Kwenzekani konkulunkulu beZwe Elidala lapho bezithola bengathembekile, bebodwa futhi bengenakuzisiza ezwenikazi elihlukile kubo? Lo mbuzo yiwona obuzwe Neil Gaiman futhi kwakuyizizukulwane zakhe umsebenzi omkhulu kunayo yonke: American Gods. Inoveli ecwilisa izimpande zayo ezinganekwaneni zokuqala ukuzakha kabusha, kepha ngasikhathi sinye ihlonipha ubuqotho bazo.
Indoda ngemuva kwenganekwane
Umkhondo we-british UGaiman ayijwayeleki njengoba iheha. Ngesikhathi esebenza njengentatheli waxoxa naye U-Allan moore (umhlaba odume ngamanoveli wokuqhafaza afana v yeVendetta o abalindi), okuvuselele ukuthakazelisa kwakhe ngamahlaya. Ngenxa yobungani phakathi kwalaba bobabili, uGaiman waqala umsebenzi wakhe njengombhali wamahlaya ngemisebenzi efana naleyo I-orchid emnyama y I Sandman. Lolu chungechunge lokugcina yilolo azuze ngalo ukuqashelwa phakathi neminyaka yama-90s, waze wafika ezingeni lokuba ngumbhali wezenkolo.
Yize naye ehlakule ukulandisa okungokwesiko ngokwengeziwe phakathi naleli shumi leminyaka, bekuhlala kubanjiswene nabanye ababhali (njengaku- Amabika amahleeduze kwe UTerry Pratchett) noma ukwenza imibhalo yamahlaya noma yethelevishini (Akukho ndawo y Stardust). Bekumele silinde kuze kuqale ikhulu lama-XNUMX leminyaka ukuze sifunde Gods American (2001), indalo yakhe yokuqala yakhulelwa kusukela ekuqaleni njengenoveli. Kuyo, uGaiman uhlanganisa zonke lezo zinto ebezimkhathaze empilweni yakhe yonke, ebe ifana nomsebenzi othakazelisayo.
Udaba lobulili
Gods American ilandisa indaba ka Inyanga Yomthunzi, okuthi ngemuva kweminyaka emithathu yesigwebo aphume ejele aye emngcwabeni womkakhe Laura, usanda kushona engozini yomgwaqo nomngani wakhe omkhulu. Endleleni ebuyela ekhaya lakhe elidala uhlangana ne- «ethileMnu wednesday»(NgoLwesithathu), omnikeza umsebenzi wokuba ngumqaphi. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuqhubeke, uSombra, ongungqondongqondo othembekile, uthola ukuthi ngemuva kweqiniso elisobala kukhona okunye, nokuthi izinganekwane zicashe ekhoneni.
Ikhava yohlobo lweRoca Pocket.
Inoveli ihlanganisa zonke izinhlobo zezinto ezingafani kakhulu. Kuyindaba ka umcabango futhi ngasikhathi sinye a Thriller, i-akhawunti ye- isayensi yeqiniso, ngisho no ibhuku lokuhamba. Lokhu yiyona kanye inkinga enkulu abahlaziyi ababhekana nayo lapho behlaziya Gods American, ngoba akunakwenzeka ukuyijuba. Ngemuva kwakho konke, kufanele sikuqonde ukuthi uGaiman akacabangi ngezinhlobo zemibhalo njengezindawo ezivaliwe. Umbhali ofanayo wathi ngakho:
Lapho kuphela enginakho njengomfundi wokuqala, ubulili, noma ukungabi khona kobulili, kuba yinto engasho lutho. Umthetho ongangiqondisa njengomlobi wukuqhubeka ngiye phambili, ngiqhubeke nokuxoxa indaba engenzi ukuthi mina, mfundi wami wokuqala, ngizizwe ngikhohlisiwe noma ngidumele ekugcineni.
Ngale ndlela, Gods American Kuyinto a umsebenzi wokuqhathanisa. Futhi lokhu, kunokuba yisici esingesihle, kuyinikeza uhlamvu lwayo ezinye izincwadi ezingakulangazelela kuphela. IDrama namahlaya, inganekwane neqiniso kuyahlangana phakathi kwamakhasi ayo ukudala indaba eheha umfundi.
Indaba yonkulunkulu namadoda
-Uyini? Kubuza uShadow. Niyini nonke?
I-Bastet izamula, ibonisa ulimi olupinki olumnyama ngokuphelele.
"Ucabanga ukuthi siyizimpawu; siyiphupho elenziwa isintu ukwenza umqondo wezithunzi ezindongeni zomhume. Manje hamba. Umzimba wakho uyagodola. Izinhlanya zihlangene entabeni. Isikhathi sifushane.
Gods American Akuzona nje izigigaba zalowo owayekade eyisiboshwa. Kuyinto inganekwane yesimanje lokho kufakwe ngaphakathi kwamanje kwento neo-kumnandi, owazalwa ngenxa yokukhathala kohlobo, futhi okuphikisana nokuhlukaniswa kwendabuko kwezinganekwane ngu-theorist Todorov. Umbango wamandla e-US phakathi kwe Onkulunkulu basendulo (abahlakaniphile, abadala, abampofu nabazinzile) kanye ne- onkulunkulu abasha (abangenalwazi, abancane, abacebile nabanamandla), abenza ukuhwebelana kwembulunga yonke, i-Intanethi, nangemuva kwesikhathi. Lokhu kungqubuzana kunemisindo yezinganekwane esikhumbuza ngeGigantomachy yezinganekwane zamaGrikhi, noma izimpi phakathi kuka-irsir noVanir wezinganekwane zaseNorse.
Kodwa-ke, ake lesi sizinda esicebile singasidukisi. Kuyiqiniso lokho Gods American inombhalo ongafundwa ngumfundi onobuhlakani, kepha akuyona imfuneko yokujabulela umsebenzi. Isakhiwo, ngokwaso, siyajabulisa, ngokuhlukile icebo liyajikajika y izinhlamvu ezakhiwe kahle kakhulu okulula ukuzwelana naye. Kukho konke lokhu, ngincoma ukuthi ufunde le ndaba yonkulunkulu neyabantu.