Ngosuku olufana nanamuhla uClaude Simon wadlula emhlabeni ngo-2005, eneminyaka engu-92 ubudala. Umbhali wayengaziwa kangako ukuthi wayengumbhali omkhulu kanjani nemisebenzi emikhulu asishiyela yona, efana "Umtholo" (1989), "Abesifazane" (1984) noma "Ingadi yezimbali" (1997).
Su incwadi yokugcina kushicilelwe kwaba "I-tramway", ngo-2001: I-tram ixhuma idolobha lesifundazwe nebhishi elingumakhelwane. Ekuseni, isebenza njengebhasi lesikole. Ukuhamba kwabo nxazonke besuka kwesinye isiginali baye kwesinye kuphawula inkambo yokuphila, ngezehlakalo zayo ezingabalulekile noma ezinonya. Kepha, ngaphakathi kobuntekenteke bayo, impilo ibuye ihambe ngezinye izindlela, ilwela ukulandela indlela yayo ngokusebenzisa ama-labyrinths wamaphaseji kanye nezigceme zezibhedlela. Ukuhlangana okuncane kwesinye isikhathi kwenza yomibili imizila idideke. I-tram yincwadi yememori, efinyelela umvuthwandaba ngegama elithi "inkumbulo" ngemuva kokuthatha amathanga amaningi nge-nostalgia yesikhathi esedlule kanye nesibhedlela sanamuhla.
Umklomelo kaNobel ngo-1985
Imibhalo yakhe yaziwa nge- "Proustian" ngoba "ilingisa" Marcel ProustUmbhali wamanoveli waseFrance nomlobi wezindaba obethanda izincazelo nemininingwane.
La umsebenzi wezincwadi nobuciko kaClaude Simon Ingachazwa futhi ihlaziywe ngokususelwa kumagama amabili: zihlukahlukene futhi zicebile. Wabhala izihloko ezingaphezu kwezingu-20, phakathi kwazo esivelele ikakhulukazi inoveli, futhi bamfaka ekuhambeni kwababhali "benoveli entsha yesiFulentshi", noma okushiwo ngesiFulentshi, 'Nouveau roman'.
Okubaluleke kakhulu namuhla ngokwezinga lemibhalo yimisebenzi yakhe kusukela ekuqaleni kuze kube sekugcineni, ngaphezu kwaleyo esezingeni eliphakathi nomsebenzi wakhe.
Izwi ngezwi, uClaude Simon
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"Njalo lapho sisebenzisa igama, kusiholela ezithombeni ezintsha."
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"Angazi, ngokwami, ezinye izinhlobo zokudala ezingavuleki ngokuzenzekelayo, okusho ukuthi igama negama, inqubo yokubhala uqobo."
- "Kimina, inselelo enkulu ihlale ifana: uqala kanjani umusho, uqhubeka kanjani nawo, uqedwa kanjani."
- "Ukuziphatha nokuzizwa okuhle akuhlangene nezincwadi, njengoba kunjalo nakwezesayensi."
Ngabe kukhona okufundile ngalo mbhali? Futhi uma kunjalo, ubucabangani ngomsebenzi wakhe?