Izithombe: ngenhlonipho yombhali
U-Nuria Quintana wazalelwa phakathi UMadrid ngo-1995, kodwa wathuthela nomndeni wakhe eGalicia, lapho achitha khona ubuntwana bakhe. Uthole iziqu ze-Audiovisual Communication and Business Administration and Management eMadrid futhi uyazifela ngezithombe nokubhala. Inoveli yakhe yokuqala kwaba Indlu ye-magnolia, okuye kwalandelwa Ingadi ka-Olavide. Kule ngxoxo ukhuluma nathi ngaye nezinye izihloko eziningi. Ngibonga kakhulu ngomusa wakho nesikhathi.
U-Nuria Quintana - Ingxoxo
- UMBHALO WAMANJE: Inoveli yakho yakamuva ibizwa ngokuthi Ingadi ka-Olavide. Usitshelani kuyo futhi ugqozi lwakho luvelaphi?
U-NURIA QUINTANA: Nge I-Historical Madrid Njengokwasemuva, sihlangana neqembu le abangani abancane abazama ukuthola indawo yabo emphakathini ovala amazwi abo. U-Úrsula, uthisha wabo womculo, ubamba imihlangano eyimfihlo esikoleni sabo lapho bengazivumela khona ukuthi bakhulume ngokukhululeka nalapho ebafundisa khona ukubaluleka kolwazi.
Ukuhlelwa kwesakhiwo esikhulu sesikhathi esedlule yi- I-El Capricho ingadi, lapho ngakhuthazwa khona ukuthi ngidale ingxenye enkulu yale ndaba. Kuyingadi ye-hermetic, enophawu lweMasonic futhi ehlobene neCamino de Santiago. Fihla enkulu umyalezo phakathi kwezindonga zayo kanye nezakhiwo eziyindida, avela ngokwethembeka kule noveli. Kuwo wonke umlando, ngidlale ngokutolika lo mlayezo ngokukhululeka.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, en okwamanje,kuqhamuke omdala izithombe lokho kushintsha umlando womndeni Josefina, Julia kanye noCandela, abesifazane abathathu engihlola ngabo izinguquko zesizukulwane kanye namaphethini azuzwe njengefa—indlela yokuziphatha nezinkolelo ngezinye izikhathi ezidinga ukukhululwa. Njengomphumela wesithombe, a imfihlakalo uyazi: a ingane isinyamalele yekhaya elihle eMadrid ngaleso sikhathi ngaphandle kokushiya umkhondo. Kuzoba nguJulia ozoqala uhambo oluya esikhathini esedlule efuna izimpendulo futhi, futhi, nentethelelo. Ukuxolela yena namadlozi akhe.
Ukufundwa kokuqala
- I-AL: Ungakhumbula noma yikuphi ukufunda kwakho kokuqala? Futhi into yokuqala oyibhalile?
NQ: Ngenhlanhla ngakhulela endlini egcwele izincwadi ngaqala ukufunda ngisemncane kakhulu. Ngirekhoda isikhathi engathola ngaso URoald Dahl, ngazizwa ngikhangwa umlingo wezindaba zabo, lapho ngokusobala kungekho lutho olungokoqobo futhi, ngesikhathi esifanayo, konke kungenzeka. Kwakungesinye seziqu zakhe impela, Abathakathi, iqiniso lokuthi yangikhuthaza ukuba ngibhale incwadi engangiyibiza ngokuthi inoveli yami yokuqala ngaleso sikhathi, kodwa empeleni ayengekho amakhasi angaphezu kweshumi nambili. Kwadingeka iminyaka 12 futhi ngisakhumbula imizwa lokho ngazizwa njengoba amagama ekhula futhi eyakha indaba, ugesi owangiqhuba ukuba ngiqhubeke ngenkathi ngibhala kukhompyutha, ngilangazelela ukubona indaba yami yokuqala iphelile.
Ababhali nabalingiswa
- AL: Umbhali ohamba phambili? Ungakhetha ngaphezu kweyodwa nakuzo zonke izikhathi.
N. Uma kufanele ngikhethe, bengingasho UJavier Cercas, UCristina López Barrio, Khaled Hosseini, Kate Morton, Amy Tan. Futhi, ukubuyela emuva, Agatha Christie, u-Oscar Wilde noJane Austen.
- AL: Yimuphi umlingisi obungathanda ukuhlangana naye futhi umakhe?
NQ: Omunye wabalingisi abangithakasele kakhulu muva nje Agnes, of UHamnet, ebhalwe nguMaggie O'Farrell. Wakhiwe ngendlela emangalisayo, ungowesifazane okhululekile, oyimpicabadala ogcina ubudlelwano obujulile nemvelo. U-Agnes uyakwazi ukubona lokho abanye abangakunaki, ukwesaba, ukukhathazeka, umgomo wokugcina wezenzo zabantu. Ubhukuda ngokumelene nomsinga futhi uthatha izinqumo zakhe ngaphandle kokulinda imvume yanoma ubani. Kuyo yonke le noveli uhlupheka futhi ubhekana nobuhlungu ngesizotha, uhamba kuyo ngaphandle kokunqaba. Kuyi-a umoya wokudlubulunda nowesabekayo ovalelwe emzimbeni wowesifazane ozimele, osebenza kanzima futhi onomusa.
Angazi ukuthi yini ebengingayithanda kakhulu, ukuyidala noma ukukwazi ukuyazi.
Amasiko nezinhlobo
- AL: Yimiphi imikhuba noma imikhuba ekhethekile uma kukhulunywa ngokubhala noma ukufunda?
I-NQ: Ngaphambi qala uku bhala Ngiyathanda ukuzenza inkomishi itiye futhi i imisho yokuqala Ngihlale ngiwabhala ephepheni. Lokhu kungisiza ukuthi ngingene endabeni, ngidlulele esikhathini engibhala ngaso, futhi ngisondelane nabalingiswa bami. Ngenxa yephepha ngiyazigwema eqinisweni, ngoba into enzima kakhulu ukushiya isimiso, izinkathazo zansuku zonke, futhi ucwiliswe ngokugcwele emhlabeni wendalo.
Mayelana nokufunda, ngidinga ukuthula, ngaphandle kwalokho kunzima kakhulu kimi ukufeza ukugxilisa ingqondo engikufunayo lapho ngivula incwadi.
- AL: Futhi indawo yakho oyithandayo nesikhathi sokwenza?
NQ: Ngihlale ngibhalela i ekuseni. Ngisukume ngenze inkomishi yetiye ngihlale etafuleni lami. Ngidinga ukuthula nokujwayela kwegumbi lami ukuze ngenze izindaba ziphile, ukuphela kwendawo engingabhala kuyo amahora ngaphandle kokulahlekelwa ukugxilisa ingqondo. Ngosuku lwami nosuku Ngihlale ngiphethe incwadi yokubhalela esikhwameni sami ukuze ngibhale amaphuzu, ikakhulukazi lapho ngihamba noma ngivakashela iminyuziyamu nemibukiso. Ngeke wazi ukuthi ugqozi lungase lufike kuphi.
- AL: Yiziphi ezinye izinhlobo ozithandayo?
I-NQ: I-eseyi, ukugxeka, amahlaya. Kulolu hlobo lokugcina, ngijabulela ikakhulukazi izimo ezingenangqondo nezihlekisayo ezembula amaqiniso asemhlabeni wonke, zisebenzisa amahlaya ngobuhlakani.
- AL: Ufundani manje? Futhi ukubhala?
NQ: Njengamanje ngiyafunda Umgwaqo, nguMiguel Ukukhohlisa. Iyinoveli yemikhuba ekhombisa ubuqiniso beminyaka yawo-50 eSpain, kodwa empeleni, okubalulekile ngendaba ukuthi ingabhalwa noma nini ngoba ikhuluma ngezindikimba ezingaphelelwa yisikhathi. UMiguel Delibes uyakwazi ukukwenza ngesisa, ngokubuka okungenacala kwengane kanye nezakhamuzi zedolobha lakhe.
Inoveli entsha
Ngibhala inoveli yami yesithathu, ezobizwa ngokuthi Inkumbulo yehlathi. Isimo sesikhathi esedlule, i-Delibes ezungezwe izintaba lapho kuhlala khona izakhamuzi ezimbalwa nezimbalwa, kungivumele ukuba ngihlole komunye wemindeni yokugcina ubudlelwano obuseduze obusungulwa phakathi kwabantu nemvelo ezindaweni ezingazodwa. Ezizukulwaneni eziningi sizohambisana nalo mndeni njengoba izinguquko zinyakazisa izimpilo zawo futhi zishintsha ibhalansi efinyelelwa ehlathini, lapho ngokokuqala ngqa zingasenalo ikusasa eliqinisekisiwe. Ukungabaza phakathi kokushiya noma ukuhlala, phakathi kokushiya indawo abakhulele kuyo, okuwukuphela kwayo abamaziyo, noma ukuhlala, bazi ukuthi kuyofika usuku lapho beyoba bodwa, kuyoba yimbangela eyinhloko yesikhathi esidlule.
Kumugqa wesikhathi we samanje inoveli iqala ngokuthi ukubukeka kwemigudu ezazingaveli emabalazweni efa elikhohliwe lasendulo. Lokhu kutholwe kuzovula kabusha isigameko esingakaxazululwa esenzeke epulazini ngobusuku bangaphambi kwalolu suku I-Navidad de 1935: ezinye abahlaseli Bafika esigodlweni bashiya umnikazi waso elimele kanzima. Abazange bathole izigebengu, kodwa eminyakeni engamashumi ayisikhombisa kamuva, ukuvela kwecala zemibukiso kanye ne- a indondo endala Ngomfanekiso ongaphakathi, uzoshintsha yonke into.
Umbono wamanje
- AL: Ucabanga ukuthi sinjani isigcawu sokushicilela?
NQ: Imininingwane ithi abantu abasha eSpain bafunda kakhulu futhi ngaphandle kokungabaza, umyalezo wethemba. Izincwadi ziwumthombo wolwazi, njengoba uCristina López Barrio esho kwenye yezincwadi zakhe, “ziyinkumbulo yezwe,” futhi zisisiza ukuba siqonde iqiniso elingokoqobo, ukuze sembule ubunkimbinkimbi bomphefumulo womuntu. Ukufunda kuyadingeka ngenxa yezizathu eziningi futhi, ngokokuhlangenwe nakho kwami, ngikholelwa ukuthi lapho umkhuba utholwa ngokushesha, uhlala isikhathi eside.
- AL: Uzizwa unjani ngalesi sikhathi esiphila kuso?
NQ: Kamuva nje angikwazanga ukufunda izindaba ngokwenzeka emhlabeni ngaphandle kokuzizwa ngiphoxekile, intukuthelo nokungabi namandla, konke ngesikhathi esisodwa. Bengikholelwa ukuthi besibheke esikhathini esivuleke kakhulu nesiqaphelayo, kodwa ngaso sonke isikhathi uma kuqubuka ingxabano entsha ngibuye ngicabange ukuthi ngabe ngempela sihamba ngendlela efanele yini. Akunakugwenywa ukuzibuza ukuthi abantu bayoke bafunde yini emaphutheni nasezintweni ezesabekayo zesikhathi esidlule ukuze bangaphindi bawenze.