Ramón Palomar: Morante emvuleni

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Leyo ngqalabutho yasemaphandleni yayinomunwe wokukhomba kanye nengxenye yozipho lwalo oludaywe ngendlela ephuzi ene-nicotine enyanyekayo. Uma ungambamba nama-cognac ambalwa, wayephonsa amaparele anegazi ayemnandi. Wayemncane ngomzimba futhi emuhle, wayefunde yonke into yingakho ibhulukwe lakhe lalingugesi owenze usuku lwakho. Ngesinye isikhathi wanginikeza iseluleko esihle kakhulu engake nganikezwa: “Palomar, bheka izinkunzi nebhola, ungaya mahhala noma ungahambi”. Akazange akuthole ukuhlakanipha okunjalo eGracián, eLa Rochefoucauld, eMontaigne noma eKapuscinski engenakugwenywa.

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zezinkunzi zaseValencia, ngakhumbula leso simiso esihle futhi ngasamukela ngokushesha. Kwase kuphele iminyaka engaphezu kweshumi enyathele entweni. Phakathi 'kwezinja' ezinezandla ezithambile ezaqabula i-albero ekuqaleni kwe-muletazo kanye nembiza ebusisiwe yezinhlamvu ezivamise ukuvaleka njengesembozo sepayipi lendle, ngaphoqeleka ukuba ngihambe ngoba ngangisengozini yokuthola imizwa emikhulu kokuthile. exosha kakhulu njenge-Cirque du Soleil, futhi kwakungenjalo futhi. Kodwa ngabuyela ezinkunzini ngoba ngizwa kuthiwa yimina ngedwa engizizwa ngingekho emthethweni (lokhu kuwubuntwana, kodwa kuthini). Futhi ngabuya ngoba yileyo ndlela engabhekana ngayo ne-tsunami enamafutha nenenhlonipho yezombangazwe. Ngaze ngabuya ngoba Ngezinsuku ezandulela impi yenkomo ngezwa isibungu sokwethuka kwenjabulo kugijima emathanjeni ami. Futhi ngabuya ukuze ngikhumbule umlando nezincwadi zika-Antonio Díaz-Cañabate, 'El Caña'. Futhi ngabuya ngoba e-Valencia nase-Fallas kupholile ukujabulela intambama yokulwa nezinkunzi ngokudla kusengaphambili neziphuzo ngemva kwephathi. Ngase ngibuyela ukuyobona i-Morante kanye naleso simo sengqondo esisheshayo sikaMorante kanye nalezo zingoma eziseceleni zeMorante ezingikhumbuza u-Edi Clavo, lowo mshayi wesigubhu waseGabinete Caligari. Ukulwa Nezinkunzi? Hhayi-ke ekugcineni, hheyi... Lalina umoya wawungihlupha kakhulu, izinkunzi zazingekho... Maye, okujwayelekile... Kodwa uma uphinde ungimema' ngizophinda, eh.