Izihlahla
Izihlahla (o Izihlahla, ngesihloko sayo sokuqala ngesiNgisi) iyinoveli yobugebengu yamahlaya nokuthusayo ebhalwe uprofesa nombhali wasenyuvesi yaseMelika uPercival Everett. Umsebenzi washicilelwa okokuqala ngo-2021 ngabakwaGreywolf Press kanye ne-Influx Press. Kamuva, yahunyushelwa eSpanishi nguJavier Calvo futhi imakethwa yindlu yokushicilela iDe Conatus.
Lena enye yezincwadi zika-Everett eziphawuleka kakhulu nezituswayo, futhi ingenye yezincwadi zakhe eziyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu. Ngokwakhe, izuze umusa wabafundi abaningi namalungu abagxeki abakhethekile, phakathi kwabo, Los Angeles Ukubuyekezwa Kwezincwadi, UJoyce Carol Oates noCarole V. Bell. Abaningi baye bakhuthaza ubuhlakani bokubhala bukaPercival kanye nokugxekwa komphakathi akhuluma ngakho emsebenzini wakhe.
Amazwibela we Izihlahla
Mayelana nokulwela amalungelo abantu eMelika
Ngo-1955, osemusha waseMelika ogama lakhe lingu-Emmett Till, ongowomphakathi omnyama wezwe, fue wathunjwa, wahlukunyezwa, wabulawa futhi wabulawa ngesihluku eMississippi eneminyaka eyi-14. Kwenzeka konke lokhu nje umfana esolwa ngokunukubeza owesifazane omhlophe, uCarolyn Bryant, esitolo sakubo.
Isihluku sokubulawa kwakhe —ukucwasa okuphawulekayo-kanye nokukhululwa kwababulali bakhe kwaba nomthelela omkhulu, futhi kwasenza sacabanga ngomlando omude wokushushiswa ngobudlova kwama-Afrika aseMelika e-United States. Kuze kube ngemva kokufa kwaba isithonjana senhlangano yamalungelo abantu.
Izihlahla ithatha njengereferensi yalokhu nezinye izehlakalo ezenzeka kusukela lapho. Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi ubugebengu obuveziwe bunongwe ngamahlaya e-asidi yombhali.
I-ode yobulungiswa benkondlo
Imali, Mississippi, umlungu kufone uJunior Utholwe eshonile emzini wakhe eduze kwesidumbu somuntu ongaziwa wase-Afrika-waseMelika. Uma izidumbu ziyiswa emakhazeni, kusheshe kutholakale ukuthi umuntu omnyama ongaziwa unyamalele.
Kamuva, futhi ngaphandle kwesizathu esicacile, Isidumbu ebesebiwe emakhazeni siphinde satholwa emzini kamzala kaJunior., Ukolweni, naye obulewe.
Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, elithi “John Doe”—igama lomaka elisetshenziswa e-United States lapho isisulu singaziwa—siyaphinde sinyamalale. Kamuva, abaseshi ababili abamnyama we-Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, u-Ed Morgan noJim Davis, Bathunyelwa eMali ukuthi bayophenya isimo.
U-Ed noJim baya endaweni yokucima ukoma yasendaweni evame ukuvakashelwa umphakathi omnyama wakwaMoney, lapho Bathola ukuthi bobabili uJunior noWheat babehlobene noCarolyn Bryant. Abaseshi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi bakholelwa ukuthi isidumbu esilahlekile sifana kakhulu nesomzimba ka-Emmett Till oshayiwe.
Ukubulala okungenasizathu kumane kuyithikithi lesiphithiphithi esizayo.
Imizimba eyengeziwe iqala ukunqwabelana ezweni lonke. Ngamunye wandulela indoda eyodwa noma ngaphezulu abamhlophe ababulewe eduze kwemizimba yabantu abamnyama noma base-Asia. Okwamanje, U-Ed noJim bayakwazi ukuthola ukuthi ungubani isidumbu endaweni yesehlakalo sokuqala sobugebengu.. Bese beyilandelela enkampanini edayisa izinsalela zabantu ngezinhloso zesayensi.
Futhi Baqala ukusola ukuthi uGertrude Penstock -uweta omhlophe abahlangana naye eMali- kanye nokhokho wakhe uMama Z -iminyaka eyikhulu nanhlanu- Banesandla ekubulaweni kokuqala. U-Ed noJim abakwazi, lokhu kuvezwa ukuthi kuyiqiniso, njengoba uGertrude kanye neqembu labantu abamnyama abanomqondo ofanayo bahlela ukufa kukaWheat noJunior ukuze baziphindiselele ngokubandakanyeka kukayise ekubulaweni kuka-Emmett Till.
Akukho ukuxhumana okudlula ubuhlungu bezisulu
Naphezu kwalokho okwatholakala ngaphambili, akukho ukuxhumana kwangempela phakathi kokubulawa kwasekuqaleni nazo zonke ezinye. Kulapha lapho Amaqiniso omlando aqanjiwe angqubuzana nenganekwane egcwele ngokugcwele, njengoba imibiko yobunye ubugebengu iveza ukuthi amaqembu amakhulu amadoda amnyama nawase-Asia abonakala engenazo izinhlamvu aseqalile ukuphindaphinda ukufa okwakuhlelwe uMama Z noGertrude.
Mayelana nokuthuthukiswa nokubhala komsebenzi
Ukuze abhale le noveli, u-Everett wacwaninga nge-lynchings e-United States. Ngokolunye uhlangothi, Ukuze aqhubekisele phambili izifundo zakhe, wathenga izincwadi ezikhuluma ngezinto eziphathelene nokukhwabanisa, ezibhala ngokucophelela kangangokuthi wakwazi ukuthuthukisa ingxenye eyayigxile kule ndaba emtatsheni wakhe wezincwadi.
Ezingeni lokulandisa, umbhali uveza amahlaya amanoveli akhe, kufaka phakathi Izihlahla, ethonyeni likaMark Twain.
Sobre el autor
UPercival Everett wazalwa ngoDisemba 22, 1956, eFort Gordon, Georgia, United States. Ufunde iFilosofi eNyuvesi yaseMiami. Ukwengeza, wafundiswa izifundo ezihlukahlukene ezihlukahlukene, njenge-biochemistry kanye ne-mathematical logic. Wabe esethola iziqu ze-master in fiction eBrown University ngo-1982. Kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe wokubhala. Ubhale izincwadi zezingane, izinkondlo, amanoveli abacuphi nokunye okuningi.
Ezinye izincwadi zikaPercival Everett
Novelas
- umjuluko (1983);
- Ngihambe ngiye kude (1985);
- Ukusika uLisa / Ukusika uLisa (1986);
- Zulus / Zulus (1990);
- Ngesikhumba Sakhe Esimnyama (1990);
- Izwe LikaNkulunkulu (1994);
- Indawo yamanzi / Isitsha (1996);
- Umzimba kaMartin Aguilera / Umzimba ka-Martín Aguilera (1997);
- Uhlanya / Uhlanya (1997);
- I-Glyph / Glyph (1999);
- Grand Canyon, Inc / Grand Canyon, Inc (2001);
- Ukusula / Ukusula (2001);
- Umlando wabantu base-Afrika baseMelika / Umlando wabantu base-Afrika baseMelika (2004);
- Ugwadule lwaseMelika / Ugwadule lwaseMelika (2004);
- Abalimele / Abalimele (2005);
- Ikhambi Lamanzi (2007);
- Angiyena uSidney Poitier: Inoveli / Angiyena uSidney Poitier: Inoveli (2009);
- Ukucabangela (2011);
- UPercival Everett kaVirgil Russell: Inoveli / Percival Everett kaVirgil Russell: inoveli (2013);
- Okuluhlaza Kakhulu (2017);
- Ifoni / Ifoni (2020);
- Cha (2022);
- James (2024).
Izinganekwane
- Isimo Sezulu Nabesifazane Bangiphatha Kahle: Izindaba / Isimo Sezulu Nabesifazane Bangiphatha Kahle: Izindaba (1987);
- Isithombe Esikhulu: Izindaba / Isithombe Esikhulu: Izindaba (1996);
- Ngilahliwe uma ngenza: Izindaba / Damned uma ngenza (2004);
- Ingxenye Yeyintshi Yamanzi / Ingxenye Yeyintshi Yamanzi (2015).
Izinkondlo
- re:f, ukuthinta / re:f, ukuthinta (2006);
- Abstraktion und Einfühlung / Abstraction kanye nozwela (2008);
- Ababhukudayo Ababhukudayo (2010);
- Awekho Amagama Abomvu (2010);
- Amanga e-Trout (2015).
Izincwadi zezingane
- Lowo obalekile (1992).
Ukusebenzisana
- I-California Yami: Uhambo Ngababhali Abakhulu / I-California Yami: Uhambo Lwababhali Abakhulu (2004).