Ndacinga, ‘Andidingi kudibana nalo mfo usisityebi kunye nesikhephe,’ ukhumbule. Kwaye uthi, 'Ndenzele inceba ndize ndibize le ncwadi Into eNtsha eNtsha kwaye undixelele ukuba awufuni kuza. 'Ke ndiyifumana le ncwadi nguMichael Lewis kwaye ndithi,' ndiyeza. 'Le ncwadi imalunga noJim kwaye ndicinga ukuba,' Lo mfo ungumbulali. ' Inyaniso kukuba, ndinomhlobo wam owayehamba naye, ke sahamba kunye. Isikhephe sasiseAntigua. Ke uJim uyahamba, uyahamba kwaye ndathi, 'Awungekhe uhambe man,' kwaye ubuza ukuba ndiyasela na kwaye ewe, kwaye andazi kangako malunga newayini kodwa uvula le Volnay '61, ebesiyisela kwimizuzu emihlanu. Kwaye uya, 'Akukho mntu ulapha uselayo, bendizakuphambana,' emva koko akazange aye saphela sineyona veki ibalaseleyo, kwaye yindlela esidibanise ngayo, kwaye sahlala singabahlobo.
Ukonwaba ngokwaneleyo, kwixa elizayo xa wabona uMnu Clark wayesePapua kwisikhephe sakhe, kodwa yayisisikhephe esitsha. Kuvela ukuba uyithengisile iHyperion komnye umfo waseBritane ogama linguLouis Bacon.
Ndandifana, 'uLouis ngumMelika! Ngumlingane wam wakudala, ’utshilo. Kolo hambo, uMnu. Stevens weza nekopi ye Uthando oluphambeneyo , Elinye i-doc alikhokele ngokubambisana. Umnumzana Clark wachukunyiswa kwaye kungekudala emva koko wacela uMnu. Stevens ukuba amncede Ukulangazelela .
Unabahlobo abaninzi abanomdla, utshilo uGriffin Dunne ngomnxeba. Wayephume e-LA esebenza kwiskripthi kwaye wayehlala kwigumbi lika Mnu. Stevens. Mhlawumbi uya kuva kuwo wonke umntu ukuba akukho mntu uthanda ukupakisha ubomi obuninzi njengeNtlanzi; uye wayibamba ngezandla zozibini mva nje.
Umnumzana Dunne wanika uMnu.Stevens umsebenzi wakhe wokuqala wokubambela, eyinxalenye Umntwana nguwe . Umnumzana Stevens, utshilo, ubuyisele inceba kwimikhosi.
Ngokuqinisekileyo udibene kakuhle kwaye uyathandwa ngabantu abaninzi, uninzi lwabo olungazaniyo — kwaye ukuba bayazana kungoFisher kuphela — bonke abenza izinto ezinomdla ebomini babo, utshilo, esongeza ukuba uMnu.Stevens, uLiev Schrieber kunye nomyili osetyiweyo ogama linguHappy Massee banendawo ye-tennis eqhubekayo. Ndicinga ukuba ngowona mfanekiso mhle ndinaye kaFisher, intshisakalo yakhe ngokubanzi anayo ngobomi, indlela abamkela ngayo ubomi. Wayenomhlaza wesikhumba ongcolileyo osuswe entanyeni yakhe kwiminyaka embalwa eyadlulayo, kwaye bamfaka ngeteyiphu, kwaye yayijongeka intle, kwaye yayiyenye yezo 'zigcine zomile' kwaye 'ungazenzi hamba kakhulu 'iibhandeshi, kodwa yayiyimini eshushu ngenene kwaye wabona iphuli wahamba,' Owu Thixo wam, jonga ela dama, ndiza kungena! ichibi elinamabhandeji. Kwaye ubetha amanzi ahamba, ‘Ow! Ow! Amanzi makhulu kakhulu, ow! ’Kwakungathi unokukhetha, nokuba ahambe nemiyalelo kagqirha okanye angene emanzini aluhlaza; uza kuya emanzini aluhlaza.
Umnumzana Dunne uthe nguMnu.Stevens's joie de vivre onika ingxelo ngempumelelo yakhe nabasetyhini. UMnu Stevens, mhlawumbi owaziwayo ngokudlala i-quirky scientist kwi Intambo emfutshane , yomhla kaMichelle Pfieffer.
Yintoni eza kuqala njengesidlo sangokuhlwa sinye ngosuku lwabo lokuqala iya kudlulela kula mava amnandi, utshilo uMnu. Dunne. Njengantoni? Ukucwenga ulusu kuMlambo waseMpuma?
Kulungile… ewe… zihlala ziphele zinganxibanga, kwindawo enye okanye kwenye! Utshilo uMnu Dunne ehleka. Uthe iyantlukwano yamabhinqa uMnu.Stevens ebenomhla nayo ikwayimbonakaliso yobume bakhe obunomdla: oogqirha, abahleli, abadlali beqonga, iintlanga ezahlukeneyo, iindawo eziphakamileyo, ubuhlanga.
Kwiminyaka embalwa emva iiNgelosi eziNqunu zabamba umnyusi wengxowa-mali. UMnu Stevens wazivolontiya ukuba atshiswe.
Umnumzana Dunne kwakhona: Wonke umntu waphakama wayosa isikhohlela kwiFish. Kuninzi ukwenza nabafazi kunye nokuntywila ... kwaye luhlobo olugqithisileyo kwinkangeleko yakhe, ayisiyiyo le nto umntu anokuyidibanisa nomfana ojongeka njengeNtlanzi ekunye nabafazi abahle kangaka, kwaye uyenza njani loo nto? Yayiyimbonakalo entle yokuba wayezibeka kweso sikhundla sokunyusa imali yeli qela. Kwakukuhle kakhulu ukurhafisa kwisazisi sakhe, ndiyacinga.
Uchithe ixesha elininzi eyoga kwizitudiyo zeyoga — endiya kuthi ngesiqhelo, ‘Uyanyathela amaxhoba’ — kodwa andiqondi. Ndicinga ukuba usandula ukuthandana, utshilo omnye umhlobo, uMat Dillon, emnxebeni.
UMnu Stevens, okwangoku uthandana nomzekelo kunye nomqeqeshi weyoga, uthe ukhangele ukuhlala phantsi. Kufika ixesha lokuba ukhule, wathi, xa ndimcinezela kumba lowo kwisidlo sangokuhlwa.
Kodwa oko akuthethi ukuba akusekho amaqela okutya.
Ndiphuma kakhulu, ucacisile. Umama wayesebenza ebusuku. Ukusukela ukuba ndina-13, bendisitya ngaphandle. Ndine akhawunti kwivenkile yokutyela yamaTshayina-iJen’s Kitchen-ngaphesheya kwesitrato, xa sasihlala kwisitalato i-13.
Wayesithi ngelixesha wayehlala nabafazi, wayesitya ekhaya eDumbo.
Ke wakhe wahlala nabafazi ngaphambili?
Ewe, watsho. Kwaye ndingathanda ukuphinda.
Ndiyathanda ukupheka, utshilo u-Gershon.
