INCWADI YOTHANDO: I-VIRGINIA WOOLF KANYE NO-VITA SACKVILLE-WEST
Umlingiswa oguquguquka ubulili enoveli yokuqala ka-Virginia Woolf ethi Orlando, eguqule ukucwaninga ukuze kuguqulwe ipolitiki yothando lwama-queer, yayisekelwe kwimbongi eyiNgisi u-Vita Sackville-West, isithandwa sika-Woolf esake sashiseka nomngane othandekayo wempilo yonke. Laba besifazane ababili baphinde bashintshana ngezinhlamvu ezinhle zothando empilweni yangempela. Nansi eyodwa esuka eVirginia iya eVita kusukela ngoJanuwari ka-1927, ngemva nje kokuba bobabili behlanyise othandweni:
“Bheka nangu Vita — jikijela umuntu wakho, siye eHampton Court siyodla emfuleni ndawonye sihambe ensimini kukhanya inyanga sibuye late ekhaya siphuze ibhodlela lewayini futhi siphuze, futhi ngikutshele zonke izinto enginazo ekhanda lami, izigidi, izinkulungwane zezinkulungwane - Ngeke zinyakaze emini, kumnyama kuphela emfuleni. Cabanga ngalokho. Ngithi, phonsa phansi umuntu wakho, uze.
Ngomhla zingama-21 kuMasingana, i-Vita ithumelela uVirginia le ncwadi eqotho, esuka enhliziyweni, futhi engagadiwe, ehluke kakhulu ne-prose yaseVirginia eshisekayo:
“…Ngehliselwe entweni efuna uVirginia. Ngikubhalele incwadi enhle ngesikhathi sokungalali ebusuku, futhi konke sekuhambile: Ngivele ngikukhumbule, ngendlela elula yomuntu ephelelwe yithemba. Wena, nazo zonke izinhlamvu zakho ezingakhulumi, awusoze wabhala umusho oyisisekelo njengalowo; mhlawumbe ubungeke uze uyizwe. Kodwa nokho ngikholwa ukuthi uzoba nengqondo ngegebe elincane. Kodwa ungayigqokisa ibinzana elihle kangangokuthi kufanele ilahlekelwe kancane ngokoqobo kwayo. Kepha kimi kusobala impela: ngiyakukhumbula kakhulu kunalokho ebengingakholwa ngakho; futhi ngangizimisele ukukukhumbula kahle. Ngakho-ke le ncwadi imane nje iwukukhala kobuhlungu. Kuyamangaza ukuthi ubaluleke kangakanani kimina. Ngicabanga ukuthi ujwayele ukuthi abantu basho lezi zinto. Damn wena, sidalwa sonakele; Ngeke ngisakwenza ukuthi ungithande ngokuzinikela ngale ndlela — Kodwa oh sthandwa sami, ngeke ngihlakaniphe futhi ngimelane nawe: ngikuthanda kakhulu ngalokho. Ngempela kakhulu. Awazi ukuthi ngingahlala kanjani nabantu engingabathandi. Ngiyilethe kubuciko obuhle. Kodwa uzephule izivikelo zami. Futhi angikucasukeli ngempela.”
Ngosuku okwashicilelwa ngalo u-Orlando, u-Vita wathola iphasela elalingaqukethe kuphela incwadi ephrintiwe, kodwa nombhalo wesandla wokuqala kaVirginia, owawuboshelwe yena ngokukhethekile ngesikhumba sase-Niger futhi uqoshwe ngamagama akhe okuqala emgogodleni.
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