I-athikili uHarper Lee ayibhalele umagazini we-FBI itholakele

Umbhalo wesandla wombhali waseMelika uHarper Lee usanda kutholakala futhi manje umbhali wakhe wempilo, uCharles J. Shields, ukholelwa ukuthi uthole omunye umbhalo ongaziwa ngumbhali, i-athikili ekhuluma ngokubulawa okuphindwe kane okwenzeka eKansas.

Le ndatshana yabhalwa ngoMashi 1960 e-Grapevine, umagazini wabasebenzi be-FBI abaqeqeshiwe, ezinyangeni ezimbili ngaphambi kokuthi ashicilele inoveli yakhe edumile ethi "To Kill a Mockingbird". Le ncwadi ayisayinwe nguye kodwa uDetective Shield uthole ubufakazi obuqinisekisa ukuthi ungumbhali.

Lo mbhalo ubumayelana nokubulawa okunyantisayo kukaHerb noBonnie Clutter nezingane zabo ezisencane, uNancy noKenyon, ekhaya labo eliseKansas. U-Lee ubike noTruman Capote ngokuthi umphakathi usabela kanjani kulokhu kubulawa ngesihluku.

UCapote usebenzise le ndaba endabeni yakhe engeyona eqanjiwe ethi "In Cold Blood", ukubukela phansi umnikelo kaLee ngokumchaza "njengomsizi wakhe wocwaningo".

Esihlokweni sakhe, uHarper Lee ubhale "ngecala elingajwayelekile lokubulala emlandweni wombuso." Kuyona ubike ukuthi izisulu zokubulala zaziboshwe izandla nezinyawo nokuthi umbulali wadubula eduzane. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ubike nokuthi umphimbo kaClutter ubusuqhekekile.

“Indima kaDewey… ibinzima ngokuphindwe kabili; UHerbert Clutter wayengumngani omkhulu… imikhondo evela kuDewey nalabo ayesebenza nabo ekuqaleni babempofu impela. Ababulali bathathe isibhamu nama-projectiles ababewasebenzisa ukubulala umndeni; Iteyipu yomgudu osetshenzisiwe ukuvala izisulu ezintathu ibingathengwa noma kuphi… Kodwa-ke, egumbini lokubilisa elingaphansi lapho isidumbu sikaClutter sitholakale khona, abaphenyi bathole uphawu olucacile olunegazi. "

UShields uthole lo mbhalo ngesikhathi ebuyekeza umlando wakhe odayisa kakhulu ngo-2006, "iMockingbird: Portrait kaHarper Lee." Uthe ubheka noma yimiphi imikhondo okungenzeka ukuthi wayephuthelwa yona phambilini. Uqale ngokusebenzisa amaphephandaba aseKansas futhi, eGarden City Telegraph, uqale ngokufunda ikholomu nguDolores Hope, obazi ukuthi ungumngani kaHarper Lee.

“UNelle Harper Lee, umbhali osemncane ofike eGarden City noTruman Capote ukuqoqa izinto ezizobhalwa ngodaba lwamagazini waseNew Yorker ngecala likaClutter, ubhale lo mbhalo. Ukushicilelwa kwenoveli yokuqala kaMiss Harper kuhlelelwe le ntwasahlobo kanti ama-trailer athi kuhloselwe ukuba yimpumelelo. "

UDolores Hope wayeqinisile noHarper Lee waba ngomunye wababhali abahlonishwa kakhulu eMelika ngenoveli yakhe ethi "To Kill a Mockingbird", indaba ngobandlululo nokungabi nabulungisa kwezomthetho okwasungulwa eningizimu ye-United States ngawo-1930. Ngesikhathi ecabanga ukuthi ngeke zisaba khona izindaba ngaye, eminyakeni engama-20 kamuva umbhali wabuya naye ethi "Go and beka unogada, "inoveli ebonisa abalingiswa abasuka kunoveli yakhe yokuqala. UHarper Lee ushone ngoFebhuwari wangonyaka odlule eneminyaka engama-89.

Ukubuyela engqikithini enkulu yokutholakala kweShields, lapho nje esenezindaba waxhumana noMvini:

"Ngatshelwa ukuthi sekuneminyaka kunamahemuhemu ehhovisi okuthi uHarper Lee ufake okuthile, kodwa asibonanga lutho egameni lakhe."

Kusukela osukwini lwekholomu iThemba elashicilelwa, ngoFebhuwari 1930, waphakamisa ukuthi kubhekwe kumagazini kaFebhuwari noma kaMashi wangonyaka ofanayo.

"Bheka-ke, kwabhalwa udaba olubhalwe kahle kakhulu ngecala likaClutter ngoMashi 1960."

Ephawula ukuthi kungani engakhulunywa ngaye kule ndatshana, uphendule wathi kungenxa yokuthi kwakujwayelekile ukuthi angaphazamisi izilaleli zomngani wakhe UTruman.

Obunye ubufakazi bokubhala kwakhe ukuthi u-elesi sihloko siqukethe imininingwane okwazi yena noTruman kuphela, okutholwe nguShield.

UShield uzofaka ucwaningo lwakhe kwi "Mockingbird: Portrait of Harper Lee: From Scout to Go Set a Watchman," elizoshicilelwa nguHenry Holt namuhla.

UMvini uzophrinta udaba lukaHarper Lee ngenyanga ezayo. Izihlangu zithunyelwe ukuthi zibhale isingeniso salokhu "kutholakala okuthokozisayo."