A Man Could Stand Up

Inoveli kaFord Madox Ford ethi, “A Man Could Stand Up,” iwukuhlola okunamandla kothando, impi, nesimo somuntu. Uma iqhathaniswa nengemuva leMpi Yezwe I, le ndaba ilandela izimpilo zezithandwa ezimbili ezisencane, u-Christopher Tietjens kanye no-Valentine Wannop, njengoba bezulazula ezenzakalweni ezinesiyaluyalu ngasekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20.

Le noveli ivula ngoChristopher, indoda egodliwe futhi enezimiso esebenzela uhulumeni waseBrithani, elwela ukugcina umuzwa wayo wemfanelo nodumo lapho ibhekene nezwe elicekelwe phansi yimpi. Naphezu kokuzola kwakhe okubonakala kungenakunyakaziswa, uChristopher ukhathazeke kakhulu ngezinguquko ezenziwa ukungqubuzana, kokubili empilweni yakhe kanye nasemphakathini obanzi omzungezile.

U-Valentine, ngakolunye uhlangothi, ungowesifazane okhululekile futhi ozimele ozithola ekhangwa ukuqina nobuqotho bukaChristopher. Naphezu kokuhlukana kwabo kobuntu nesizinda, laba ababili bahlakulela uthando olujulile noluhlala njalo ngomunye nomunye, uthando oluvivinywa izenzakalo eziyaluza zempi.

Njengoba ingxabano iqhubeka, uChristopher uyaphoqeleka ukuthi abhekane nezici ezimnyama zemvelo yakhe, elwa nemibuzo yokwethembeka, ukukhaphela, kanye nokuba ntekenteke kobudlelwane babantu. Khonamanjalo, uValentine uzithola edonsa kanzima ukuze enze umqondo ngezwe elibonakala lihlukana phakathi, ebambelele othandweni lwakhe ngoChristopher njengesibani sethemba olwandle lokungaqiniseki.

Njengoba impi isiya ngasemaphethelweni, uChristopher noValentine babhekene nochungechunge lwezinketho ezinzima ezizoba nemiphumela efinyelela kude ngekusasa labo. Ingabe bayokwazi ukunqoba izinselele ezibavimbayo, noma ingabe amandla omlando azowahlukanisa unomphela?

"Umuntu Angasukuma" iyinoveli edabukisayo neshukumisa ingqondo ehlola ubunkimbinkimbi bothando, impi, nomoya womuntu. Iphrozi ye-lyrical ka-Ford Madox Ford kanye nokuqonda okujulile ngobunjalo benhliziyo yomuntu kwenza lokhu kufanele kufundwe kunoma ubani onentshisekelo kuzindikimba ezingaphelelwa isikhathi zothando nokuhlengwa.