UPablo Armando Fernández ebengumsasazi weendaba emva kolunye uhambo lwakhe oluya eNew York. Oku kuya kuba phakathi kwe-1991 kunye ne-93, ngokuqinisekileyo Ngexesha leminyaka emibini okanye emithathu yokugqibela yam eCuba. Ngelo xesha, uPablo watyelela eUnited States ngaphandle kobunzima. Ixesha lakhe njenge-pariah yobukrelekrele (njengoko ebandakanyeka kwityala elidumileyo lePadilla) lalidlulile kwaye wazinikezela ekufumaneni ubuntu eHavana, ukusuka kuSaul Landau noJames A. UMichener wade wakhonza njengoLazarillo kuNorman Mailer ukuvala isixeko (ndinomona kakhulu, damn it!) Xa wafika eCuba, indima eyayiyinto ngandlela-thile ekwenzeni, eyenzelwe mna phakathi kwe-80s, kwaye ngakumbi emva koko. upapasho lwe-'Hemingway eCuba', nasemva kokubuyiselwa kwimo yesiqhelo kwizisongelo zam zokuchasa kukwabandakanyiwe kwifayile yetyala likaPadilla elikhankanywe ngasentla. Kodwa ngeli nqanaba lokuzalwa kwam, kwathatha ixesha elincinane kakhulu ukuba uFidel aqonde ukuba ababhali babengengabo amandla am kwaye wakhawuleza wandiyalela ukuba ndisebenze kwihlabathi lolwaphulo-mthetho. URobert Vesco undinike njengeyona nto iphambili. Nangona, kunjalo, siyavuma ukuba lo ngumxholo wesinye isicatshulwa, ngoko siyaqhubeka. UPablo ngokwakhe undixelele ibali likaSalman. Wayesele embiza ngolo hlobo, uSalman, ngokungathi ngumzala wakhe, osuka apho, osuka kwindawo yokusila iswekile yaseChaparra, ilali ekumantla eOriente apho wayesuka khona. UPablo, wayesoloko engumntu onomtsalane kwaye nangona wayengenako ukuzifihla iindlela zakhe zokuziphatha ezibaxiweyo ngamanye amaxesha-ayisiyonto ithile ye-machismo yaseCuba yayiyimfuneko kubukho bakhe-egxininiswe kwizijekulo zakhe ububele bamabali akhe, izimbo zomzimba azizange zibe krwada okanye ziphazamise kodwa zizele bububi obufana nobuntwana. ukuba umntu wayefuna ukumthatha, kwaye amabali akhe, ngaphezu koko, ayemnandi. “Ma–ra–vi–llo–sas”, njengoko wavakalisayo ngokwakhe. Nantoni na ebibaliwe. Ngelishwa, umbalisi womlomo owayephakame kakhulu wayesazi ibali elibhaliweyo. Kwakukho ukurhanelwa, nangona kunjalo: wayeyimbongi kwaye wayeqale umsebenzi wakhe ngencwadi ebizwa ngokuba yi-'Psalter and Lamentation ' kwaye awunakuze umthembe umbhali onyamalala enesihloko esinjalo. Nangona kamva ndamxelela ukuba ndimxolele ngenxa yokuba uBorges ebutsheni bakhe wayesebenzisana nempapasho ebizwa ngokuba yi-'The Monitor of Common Education'. Kwelinye icala, zazikho ezinye izinto ezazindidibanisa noPablo. Enye yayiyeyokuba 'uVerde Olivo', iphephancwadi lomkhosi, kolunye uhlaselo lwayo lokuqala nxamnye nathi (ngobusuku bangaphambi kokubanjwa kunye neseshoni yokuzigxeka yetyala likaPadilla), ngo-Okthobha 1968, nangaphezulu kohlaselo, njengoko. isigculelo, ikhathuni epapashiweyo apho bambiza ngokuba nguPAF ngoonobumba bokuqala benombolo yakhe kwaye seso sizathu sokuba ukusukela ngoko bendisoloko ndimbiza ngokuba nguPAF. Ndikhumbula ukuba xa wandibonisa amaphepha avuliweyo ephephancwadi, ndaphela yintsini. Woma, woma, waza ekugqibeleni wathi kum: “Asikuko ukuba uziphethe kakubi. Unesimilo." “UPablo—wazama ukucacisa isizathu sokuvuya kwam nokumenza angene ngezizathu—: Ngaba awuqondi ukuba sele sifikile? Sele sijongene. Ekugqibeleni, sifumene udumo. " Liqhina elomeleleyo elo, akunjalo? Inyani yeyokuba kwakuloo ndlu nakuloo portal yesiCreole, enezitulo zomthi, esinika ulungelelwano, apho ndandidla ngokuchitha iimvakwemini ezimnandi ndincokola nePAF nalapho ngenye imini, ndisandokufika ivela eNew York, wandixelela ukuba wadibana kwakhona noSalman Rushdie kweso sixeko. Yayisele ilixesha lokuba ndingamkhathazi kangako ekubeni umntu wam owayenengxaki waphinda waphoxwa lihlazo (ngesi sihlandlo ngenxa yokunxulumana kwam nabalinganiswa abathile ababesandul’ ukudutyulwa, ingakumbi uNjengele Arnaldo Ochoa noColonel Antonio de las Guardia) kodwa wayefunwa kuwe, ezimisele njengokuba ndandinjalo kwaye ndinenkani njengoko ndiza kubhala incwadi elula yeenkumbulo endandisele ndiyithathele isihloko esithi 'Iziganeko Ezisulungekileyo' kwaye ndandifuna imemori kaGertrude Stein ethi 'I-Autobiography ka-Alice B. Toklas' kuba eyam yayilahlekile okanye ibiwe kwaye ndandifuna ukuyisebenzisa njengemodeli. I-PAF ayizange iyifumane phakathi kwamawaka emiqulu egquma iindonga zendlu yakhe kwimigangatho emibini. Ndimlandele ngokusondeleyo, uPablo wajikeleza egumbini efowuna, ngesiNgesi, u-Alice B. I-Toklas, ngokungathi ngumama olahlekileyo okanye i-Little Red Riding Hood ehlathini xa ubusuku buqala ukuhla. “Alice!” wakhwaza watsho uPablo, enentlungu ekwaphula intliziyo yakho. “Alice, uphi, Alice? Alice ndicela! Alice, uphi? Oh Alice!" Incwadi ayizange ivele. Nangona ihlathi lalikhona kuphela ukuphumeza umdlalo wedrama ekufuneni kwakhe u-Alice kwaye ubusuku bungawi. Ngexesha elithile ukukhangela kunye nokubamba ukuthunyelwa kwakucatshangelwa kwaye saya kwi-portal ukuze sithathe isitokhwe. Ulungelelwaniso olumnandi, olungafaniyo nojingi, ukuvumela incoko ukuba ihambe. Ke yena, esolula amatayara akhe athengwe kwisebe leempahla zamadoda eMacy's eRoosevelt Avenue eNew York, umqondiso wetycoon obukekayo uhleli kwisitulo sakhe esihonjiswe ngesikhumba, kwaye ngenjongo yokwanelisa amampunge akhe, wandixelela ukuba umthwali walo myalezo kuFidel, nangona yayiyinto awayendixelela yona ngokuzithemba. USalman Rushdie wayefuna ukuya eCuba ukuya kufuna ukhuseleko. Wayekwicala lentshutshiso yokumbulala eyavezwa ngu-Ayatollah Khomeini ephindisa ngokupapashwa kwenoveli yakhe ethi 'Iivesi zikaSathana', inkokeli yenkolo eyayityhola ngokunyelisa. Ifatwa ka-Khomeini ka-1989 eyakhutshwa ngoSuku lweValentine ngo-1989 iqumrhu lanikezela ngesigidi seedola kuye nabani na okrazule intloko yombhali owayecinezelekile, kwaye akazange afumane ndawo intle yokuzikhusela kuneCuba. lusizi. Iyadanisa. iyadanisa. Naye wayebhideke yonke imiqondiso yobunyulu nobulungisa beNguquko yaseCuba. Wayekubona ukulunga enoba kunjani na kwinkqubo esiphelo sayo singumzamo onzima wokusinda. “Satya isidlo sasemini kwaye ndasicela,” yatsho iPAF. "Ixabiso eliphezulu? Indawo yokutyela ebiza imali eninzi? “Masithi qha. Ingxaki yokhuseleko." “Wahlawula, kunjalo. Kodwa uyithatha phi imali? "Andiyazi, Prince." Ndandinjalo. INkosana… “Uya kungqongwa ziibhemoth ze-FBI okanye ezo zaseScotland Yard. Ewe, iScotland Yard inabasebenzi abangasebenziyo, ”nditshilo. "Hayi. Andizange ndibabone". “Sukudlala nam, Pablo. UbunamaNdiya amaninzi ajikeleze iCuster." Ndiye ndathula ndiqokelela iingcinga. “Kodwa hayi, akukho nanye kwezi zinto zibalulekileyo. Into ebalulekileyo nguFidel. Uthini uFidel? Ndikwakhuthazwa yinto enokwenzeka yesenzo sobubele esivela kwinkokeli. "Hayi ndoda. Kwenzeke ntoni,” waphendula uPawulos. “Ngokuqinisekileyo”, wayesazi indlela yokundiphendula ngaphambili. "UFidel akaphambani." UPablo wayesele ezilungelelanise namandla kwaye ndandisazi ukuba le yayiza kuba yimpendulo yakhe. Kunoko, wayesazi ukuba yimpendulo kaFidel. "Hayi nokuba uFidel wayephambene." “Ngokuqinisekileyo”, ndatsho. Enyanisweni, kwaye ndayigcina le nto kuPablo, kwakungekho nto ifana ne-CIA maneuver kunelo bali. "Ngaba ucinga ukuba uFidel Castro uya kulwa ne-Iran ngombhali?". UPablo wayixhasa indlela endiqiqa ngayo enqwala. Isengqiqweni. Kwakungekho nokwenzeka. “Kodwa, sihogo, unoRobert Vesco apha,” utsho enomsindo. Umanyano olungenakuphepheka lomanyano kunye nobukhulu xa mna ngokwam ndanditshutshiswa kwimeko yokwanda kwengozi ngaphakathi kwemida yelizwe lam kwaye ngaphandle kweScotland Yard okanye iCIA okanye iFBI okanye iMossad okanye iRoyal Canadian Mounted Police okanye nabani na ukuba andikhusele kwaye athenge. ndisitya isidlo sasemini nabasemzini ndikhangela iindlela zokubaleka. Kwandula ke, ngokukhawuleza, ngaphambi kokuba anike uPablo ithuba lokundoyikisa, wongezelela esithi: “Kodwa iVesco ngumlo ophakathi kukaFidel namaMerika. Ngabo bafuna intloko kaVesco. Ngokuqinisekileyo". Izinto zibonwe kakuhle, kunye nenzuzo yeminyaka, eyona nto ingcono eyenzeka kuSalman Rushdie kukwala kukaFidel ukumamkela kweli lizwe. Kuba, ekugqibeleni, wacinga ngekamva laseCuba likaRobert Vesco. Xa uFidel wabanjwa ngo-1996, xa wagwetywa iminyaka eyi-13 entolongweni ngenxa yolwaphulo-mthetho lobuqhetseba kwinkampani yelizwe laseCuba yophando lwezonyango. Ekugqibeleni, xa wamkhululayo, wayeyindoda endala egula ngumhlaza wemiphunga kwaye elungele ukuya emangcwabeni. Bamngcwaba ngoNovemba 23, 2007. U-Salman, ngelo xesha, wenza ngokungathi iminyaka yegolide yeNguquko yaseCuba yayingayazi ukubethwa kwetyala likaPadilla. Ngokungathi, ukusuka eSartre ukuya kweyona versifier ithobekileyo yePatagonia, bahlala bejonge eHavana njengeMecca eNtsha. Umphathi-mkhosi oyiNtloko uFidel Castro wayelapho, elungele ukubalanda bonke. Igorha elidudumayo liphakamise ikrele lalo lisithi kubo: Zikhuseleni emva kwam. Imfazwe neparadesi zimanyene kubuThixo besithembiso. Ndilucingo lwakho. Wamkelekile.
