayasangana ngokuphupha ngomsebenzi wendoda uqobo.
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