UCarlos Ruiz Zafon.
Umhlaba wezincwadi waseSpain uvuke ulila namuhla, ngoLwesihlanu, ngoJuni 19, 2020, ngemuva kokumenyezelwa kwezindaba zokushona ngeshwa kukaCarlos Ruiz Zafón. Umbhali we okuhamba phambili Isithunzi somoya Ushone eneminyaka engama-55 ubudala, eyisisulu somdlavuza. Imininingwane esemthethweni ikhishwe yindlu yokushicilela yasePlaneta.
Njengamanje, umbhali wayehlala eLos Angeles. Lapho, wazinikezela othandweni lwakhe, ezinikele ngokuphelele embonini yaseHollywood. Lezi zindaba zilimaze iSpain, izwe lakubo, kwesinye sezikhathi ezinzima kakhulu lapho umhlaba waseCervantes kuye kwadingeka ukuthi uhlale kuwo ngenxa yeCovid-19.
UCarlos Ruiz Zafón, phakathi kwababhali besikhathi esiphambili kakhulu
Ukufika, INkosana yeMist (1993)
UZafón uthole isikhundla esihloniphekile embhalweni wezincwadi zomhlaba ngesikhathi esisodwa. Ngemuva kokushicilelwa kwe- INkosana yeMist, ku-1993, abagxeki babikezela umsebenzi omuhle, futhi kwaba njalo. Yize kungumsebenzi wakhe wokuqala, wamukelwa kahle kakhulu, inhlanhla engathinti wonke umuntu. Empeleni, le ncwadi yamzuzela umklomelo wakwa-Edebé esigabeni sayo Sezincwadi Zentsha. Balandele lokho okuthunyelwe: Isigodlo saphakathi kwamabili nokukhanya kukaSepthemba, futhi ngalesi samuva wavala ukuthi yini okwakuyindlela yakhe yokuqala ehlelekile yokuhleleka.
Ukuhlanjululwa kokuqala, Isithunzi somoya (2001)
Kodwa-ke, futhi efuna okungaphezulu -ukuziphatha okwakumkhombisa impilo yakhe yonke-, e2001 wagxumela enkundleni yamazwe ngomsebenzi wakhe Isithunzi somoya. Ama-accolades asheshe futhi abalwa ngezinkulungwane. UMaría Lucía Hernández, kungosi ye Isizwe, ubeke amazwana:
"Iphatha ukungabaza nokuthile 'okumangazayo' ngendlela ehlukile, ngenkathi isathembekile, ngoba ikhathazekile ngokufaka amasiko ajwayelekile aseSpain nemicimbi yomlando yenkathi yesibili yangemva kwempi.
UGonzalo Navajas, yena, uthe:
"Isithunzi somoya Manje, ngenxa yokwamukelwa kwayo okungajwayelekile kwamazwe omhlaba, i-hypertext lapho […] isiko laseSpain langaleso sikhathi lacatshangelwa futhi lathola ukunanela esimweni samazwe omhlaba ”.
Isithunzi somoya kanye nophawu lwayo olujulile eJalimane
Futhi incwadi ibiyimpumelelo ephelele, hhayi ekuthengiseni kuphela, kepha nasekufinyeleleni kwayo ngamasiko. Ngokwesibonelo, eJalimane, umsebenzi wafika phakathi no-2003. Eminyakeni engaphansi kwemibili nohhafu kwase kunamakhophi angaphezu kwesigidi athengisiwe. Impumelelo enkulu yezincwadi zaseSpanishi, ikakhulukazi uma kubhekwa isikhathi esenzeke ngaso. Sikhuluma ngamakhophi ayinkulungwane ngosuku ngaleyo nkathi, isici okuthi, ngokubheka ukuthi umbhali ubengaziwa ngaleso sikhathi, sithathwa njengokubabaza.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, umthelela emphakathini wokufunda waseJalimane nawo wawumkhulu. Umbhalo ubuthathwa ngokuthi "wokuzijabulisa" emakhasini we UNeue Züricher Zeitungse, ngesikhathi esifanayo lapho ibibhekwa njengendaba "elula". Iqiniso liwukuthi Unyawo lukaZafón lwahlala, futhi lwalusabonakala kulawo mazwe.
Ukucaphuna kukaCarlos Ruiz Zafón.
I-tetralogy, ukuvalwa kwayo ngokuchuma
Into eyodwa nakanjani yaholela kwenye nangemva kweminyaka eyi-15 — ngekhefu elide lokujabulela izinyosi zempumelelo ye Isithunzi somoya-, kweza iziqu ezintathu ezizonikeza ukuma kokugcina endabeni:
- Umdlalo wengelosi (2008).
- Isiboshwa Sezulu (2011).
- I-labyrinth yemimoya (2015).
Ababhali kaningi kuba ngabagxeki bakho ababi kakhulu - Futhi akusikho ukuthi uZafón weqile kulokho, sikhuluma ngombhali wamamilimitha futhi sizifunela yena. Kodwa-ke, ngemuva kokubeka iphuzu lokugcina ku- I-labyrinth yemimoya, UCarlos uthe umdlalo "yiwona kanye obekufanele ube." Ucezu ngalunye-ke lwaqondana ngendlela efanele, futhi lwabekwa ngokucophelela ngamathuluzi omlobi azinikele emsebenzini wakhe futhi wazi ngendima yakhe ehloniphekile njengommeleli wezincwadi waseSpain.
Omkhulu uhambe, futhi umsebenzi omkhulu uhlala ngemuva komthunzi wawo emoyeni
Intshisekelo yezentengiselwano, iyakhombisa: iyathandeka, iyaheha, ikhanya ngaphandle kokulawula, ikhanyisa konke ekuthintayo. Yebo zikhona isichasiso esingachaza ngaso uCarlos Ruiz Zafón maqondana nomsebenzi wakhe njengombhali, lowo owendoda enezincwadi ezithandayo.
Usheshe wahamba, kepha wasebenzisa wonke umzuzwana ukuzuza ukungafi emsebenzini awenzayo. Lokhu kuboniswa yizinguqulo ezingamashumi amane, izincwadi ezingaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-10 ezithengisiwe, kanye nomthelela wazo emhlabeni jikelele. Yebo, ushiye ibhanoyi, kepha akafikanga futhi akasoze agcwalisa amakamelo okulibala.