Ukuthula nguDon DeLillo.Umlobi Cwaka , inoveli entsha ekhawulezileyo evela kuDon DeLillo, ivula ngekoteyishini enikwe (inombambano othile) kuAlbert Einstein: Andazi ukuba zizokulwa ziphi izixhobo kwiMfazwe yesiThathu yeHlabathi, kodwa iMfazwe yeHlabathi ye-IV izakulwelwa ngezinti namatye. I-Anecdotally ibongwa ku-Einstein njengempendulo kumngcipheko wovavanyo lwenyukliya ekuqaleni kweMfazwe ebandayo, apha ifumana intsingiselo eyahlukileyo. Kweli xesha lethu langoku, ngaba ingozi esemngciphekweni isenokuvela ekuweni kobomi bethu bedijithali obukhulayo? Ukuba iplagi itsaliwe, kwaye yonke into iyahamba, kwenzeka ntoni emva koko?
Kodwa ayisiyincwadi yokuqikelela kunye nesiprofeto, ngaphandle konxibelelwano olucacileyo kumzuzu wethu wangoku wokulutha ngokwedijithali (kunye nokukhankanywa ngokufutshane kwe-COVID-19). Kwi-DeLillo, lonke ulwaphulo ikwangumzuzu wokugqitha. Isiphithiphithi kunye nokudideka emsebenzini wakhe kubangela ukuvela kwefilosofi kunye nokujongana nomntu. Isiseko samathambo se Cwaka -Ukufa kwenqwelomoya okusondeleyo, ipati ye-Super Bowl ephakanyiswe ngumabonwakude isiya kungenanto, ilandelwa luthotho lonxibelelwano lwedijithali olucinywa ngokukhawuleza- lwakhiwe nje ukuvumela abalinganiswa ukuba baphelele kwigumbi elinye, babe yinxalenye Yencoko efanayo ejikelezayo, ukwenza ukuqonda okwenzekayo kwiintloko zabo nakwilizwe langaphandle. Kwi-DeLillo, umahluko phakathi kwezi zimbini uhlala uziva.
Kwigumbi lokuhlala nguMax noDiane, umhloli wezakhiwo kunye nonjingalwazi we-physics ngokwahlukeneyo. Bayadityaniswa ngumfundi wangaphambili kaDiane uMartin, othanda ukucacisa ubume bexesha kunye nendawo kunye nokucaphula imibhalo engezantsi ku-Einstein's I-1912 Manuscript kwiTheory ekhethekileyo yoNxibelelwano . Ekugqibeleni uJim noTessa, abasinde kule ngozi ichazwe ngasentla, bafika, bediniwe kwaye mhlawumbi bonzakele. Umlinganiswa ngamnye uphendula kokwenzeka kwabo ngendlela yabo. UMax, woyame ngaphambili kwisitulo sakhe esitofotofo, uqhubeka nokujonga kumabonwakude ongenanto, ezama ukwenza ukuba umfanekiso uvele kwiscreen ngamandla wentando. UJim noTessa, emva kwengozi, baphalaze iziqu zabo zangaphambili ukuze konke okushiyekileyo kube lithuku lemvelo. UDiane, ukujingxeka emva, ubukhulu becala uyabona, uyashukuma kwaye uqhagamshele imicu yencoko evulekileyo, ngelixa uMartin ebonelela ngengcaciso ehambelana nefilosofi. Ngaba isipili siyinto ebonakalayo? Ubuza ngelinye ixesha encwadini. Ngaba obu bubuso obubonwa ngabanye abantu? Okanye ngaba yinto ethile okanye umntu endiyiyilileyo?
Kubafundi abaqhelene nomsebenzi kaDeLillo, ngakumbi iinoveli zamva nje ezinje Ingongoma Omega kwaye Zero K , Njani Cwaka iyavela kwaye imixholo ephuhlisayo ayizukufika isimanga. Ingxoxo iyaqala ukufiphala, iincoko ezininzi zenzeka ngaxeshanye, ukuqala nokumisa, ukubuyela umva nokuya phambili. Nawuphi na umzekeliso weyelenqe uyashenxa. Kwisiqingatha sesibini sencwadi, abalinganiswa bafumana amacandelo abo ahlukeneyo ukuze bathethe into engekhoyo, babeke phantsi iingcinga zabo, batyhile iminqweno yempambano. UDeLillo unomdla kwi-jargon yentlekele, apho ikopi yentengiso kunye nolwimi lwentlekele ziyatshintshana. Ngamanye amaxesha oku kwenziwa ngeendlela ezihlekisayo (ukuqikelela kukaDiane apho iSuper Bowl iqhubeka khona yiBenzedrex Nasal Decongestant Memorial Coliseum), ngelixa ngamanye amaxesha kukhokelela kumaqela-amagama afundeka njengombongo wokuphela kwehlabathi (iiCyberattacks, Ukungena kwedijithali, uhlaselo lwebhayoloji). Ulwimi oluntsonkothileyo, zombini iliso elicacileyo kunye nentloko ebangela iintlungu, lishiya elinye ilizwe lifana nabalinganiswa. Ukufunda i-DeLillo kunokuba yinto emnandi yokuntywilisela kwaye yoyikise.
Intoni Cwaka ilahlekile, njengomsebenzi omninzi kaDeLillo kulandela opus yakhe enkulu Ngaphantsi komhlaba , bubunzima bembali. Iminyaka, iinoveli zakhe zazibonakala ngathi zibalwa kunye nexesha elidlulileyo, ukuqhekeka kwimbali evule amathuba obundlobongela kunye nokukhohlisa: ukubulawa kweJFK, ungcoliseko olunetyhefu, ubugrogrisi. Ukusukela Igcisa loMzimba , Inovela yakhe yango-2001, ukubhala kuye kwabuya ngaphakathi. Xa ijonga ngaphandle kwayo, ijonge kwikamva elingenantsingiselo. Ukuba unokuhlangulwa ngokuxhomekeke ekubeni ilizwi lakho langaphakathi lihambelana kangakanani nombhali. Kodwa Cwaka wenza into eyahlukileyo, kwaye mhlawumbi umele olunye utshintsho. Iziva ngokucacileyo malunga nomzuzu wangoku, okanye mhlawumbi amaxesha asandula ukudibana noDeLillo. Ekugqibeleni sikulungele oko ebekuthetha lonke elixesha.
Ngokuqukumbela Cwaka , UDeLillo ufike kwisiphelo esiqhelekileyo. Imali, imfazwe, ezopolitiko, itekhnoloji zonke zizala ubuqu obunetyhefu obusishiye sedwa kwaye singaqapheli. Unxibelelwano luye lwacinywa. Kodwa ilizwe lihlala likwinkqubo yokwaphuka nokuzicingela kwakhona. Xa izixhobo zolo hlobo lomntu ngamnye ziqala ukunyamalala, xa izikrini zethu zisilela ukusiqhatha kwaye zinike izithembiso ezingeyonyani, sisuka phi apho? Mhlawumbi emva koko, njengoko u-Einstein wacebisa, siza kulwa sibuyisane neentonga kunye namatye, sidibene sisonke simanyene, isihlwele esikhwazayo esitratweni. Ixesha elizayo, njengomlinganiswa kwenye yeenoveli zangaphambili zikaDeLillo, UMao II , ithi, yeyesihlwele.
