U-Ernest Hemingway kunye nenkosikazi yakhe bakhwele uMgaqo-siseko bewela uLwandlekazi lweAtlantic besiya eYurophu.Iifoto ze-AFP / i-Getty Kuyo yonke ikholeji ndeva ukuba iHemingway ibathiyile abafazi. Uninzi lwabafundisi-ntsapho bawagxotha abalinganiswa bakhe ababhinqileyo njengeengcinga zamadoda, ukungakhathali, ukuxhomekeka emadodeni, njlnjl. Kodwa ndinamava ahlukileyo okufunda iHemingway. Umbhali endidibene naye uvelana ngokunzulu nabo bonke abantu, kubandakanya nabasetyhini.
Nangona ndinendawo yam ethandabuzekayo malunga namehlo, ifoto-op persona wayamkela kwiminyaka yobudala obuphakathi-umatshini wokudubula ookrebe, ukujija ngebhotile, ukugcuma ecaleni kwe-marlin okanye ingonyama eyoyisiweyo-uHemingway omncinci, kwiminyaka yakhe yamashumi amabini Ubungqingqwa obufana nobomntwana kunye nokuthanda ubugcisa obabunomtsalane omkhulu.
Umphulaphuli obukeleyo kunye nomlindi, umfundi wabantu kunye neencwadi kunye neemyuziyam zaseParis, uHemingway wayefuna ukubhala njengeCézanne epeyintiweyo. Kwaye wayenyamezele ngakumbi kunokuba kwaziwa njalo. Ngaphandle kwendlela awayekhuliswe ngayo, wayevumile ukuba nobufanasini — umfundi kaGertrude Stein kunye nomhlobo waseSylvia Beach. Wayeqhayisa kwaye wathetha ubuxoki, ngokuqinisekileyo. Kodwa ukuqhayisa kwakungeyongozi. Endaweni yokuchaza ubunyani benxeba lakhe emlenzeni-efunyenwe njengomqhubi we-ambulensi ye-Red Cross eWW1 e-Itali- uxelele ngemikhosi e-Arditi ehamba phambili ehamba ezintabeni. Ukudlala iHemingway kwi Ezinzulwini zobusuku eParis , UCorey Stoll ngokuhlekisayo ubamba utyekelo lombhali omncinci lokuzibaxa izinto.
Kodwa nokuba wenza ntoni uHemingway nangaliphi na ixesha, umnqwazi waphuma xa wayehleli kumatshini wokubhala. Wayenesipho sokubamba abantu kunye namava ephepheni, ukuze umfundi azive nawo-ubuchule awabubiza ngendlela eyiyo.
Kwincwadi yakhe yokuqala, Ilanga liyaphuma kwakhona , IHemingway izisa ebomini enye yamaqhawekazi akhe amakhulu, uLady Brett Ashley. Njengabantu abaninzi, uBrett womelele kwaye ubuthathaka, uxhomekeke kwaye uzimele, ngokweemeko. Nangona ethandana noJake, wafumana inxeba lemfazwe elenza angakwazi ukulala ngesondo. Ke ngoko uyaphambuka. Uhamba namadoda ubusuku okanye impelaveki, efuna isondo, intuthuzelo, okanye imali encinci-okokuqala noCohn, emva koko noRomero. Ngalo lonke elixesha ubandakanyeke ekumoshweni yimali uMike Campbell, esazi ukuba usapho lwakhe luya kumbonelela ngeniso.
Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo, uBrett uxhomekeke emadodeni. Kodwa kubonakala ngathi ngumdlalo onengxabano, onomdla wokungxolisa umlinganiswa ngokusilela kwakhe ukufikelela kwinqanaba elithile lesebe lesiNgesi lamandla angapheliyo kunye nokuzimela. Nanini na xa ndisiva enye iprofayili ifuna abalinganiswa ababomeleleyo, abazimeleyo babasetyhini, ndothuka kancinci. Ndifuna ukushiya isakhiwo. Yimvakalelo efanayo endinayo xa oonjingalwazi abathile abangamaKristu abanamandla bexoxa ngeencwadi ezinkulu. Yintoni abanokuyithetha ngoBrett? Ngaba angachazwa njengomKristu, emva kwayo yonke loo nto, yokuziphatha gwenxa, kunye nokuqhomfa okunokwenzeka?
Uncwadi lumalunga nendlela abantu abayiyo ngokwenene, hayi indlela ekumele ukuba babe ngayo ngokwembono ethile emxinwa. Iimbono zabaphengululi bezopolitiko nabonqulo abanomdla azibalulekanga ecaleni kwabafundi behlabathi, kwaye iincwadi zikaHemingway zihlala ziziintengiso zamazwe aphesheya. Ngeli xesha, amawaka eencwadi eziphaphazelayo kumasebe esiNgesi minyaka le ayithengiswa — ilifa lazo ngalinye lilingana ne-hyperlink engacofwanga kwi-resume.
Ngapha koko, uBrett yindalo ebonakalayo necacileyo. Engacacanga kwaye engaqondakaliyo, uthwala umnqwazi wendoda kwaye aqhwanyaze iimbombo zamehlo akhe xa encuma, uhlala efihla iinjongo zakhe okanye ezama. UBrett watsala umnqwazi aziva ezantsi ngaphaya kweliso elinye wancuma waphuma phantsi kwawo.
Uyahlekisa. Xa umhlobo wakhe u-Count emxelela, Unelona klasi lakhe nabani na endakha ndambona, uyaphendula, Ndonwabile kuni… Umama angavuya. Awunakho ukuyibhala, kwaye ndiza kuyithumela ngeleta kuye.
U-Brett ukhazimlisa amadoda kwaye ale enye nenye ngokulandelelana. Engenasidima okanye emhle kakhulu, ungoyena unqwenelekayo ngenxa yokuba engakwazi ukuhlala phantsi.
Isibheno sakhe kuJake siyothusa. UBrett wayemhle ngembonakalo. Wayenxibe ijezi yejezi eslipaver nesiketi esikidi, kwaye iinwele zakhe zazibrashiwe ngathi zezenkwenkwe. Uqale yonke lonto. Wayakhelwe ngee curve ezinje ngesikhephe somdyarho, kwaye awuphosanga nanye ngejezi yoboya.
Ibhalwe ngokwembono yendoda ethandana nomfazi omhle, inoveli, kulungile, yindoda. Kodwa akukho nto i-misogynist malunga nencwadi-ngaphandle kokuba umtsalane ngokwesini ngokwesiqhelo ngokwawo uthathwa njenge-misogynist, njengoko kunokwenzeka, kwiinkampu ezininzi. Eli thuba limangalisayo, nangona kunjalo, licaphukisa kakhulu kunawo nawuphi na umgca owakhe wabhalwa nguHemingway.
Emva kwempumelelo yale noveli, uHemingway uqhubeke nokupapasha Ndlelantle kwiiArms . Ulandela uthando phakathi kukaFredrick Henry noCatherine Barkley ngaphambili e-Italiya ngexesha le-WWI. Ungumqhubi we-ambulensi kwaye uyi-V.A.D. umongikazi.
Ngomhla wabo wesibini, uFrederick, engekathandani, uyamsukela njengokuphambukisa ngokwesondo, kwaye amfumane ephambene xa enamathela ngokukhawuleza.
Ndiye ndamsondeza ngakum ndabe ndisiva ukubetha kwentliziyo yakhe kwavuleka imilebe yabe intloko yakhe ibuyela umva esandleni sam wabe sele elila egxalabeni lam.
‘Owu, sithandwa,’ utshilo. ‘Uzakulunga kum, andithi?’
Yintoni le isihogo, ndacinga njalo. Ndamphulula iinwele ndambetha egxalabeni. Ebelila.
‘Uya, andithi?’ Wandijonga. ‘Kuba siza kuba nobomi obungaqhelekanga.’
Ke kwintlanganiso yabo yesithathu: 'Yithi, ndibuyile kuCatherine ebusuku.'
‘Ndibuyele kuCatherine ebusuku.’
‘Owu, sithandwa, ubuyile, andithi?’
Ndivile ulwimi lukaCatherine lokuthandana luhlekiswa kwigumbi lokufundela kwaye ngaphandle kwalo-ngokungafanelekanga njalo. Imigca kulula ukuyikhupha kunye nokucengceleza ubukhoboka besetyhini. Ukulila kwakhe kunye nokuphelelwa lithemba, nangona kunjalo, akunanto yakwenza nabuphi na ubuthathaka babasetyhini okanye iingcinga zamadoda. UCatherine waphulukana nesithandwa sakhe emfazweni kwaye uye wakhetha ukukhubaza nokufa abafana abancinci njengomongikazi, ukunyamezela yedwa kwilizwe langaphandle-amava awayeza kushiya uninzi lwabantu luphazamisekile kwaye lufuna ukusondela.
Emva kwexesha, xa uFrederick ebuyile engxwelerhiwe ngaphambili nangothando, usebenzisa ulwimi olufanayo nolukaCatherine. ‘Umelwe kukuhlala. Abanakukundulula uhambe. Ndiyaphambana ndithandana nawe. ’
Bathetha njengabantu abathandanayo, ingenguye umkhwa wobufazi. Kwaye uCatherine utyhila ukungqubana kwakhe kwengqondo ngendlela ecacileyo okokuqala.
UCatherine uthi, 'Kwaye uya kuhlala undithanda, andithi?'
'Ewe.'
‘Kwaye imvula ayinakwenza mahluko?’
'Hayi.'
'Ilungile lonto. Kuba ndiyoyika imvula. ’
‘… Kutheni woyika nje? '
'Andazi.'
'Ndixelele.'
'Konke kulungile. Ndiyoyika imvula kuba ngamanye amaxesha ndibona ndifile kuyo. ’
Ukuba uCatherine uyaphambana, ukuphazamiseka kwakhe kuzalwa ngamava amabi ngakumbi emfazweni kunoFrederick omncinci ongenamava. Ke ngoko ubunzulu bakhe bengqondo kunye nobutyebi bangaphakathi bugqithe kuFrederick Henry's. Kwi Ndlelantle kwiiArms , NguCatherine oligorha elinqabileyo laseHemingway, ophethe inxeba elikhulu langaphakathi ngobabalo.
U-Hemingway wenza enye yeendlela zakhe ezothusayo ku-Catherine Barkley: Ukuba abantu bazisa inkalipho engaka kweli hlabathi kufuneka bababulale ukuze babaphule, ewe, iyababulala. Ihlabathi liphula wonke umntu kwaye emva koko uninzi lomelele kwiindawo ezaphukileyo. Kodwa abo bangayi kuyaphula bayabulala. Ibulala okuhle kakhulu kwaye ithambe kakhulu kwaye ikhaliphe kakhulu ngokungakhethi buso. Ukuba awukho kwezi unokuqiniseka ukuba iyakukubulala nawe kodwa akusayi kubakho kungxama ngokukodwa.
Uninzi lwabasetyhini baseHemingway basika iimilo ezingalibalekiyo: Marita, Umyezo wase-Eden ; Intsika , KuBell ihlawula ntoni ; intombazana, iiNduli njengeNdlovu eziMhlophe; UGertrude Stein, Umthendeleko oshukumayo : Ushicilelo olubuyiselweyo . IHemingway yayingabathandi ngokukodwa abantu basetyhini-wayeyikhathalele abantu . Kwaye wabahlonipha abalinganiswa bakhe ababalaseleyo ngokubanika ubomi bomntu kwiphepha, ngamnye umntu othusayo, eyinyani njengaye nabani na esimaziyo.
URyan Blacketter ngumbhali we Phantsi emlanjeni .
