Umnumzane eMoscow
Umnumzane eMoscow -Ngobumnene eMoscow— iyinoveli eqanjiwe yomlando eyabhalwa umbhali waseMelika kanye nosozimali u-Amor Towles. Lo msebenzi wanyatheliswa ngokokuqala ngqá yinhlangano yokunyathelisa yamaViking ngo-2016. Ihumushela olimini lweSpanishi uGemma Rovira Ortega, kuyilapho uhlelo lwayo nokwethulwa ngalo—ngawo lowo nyaka—lwenziwa nguSalamandra.
Ngemva kwencwadi yakhe yokuqala—Imithetho enesizotha (2011)—, u-Towles kancane kancane waba ngomunye wababhali baseMelika abathakazelisa kakhulu ezincwadini zangaleso sikhathi. Ngenxa yalesi sizathu, akumangalisi lokho Umnumzane eMoscow Yamukelwe ngobunono obunjalo. Le ncwadi yachitha cishe unyaka ohlwini lwabasesikhundleni esiphezulu e-United States.. Ngaphezu kwalokho, wahlonishwa ngezindondo ezimbili ezifiseleka kakhulu: Incwadi Yonyaka ngokusho The Times y I-Sunday Times.
Amazwibela we Umnumzane eMoscow
Umlingo wempilo yokuboshwa
Ngo-1912, inani U-Aleksandr Ilyich Rostov wabhala inkondlo enamandla ngokumelene nabavukeli. Eminyakeni eyishumi kamuva—lapho amaBolshevik efunga ukuthi uTsar Nicholas II ngeke aphinde abuse iRussia—isikhulu sezicukuthwane. Usindisiwe ekugwetshweni ukufa ngenxa yomsebenzi wakhe, ngoba ubushiqela beqembu labasebenzi babungafuni ukungezwani nabantu.
Esikhundleni sokubulala uRostov, uthunyelwa ukuyodonsa udilikajele ehhotela likanokusho kunazo zonke ezweni: iMetropol. Le ndawo iphenduka i-microcosm lapho umphakathi waseRussia ophakeme wawuhlangana khona. Ngokufanayo, kuyisimo esihle kakhulu sokwakha kabusha i-panorama yesikhathi esidlule esiwubukhazikhazi kanye nokuwohloka okwalandela okwadlula kukho iSoviet Union ngesikhathi senguquko.
Okokuqala, indlela yokubala okufanele ihlale yodwa ehhotela impilo yakhe yonke ayikhangi kakhulu. Noma kunjalo, U-Amor Towles usebenzisa ukuvalelwa komlingiswa wakhe ukuze adale uhambo lwangempela.
Rostov futhi Metropol
Umlingiswa oyinhloko de Umnumzane eMoscow uyisikhulu, Indoda owayehlala eduze nomqhele waseRussia. Ngandlela-thile, iMetropol ifana nayo: zombili zithwala ukukhanya okufiphala kancane kancane, kodwa lokho, ekujuleni, kugcina intelezi ethile. Alexander Ilyich Rostov icwengisisiwe, ihlakulelwe ngokomqondo futhi i-chivalrous, amakhono awathole phakathi neminyaka yakhe ecishe ibe ngamashumi amane ngenxa yothando lwakhe lokufunda. Umlingiswa oyinhloko futhi ujwayele ukudla okucolile.
Zonke lezi zimfanelo zikhuliswa ngaphakathi kwehhotela, ngoba, ngokungafani ne-Overlock ye-Overlock kaStephen King—Ukukhanya (1977)—, Metropol kuveza uRostov ekukhanyeni. Indawo igcizelela izici zakhe ezinhle kakhulu ukuze imsondeze kubalingiswa besibili abathakazelayo, ehlakaniphile, enezindaba ezithakazelisayo, ezenza ukuphila komlingiswa oyinhloko kube yindawo engavamile yokuhlangenwe nakho, naphezu kokuzihlukanisa kwakhe.
Ngesitayela sokulandisa sombhali
The nenhle prose yomlobi waseMelika igxile ekulandiseni ezinye zezenzakalo ezihlazisa kakhulu ezenzeka phakathi nenguquko yaseRussia: ukunyamalala kwabaphikisi bezombangazwe, ukukhushulwa esikhundleni okungafanele, ukuhlanza... U-Amor Towles ungumthandi wezingoma zakudala zaseRussia. Eqinisweni, kunendima kule noveli lapho uRostov egcina inkhulumomphendvulwano nelinye lamakhasimende ehhotela. Naye, ukhuluma ngemisebenzi kaPushkin, uTolstoy noDostoevsky.
Ukwehla okuphawulekayo kweRussia kuxoxwa ngakho kakhulu phakathi kwezindonga zehhotela lapho umlingiswa oyinhloko edonsa khona isigwebo sakhe. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, ezinye izinhlobo zezingxoxo zihlala ndawonye, lezi zigcwele amahlaya, indida kanye ne-dialectic ehlala icwengekile. Ithonya lababhali abakhulu baseRussia liyaphawuleka, hhayi kuphela ngesitayela sokulandisa sikaTowles, kodwa futhi ekukhethweni kwemibhalo engezansi yomsebenzi.
Umlingiswa oyinhloko, inkosi engaphikiswa
U-Aleksandr Ilyich Rostov unomunye waleyo micabango lapho kufanelekile ukuhlala khona. Naphezu kwaso sonke isimo okumelwe abhekane naso, akalokothi alahlekelwe izimo zengqondo zesiqu sakhe—ngisho noma kungase kudingeke ashintshe amagumbi akhe anobukhazikhazi afake uphahla oluncane lwendlu engaphansi—noma ubuhle bakhe. Lena indoda ekwaziyo ukuthatha izinsuku ezimbi ngokumamatheka, enamahlaya esihloko owaziyo ukuthi ukhululekile enhliziyweni.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, Uhlala nezinhlamvu zesibili ezihluke ngokuphelele nomlingiswa wakhe onobuntu obuhle. Omunye wabo umqashi wakhe, indoda enenkani ukushaya kwenhliziyo kwayo okunganyakazi ukuze kuqede isineke sanoma ubani. Noma kunjalo, uRostov ufunda ukuthola ukwethenjwa kwakhe, kanye nabanye abasebenzi namakhasimende, ahlanganyela nabo izinkulumo ezimangalisayo mayelana nobuciko, ezombusazwe, umphakathi kanye nezinye izihloko ezithakazelisayo.
Mayelana nombhali, i-Love Towles
Uthando Towles
U-Love Towles wazalwa ngo-1964, eBoston, Massachusetts, United States. Ngemva kokuphothula iziqu zakhe ze-bachelor, wathola iziqu ze-bachelor's e-Yale College. Kamuva, uthweswe iziqu eStanford University ngeziqu zesiNgisi.
Umbhali uphinde wasebenza njengomphathi wokutshalwa kwezimali kanye nomqondisi wocwaningo e-Select Equity Group, eNew York. Nokho, izincwadi ziwuthando lwakhe lwangempela. Ngo-2011, uTowles waduma ngenoveli yakhe yokuqala. Imithetho Yokuphila -yahunyushelwa olimini lweSpanishi njengeMithetho Yezinhlonipho-.
Kulowo msebenzi, umbhali unikeza inhlonipho enhle eNew York yama-30s. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kubhekiselwa ezakhiweni ezinhle, ama-doormen amahle kanye nama-canopies amakhulu, akhanyayo.
U-Amor Towles ujwayele ukwenza i-Jazz, umculo oyisisekelo efilimini yakhe yokuqala. Kulesi senzakalo, i-protagonist ingowesifazane osemusha ofuna ukuphumelela ehlathini elikhonkolo, lapho wonke amathuba akhe eyinkemba esika nhlangothi zombili, edatshulwe phakathi kwengozi nenjabulo.
Uhlelo lokushicilelwa kwamanoveli e-Amor Towles
- Imithetho Yokuphila - imithetho yokuziphatha (2011);
- U-Eva eHollywood - U-Eva eHollywood (2013);
- Ngobumnene eMoscow - Umnumzane eMoscow (2016);
- Usufikile Lapho Uya Khona - usufikile lapho uya khona (2019)
- Umgwaqo omkhulu waseLincoln - umgwaqo omkhulu we-Lincoln (2022)
Eminye imibhalo eshicilelwe ngu-Amor Towles
- Ishaneli Inkathi Yothando Olwengeziwe Lokuhamba Nge-Transatlantic (2016).