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Umbhali wamanoveli waseBrithani u-Martin Amis, owaletha umuzwa we-rock ‘n’ roll ezindabeni zakhe nendlela yakhe yokuphila, ushonile. Wayeneminyaka engu-73.
Ukushona kwakhe ngoLwesihlanu emzini wakhe EFloridaovela kumdlavuza womminzo, kuqinisekiswe yi-agent yakhe, u-Andrew Wylie, ngoMgqibelo.
U-Amis wayeyindodana yomunye umbhali waseBrithani, uKingsley Amis. UMartin Amis wayeyizwi elihamba phambili phakathi kwesizukulwane sababhali esasihlanganisa umngane wakhe omkhulu, ongasekho uChristopher Hitchens, u-Ian McEwan kanye Salman Rushdie.
Phakathi kwezincwadi zakhe ezaziwa kakhulu kwakukhona ethi “Money,” inhlekisa ekhuluma ngokuthenga eLondon, “The Information” kanye “neLondon Fields,” kanye nencwadi yakhe yesikhumbuzo ka-2000 ethi, “Experience.”
Ukuthatha kuka-Jonathan Glazer inoveli ka-Amis ka-2014 ethi “The Zone of Interest” kuqale ngoMgqibelo ku-Cannes Film Festival. Ifilimu, ekhuluma ngomphathi wamaNazi ohlala eduze kwase-Auschwitz nomndeni wakhe, yadweba ukubuyekezwa okuhle kakhulu komkhosi.
I UkuQothulwa Kwesizwe kwakuyisihloko senoveli ka-Amis ethi “Umcibisholo Wesikhathi” kanye nokubusa kukaJosef Stalin eRussia ethi “House of Meetings,” izibonelo zendlela umbhalo wakhe owawuhlola ngayo umphefumulo omnyama.
“Udlame yilo engiluzonda kakhulu, yilo olungididayo futhi olunginyanyisa kakhulu,” kusho u-Amis etshela i-Associated Press ngo-2012. qala ukubhala uyabona ukuthi ubulokhu ucabanga ngakho, kodwa ungazi. Kuyaxaka kakhulu.”
Amis kwaba usaziwayo ngokwakhe, impilo yakhe ivame ukubhalwa ngamaphephandaba aseLondon kusukela ekuqaleni kwakhe ngo-1973, “The Rachel Papers.”
“Wayeyinkosi – i-stylist extraordinaire, epholile kakhulu, umbhali ohlakaniphile, ohlakaniphile futhi ongesabi futhi eyindoda emangalisa ngempela,” kusho uMichal Shavit, umhleli wakhe encwadini. ENgilandi. “Ubebaluleke kakhulu futhi wakha abafundi nababhali abaningi kule ngxenye yekhulu leminyaka edlule. Ngaso sonke isikhathi uma eshicilela incwadi entsha kwaba umcimbi.”
Umgxeki uMichiko Kakutani wabhala ngo-Amis kuyi-New York Times ngo-2000 ukuthi “ungumbhali ohlome ngezikhali ezesabekayo zezincwadi: umyalo omangalisayo wolimi, ukuzimisela ukubhekana nezinkinga ezinkulu kanye nezingxoxo ezinkulu zomphakathi nokungaxoleli, iso elifuna ukushisa ngenxa yokuvubela okungenamsoco kokuphila kwanamuhla.”
(AP)
