UJacqueline Winspear. Ingxoxo nomdali we-Maisie Dobbs

Jacqueline Winspear, Umbhali waseBrithani ozinze e-United States, ungumbhali wochungechunge oludayiswa kakhulu oluhambisana nomseshi amasie dobbs. Manje usethule lapha inoveli yakhe yakamuva, Amanga amhlophe. Kulokhu ingxoxo Ukhuluma nathi ngezihloko eziningi ngokujwayelekile. Ngiyabonga kuningi ku-BR Comunicación ukuze abaphathi bayo bakwazi ukukwenza futhi, kunjalo, ukunaka kwayo nesikhathi kumbhali.

UJacqueline Winspear—Ingxoxo

• ACTUALIDAD LITERATURA: : Ungakwazi yini ukubuyela kuleyo ncwadi yokuqala owayifunda? Futhi indaba yokuqala oyibhalile?

JACQUELINE WINSPEAR: Bekukodwa umfundi oshisekayo wentombazane. Njalo ngesonto ngangiya nomama emtatsheni wezincwadi wendawo. Ngicabanga ukuthi ngangineminyaka engaba mibili noma emithathu ubudala lapho benginika ikhadi lami lokuqala. Kwakukhona izincwadi ezimangalisayo nezinemibala ye UMabel Lucy Atwell. Ngangizithanda, kodwa ngokushesha ngaya kunoma iyiphi incwadi ngamahhashi! 

Ngibhalile indaba yami yokuqala ende ngomfana enganginaye engqondweni kusukela empilweni edlule Wathola ukuthi lapho edlala kushwibi wasengadini yakhe, efinyelela phezulu futhi evivinya isibindi sakhe, wayekwazi ukuzibona kwesinye isikhathi nendawo. Ngiyiqambe ngokuthi, The Swingback. Ngicabanga ukuthi ngangineminyaka engaba yisikhombisa ubudala.

• AL: Iyiphi incwadi yokuqala ekuhlabe umxhwele futhi ngani? 

I-JW: Angikaze ngihlabeke umxhwele.

• AL: Umbhali oyintandokazi? Ungakhetha ngaphezu kweyodwa nakuzo zonke izinkathi.

I-JW: Anginaye umbhali “engimthandayo,” abaningi nje engibathandayo, abavela kubo Jane U-Austen kuze kufike ku-f. UScott fitzgerald, uqinisile Hemingway, UJohane izinyathelo ezimbili nabanye abafana noSusan Howwatch. Baningi ababhali besimanje engibathandayo, abaningi kangangokuthi angikwazanga ukubabala.

• AL: Yimuphi umlingiswa osencwadini obungathanda ukuhlangana naye futhi umakhe? 

I-JW: Ngicabanga ukuthi kungcono ukushiya abalingiswa bezincwadi umcabango.

• AL: Yimiphi imikhuba noma imikhuba ekhethekile uma kukhulunywa ngokubhala noma ukufunda? 

I-JW: Akukho ikakhulukazi iqiniso.

• AL: Futhi indawo yakho oyithandayo nesikhathi sokwenza? 

JW: Angikhethi, kodwa ukuba phambi kwe umlilo ngobusuku basebusika Kuhlale kukuhle, kodwa ngiyakwazi futhi ngifunde noma yikuphi.

Amathonya

• AL: Yimuphi umbhali noma incwadi eye yaba nomthelela noma ikugqugquzele emsebenzini wakho? 

JW: Iqiniso liwukuthi cha hay Abekho ababhali abangithonye noma bangikhuthaze, futhi ngenkathi abanye benza izinto engizithandayo, ngiyaphuma ngiye lapho ngenze into yami.

• AL: Ingabe zikhona ezinye izinhlobo ozithandayo? 

I-JW: Ngiyayithanda ukuhlolwa futhi i izinkumbulo. Uthando lwami lokuqala lwemibhalo, uma ngikhuluma iqiniso.

• AL: Ufundani manje? Futhi ukubhala?

I-JW: Ngiqeda ukugqama UGeorge VI no-Elizabeth: Umshado owasindisa ubukhosi, de Sally Bedell Smith, ongomunye wababhali bomlando bokuphila abahamba phambili ababhala namuhla.

I-Los Ezinye izincwadi engiphenya kukho konke kuxhumene nenoveli engiyibhalayo okwamanje, futhi uma bengikutshela ngazo, bengizokwembula okuningi kakhulu!

ukushicilela indawo

• AL: Ucabanga ukuthi injani indawo yokushicilela/imakethe? Baningi ababhali abazama ukushicilela noma izindlela eziningi kakhulu zokukwenza?

I-JW: Iqiniso liwukuthi Inqubo yokushicilela incwadi nokuyiletha emakethe ayikashintshi kangako, izindlela nje zokuyenza.. Angiqinisekiswa yinkambiso yamanje yokuhlela kabusha izincwadi ezindala ezifundwe kahle ukuze zivumelane nokuzwela kwesimanje. Singakwazi kanjani ukubambelela kulokho okwedlule futhi sibone ukuthi sesihambe ibanga elingakanani uma izincwadi zishintshwa ukuze zihambisane nezindlela ezahlukene zokufunda? 

Angidingi "ukuvikelwa" njengomfundi, ngiyakwazi ukuzenzela izinqumo mayelana nokuthi yini engizoyifunda, futhi ngihlakaniphe ngokwanele ukwazi ukuthi amagama athile asetshenziswa, ake sithi, ngeminyaka yawo-1950s angase acasule namuhla. Kodwa konke lokho kuyingxenye yenqubo yokufunda, ingxenye yokuqonda umhlaba. Angidingi ukuhlolwa, ngingaziphoqa uma kukhona engingakuthandi.

ubuhle

• AL: Ucabangani ngalesi sikhathi esiphila kuso? Ingabe unokuthile okuhle ngamanoveli akho akusasa?

I-JW: Ukutadisha umlando usazisa ukuthi bekulokhu kunezikhathi ezinzima. Thatha iMpi Enkulu, ilandelwe Ukuwohloka Kwezomnotho, bese kuba Impi Yombango YaseSpain kanye neMpi Yezwe II. Cabanga-ke ngeminyaka eyayithatha ukwakhiwa kabusha kwamadolobha nokubhekana nokulahlekelwa okukhulu kwempilo, imiphakathi nokuhlupheka okukhulu kwabantu. Emsebenzini wami angikhiphi lezo zinkinga kuphela, kodwa amandla namahlaya abantu ngesikhathi bezulazula ezikhathini ezinzima.. Ukuthi sonke sisekhona kuyisizathu sokuba nethemba.

Yebo, siphila ezikhathini ezinzima, kodwa sisekhona isizathu sokujabula, ukuze kugujwe futhi uphile ukuphila ngokugcwele. Ngicabanga ukuthi kubalulekile ukuqala usuku ngalunye ngenhloso yokulisebenzisa ngokugcwele, futhi ekugcineni ubonge ngakho konke okuhle. Impilo iyaqhubeka nokuthi siqhubeka kanjani nokwenza umqondo kukithi.. Yingakho amanoveli ami ehlanganisa okuningi okuhle nakuba abekwe ngesikhathi sempi.

Ukuhumusha kwesiNgisi: (c) Mariola Díaz-Cano