Cleopatra futhi Frankenstein -Cleopatra futhi Frankenstein, ngesihloko sayo sokuqala sesiNgisi, iyinoveli yokuqala yomlobi waseBrithani uCoco Mellors. Umsebenzi washicilelwa ngoFebhuwari 8, 2022 yindlu yokushicilela yeFourth Estate. Ngawo lowo nyaka, waqokelwa indondo yeGoodreads Choice Award for Fiction and Debut Novel. Yize engazange akwazi ukuwina lo mklomelo kodwa uthole impumelelo enkulu kuleli nakwamanye amazwe.
Kamuva, yahunyushelwa olimini lwesiSpanishi nguDaniel Casado Rodríguez futhi yakhangiswa yindlu yokushicilela i-Letras de Plata ngoJanuwari 24, 2024. Ngemva kokukhululwa kwayo, Abanye abagxeki baqhathanise isitayela sika-Coco Mellors nomsebenzi wakhe osemusha noSally Rooney okhaliphile., aziwa ngeziqu ezinjengokuthi Abantu abavamile.
Amazwibela we Cleopatra futhi Frankenstein
Ukubaluleka kwezinto ezincane
Inoveli kaMellors iqala endaweni emaphakathi: ukuthi izenzo ezincane zingakwazi kanjani ukuguqula imvelo unomphela. Kuwuhlobo oluthile Umphumela we-Butterfly, kodwa ngokuzenzisa okwengeziwe kobuciko. Isakhiwo sakhiwe ngo-Cleo no-Frank, umbhangqwana ongazange wehluke kakhulu, nakuba wabelana ngezinto ezithile ezingavamile, njengokulutheka, ukungazinzi ngokomzwelo nezinkinga zengqondo.
Ungowesifazane osemusha oneminyaka engamashumi amabili nane ubudala, waseBrithani futhi ungumdwebi enhliziyweni, kuyilapho eyingcebo eneminyaka engamashumi amane ubudala., New Yorker kanye nomnikazi wezinye zezinkampani zokukhangisa ezibaluleke kakhulu edolobheni. Bobabili banokungqubuzana okusobala, nakuba eyakhe iseduze kakhulu: i-visa yakhe yesitshudeni isisondele kakhulu ekuphelelweni yisikhathi, futhi konke akunikezwa yiNew York kuyaphuma kancane kancane ezandleni zakhe.
Ukuqala kokungaboni ngaso linye
Ngenkathi uCleo ekhombisa inkulumompikiswano yakhe ekhona emaphathini amaningi, ngaphandle kokwazi muntu, ngaphandle kokuthenga ngisho nogwayi, ahlangane no frank. Ubonakala ezungezwe yiyo yonke impumelelo, ukunotha, nokweqisa akushoyo, futhi uzimisele ukumnika kona. Ekuqaleni, kumnika ithuba lokujabula, inkululeko yokudweba kanye nethuba lokufaka isicelo semvume yokuhlala.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, UCleo unikeza uFrank umhlaba ogcwele ubuciko nobuhle, kanye nesizathu sokuphuza kancane. Okwamanje, bayilokho abanye abakudingayo, ugqozi lwabo, impendulo yombuzo wokuthi kungani bevuka njalo ekuseni. Ubuhlobo babo, obubonakala ngenkanuko nokuthatheka, abugcini nje ngokuphakamisa bona, kodwa iqembu labo elincane kodwa elithile labangane.
Lungaphila isikhathi esingakanani uvemvane?
Uhlobo lwebhondi u-Cleo no-Frank ababelana ngalo lunesiphithiphithi., isha, kodwa futhi iyakwazi ukuphelelwa ithemba ngokushesha okukhulu. Lo mbhangqwana ushada ngemva kwezinyanga eziyisithupha ukuhlangana, into noma yimuphi isazi sokusebenza kwengqondo sanamuhla esingayichitha ngaphandle kokucatshangelwa okuningi, ngoba, ngokwethembeka, imishado yesivunguvungu ngokuvamile iphila impilo efanayo nezimvemvane.
Ngalo mqondo engqondweni, U-Coco Mellors udala inoveli yabalingiswa. Isakhiwo cishe asikho. Laba abanye abantu izimpilo zabo ezithintwa imishwana emincane, izikhathi, izingxoxo, uthando, phakathi kwezinye izici. Umsebenzi ugxile ekubabekeni ochungechungeni lwezimo abangaphumi kuzo bengenamyocu, ngakho-ke, ngokombono, liyincwadi emayelana nokuvela kokuxhumana kwabantu.
Isakhiwo kanye nesitayela sokulandisa somsebenzi
Cleopatra futhi Frankenstein ungomunye walabo amanoveli othando eside yesimanje. Itshelwa ngamazwi abo bonke abalingiswa bayo, ngakho-ke kungenzeka ukwazi okuncane ngabo ngamunye wabo, nakuba kunganele ukunamathela kunoma yimuphi wabo. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, isitayela sokulandisa sikaCoco Mellors sifana nencwadi yakhe: kuyadida kancane., kodwa lesi sifo sibonakala sihleliwe.
Cleopatra futhi Frankenstein Yindaba yokuthi izinto ezincane zenza kanjani izinguquko ezinkulu.. Ngenxa yalesi sizathu, izahluko, izigaba nemisho kuvame ukuzwakala njengezingcezu zephazili ezingahlangani kahle, njengesikhathi esishiwo encwadini enoveli. Ingabe isethwe kuma-30s? Ngeminyaka yawo-2000? Hhayi-ke: zama ukulingisa osekuseduze.
Ukuqhathanisa noSally Rooney
Iqiniso elimangalisayo mayelana Cleopatra futhi Frankenstein kanye nokuqhathanisa okuphindaphindwayo okwenziwe ngomsebenzi wokuqala we Coco Mellors ngemiqondo yemibhalo evezwe ngumbhali ngaphambilini USally Rooney. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi, empeleni, bobabili ababhali Bathola ukudlala izingoma ezifanayo, nakuba ngamasu ahlukene. Zihluke kanjani ngempela?
Ngesikhathi esifanayo uRooney ukhathazeka ngokudala izinkulungwane zeminyaka hipsters Ngezinkinga zomhlaba wokuqala okuthi - ngasikhathi sinye - zizizwe zinengqondo, u-Mellors ugxekwe ngokuzama ukwenza okufanayo, kodwa ngaphandle kobuhlakani bomphakathi nokuvuthwa ngokomzwelo kwangaphambili. Noma kunjalo, Kudingeka ukugcizelela ukuthi lena yinoveli yokuqala kaCoco kuphela, nokuthi cishe unamanye amakhadi emkhonweni wakhe.
Mayelana nomlobi
UCoco Mellors wakhulela phakathi kweLondon neNew York. Edolobheni lokugcina, wathola iziqu ze-master in Fiction enyuvesi enegama elifanayo, ethuthukisa amakhono akhe okubhala kanye nezindlela zakhe lapho edala izimo eziqanjiwe. Inoveli yakhe yokuqala, Cleopatra futhi Frankenstein, wabekwa njengomthengisi omkhulu we- Sunday Times, ihunyushelwa ezilimini ezingaphezu kweshumi nanhlanu kuze kube manje.
Ngokunjalo, leli bhuku njengamanje liguqulelwa ekubeni yifomethi yochungechunge kaWarner Bros kanye neBrownstone Productions. Ngemuva kokukhuphuka okushaqisayo kwesici sakhe sokuqala, U-Mellors wabhala futhi washicilela Osisi Abaluhlaza, inoveli, njengeyokuqala, eyazuza ukwamukelwa okumangalisayo by Sunday Times e-United Kingdom. Ivolumu izokhishwa emashalofini aphesheya kusukela ngoSepthemba.
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