USue Grafton uhamba nohlamvu lokugcina lwezinhlamvu.
USue Grafton uzizwe efuna ukubulala owayengumyeni wakhe ngenkathi bebhekene enkantolo belwela indodana yabo futhi, lokho kuqukethe ulaka kwaba yincwadi yakhe yokuqala yobugebengu, A Yokuphinga (A evela ku-Alibi kwasekuqaleni).
"Esikhundleni sokuchitha impilo yami ejele, ngicabange okuthile okungcono kakhulu: ukumbulala encwadini ngithole nemali ngayo ..."
UGrafton akagcinanga ngokuhambisa imizwa emibi kakhulu isehlukaniso sakhe esenziwe ngokubhala inoveli enhle kakhulu, kepha ngokungazi wenza umseshi wokuqala wesifazane ukuphula izinkolelo zabesifazane ababesetshenziswa kaninginingi kuze kube yilolo suku.
UKinsey mihone Kwakuyizinguquko kulolu hlobo lomculo: Owesifazane wokuqala, ngale kuka-Miss Marple ka-Agatha Christie, owathatha isikhundla esiphakeme kanye nomthwalo osindayo wohlobo lomsakazo, "umphenyi" njengoba uGrafton ayethanda ukukubiza kanjalo. UKinsey akayona intombi yomphenyi, akayona isisulu, akayona umsizi, nguyena obhekana nabantu ababi futhi uxazulula amacala abanzima kakhulu.
Kwakungeyona inhloso kaSue Grafton ukuthi wayengakaze afune ukufaka noma yisiphi isimangalo senhlalo kumanoveli akhe futhi lokho kwenza uKinsey ahluke kakhulu. Kungokwemvelo, kuyiqiniso futhi njenganoma isiphi isimilo esakhiwe kahle senzeka njengabantu bangempela: abanye bayasithanda kanti abanye abasithandi.
UKinsey usinda ebuntwaneni obunzima, obungakhathaleli ngenxa yokushona kwabazali bakhe lapho eneminyaka emihlanu kuphela. Ubabekazi wakhe wamnika konke akudingayo ukuze akhule hhayi iota yothando. Lapho uneminyaka engama-32, lapho uchungechunge lwe- Izinhlamvu ZobugebenguUngumphenyi wangasese, ongomunye walabo baphenyi abaphatha amacala ayisithukuthezi futhi aphethe, kuze kube yilapho icala liba nzima kakhulu kunokujwayelekile bese kuqala isaga. Uhlala eCalifornia, eSanta Teresa (okukhumbuza iSanta Bárbara, indawo kaSue Grafton ahlala kuyo, njengoba nje uVetusta ekhumbula u-Oviedo eRegenta de Clarín), uhlakaniphile futhi usebenza kanzima, ungumdlali futhi uchwepheshe ekuzivikeleni komuntu siqu. Phakathi kuka-A de Alibi no-Y de Izolo kudlule iminyaka engama-25, kepha uKinsey Milhone akakaze abe mdala futhi uyaqhubeka nenoveli ngemuva kokuba inoveli inenkani, iphikelelayo, inesibindi njengasekuqaleni kwayo. Empilweni kaKinsey akekho umlingani ozinzile, kepha akayedwa: Ngesikhathi sokugxuma okungamashumi amabili nanhlanu ngama-alfabhethi akhe uhambisana noRosie, umngani wakhe nomnikazi wendawo yokudlela, ngenxa yokuthi uKinsey udla okunye ngaphandle kokuzila ukudla, okuhambisana nengilazi yakhe engenakuhlukaniswa kaChardonnay noHenry, umnikazi omdala othandekayo wefulethi ahlala kulo ngokuqasha.
I-A for Adultery ayigcinanga ngokusiza uSue Grafton anqobe izikhathi zakhe ezimbi kodwa futhi yaqala ne-saga ebanzi nephumelelayo eyaqhubeka ne-B for Beasts (B yeBulglar kwasekuqaleni) kwaze kwaba Futhi kusukela izolo, eshicilelwe ngo-2017 futhi engakahunyushelwa olimini lwesiSpanish.
"Umbhali waseCalifornia onomsebenzi owedlula izinga lemibhalo esezingeni eliphezulu." Umklomelo kaRoss McDonald Literary
I-A for Adultery: Ukuqala Kwezinhlamvu Zobugebengu
Kuyafaneleka ukuthi uphinde ufunde le-Alphabet enhle kakhulu enayo incwadi yokugcina bese uqeda ngencwadi yezindaba Mina noKinsey, lapho umbhali abenesibindi sokuthola impilo yakhe phambi kwabafundi bakhe futhi asitshele ukuthi singakanani isibalo sikaKinsey esasiyisibuko sikaSue, esikhuliswe ekhaya elinabazali ababili abayizidakwa.
UKinsey akasoze afinyelela esikrinini esikhulu. Umbhali wayo, owaqala umsebenzi wakhe njengombhali wesikrini, esebenza, phakathi kwabanye, ekwenziweni kwamanoveli ka-Agatha Christie, i-Sparkling Cyanide neMystery eCaribbean, wayehlala enqaba ukuvumela uKinsey ukuthi asebenze eHollywood. Ubecabanga ukuthi uma engakushiyela ezandleni zababhali besihawu ngenzuzo yenzuzo yosomabhizinisi abakhulu bamafilimu, uzoyeka ukuba yilokho ayenguye, bazokumosha, futhi wesabe nokuqhubeka kwalo: Wenza angifuni ukubeka engcupheni ukuthi ubuso bomlingisi obemmelele bungene ekhanda lakhe ngesikhathi sokubhala. Lokhu kuvinjelwa kudlula njengengxenye yefa ezinganeni zakhe futhi indodakazi yakhe yakukhumbula ngemuva kokushona kwakhe.
USue Grafton, waseMelika, owazalelwa eKentucky ngo-1940, eneziqu ze-English Literature futhi owine imiklomelo eminingana ebalulekile yemibhalo, wavalelisa kithi ngoDisemba 2017 ngemuva kwezitolimende ezingama-25 ze-saga, lapho ingekho eyokugcina ayeyihlelile ukushicilela ku-2019. I-Sue ithatha i-Z kwakhe futhi yize sizomkhumbula, uzohlala njalo enendawo ehloniphekile ezitolo zethu zezincwadi nasezinhliziyweni zethu.