Why should you read "One Hundred Years of Solitude"? - Francisco Díez-Buzo

Prevodilac: Milenka Okuka Lektor: Tijana Mihajlović

One day in 1965, while driving to Acapulco for a vacation with his family,

Jednoga dana 1965. godine, dok je vozio svoju porodicu na odmor u Akapulko,

Colombian journalist Gabriel García Márquez abruptly turned his car around,

kolumbijski novinar Gabrijel Garsija Markes je iznenada okrenuo auto,

asked his wife to take care of the family’s finances for the coming months,

zatražio od supruge da preuzme brigu

o porodičnim finansijama u narednim mesecima

and returned home.

i vratili su se kući.

The beginning of a new book had suddenly come to him:

Iznenada mu se javio početak nove knjige:

“Many years later, as he faced the firing squad,

„Mnogo godina kasnije, pred strojem za streljanje,

Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon

pukovnik Aurelijano Buendija setiće se onog davnog popodneva

when his father took him to discover ice.”

kada ga je otac poveo da prvi put vidi led.”

Over the next eighteen months,

Tokom narednih 18 meseci,

those words would blossom into One Hundred Years of Solitude.

ove reči će da prerastu u „Sto godina samoće”.

A novel that would go on to bring Latin American literature

Roman koji će da smesti latinoameričku književnost

to the forefront of the global imagination,

na pročelje globalne imaginacije,

earning García Márquez the 1982 Nobel Prize for Literature.

donevši Garsiji Markesu Nobelovu nagradu za književnost 1982. godine.

What makes One Hundred Years of Solitude so remarkable?

Zbog čega je „Sto godina samoće” toliko izuzetna knjiga?

The novel chronicles the fortunes and misfortunes

Roman beleži usude i zle kobi

of the Buendía family over seven generations.

porodice Buendija tokom sedam generacija.

With its lush, detailed sentences,

Zbog svojih bujnih rečenica punih detalja,

large cast of characters,

ogromnog broja likova

and tangled narrative,

i isprepletanog pripovedanja,

One Hundred Years of Solitude is not an easy book to read.

„Sto godina samoće” nije lako štivo.

But it’s a deeply rewarding one,

Međutim, jeste istinski plodonosno

with an epic assortment of intense romances,

sa epskim asortimanom intenzivnih romansi,

civil war,

građanskim ratom,

political intrigue,

političkim intrigama,

globe-trotting adventurers,

avanturama večitih putnika

and more characters named Aureliano than you’d think possible.

i više likova koji se zovu Aurelijano nego što biste pomislili da je moguće.

Yet this is no mere historical drama.

Ipak, ne radi se o pukoj istorijskoj drami.

One Hundred Years of Solitude is one of the most famous examples

„Sto godina samoće” je jedan od najčuvenijih primera

of a literary genre known as magical realism.

književnog žanra poznatog kao magični realizam.

Here, supernatural events or abilities

Ovde su natprirodni događaji ili sposobnosti

are described in a realistic and matter-of-fact tone,

opisani realističnim, suvim tonom činjenica,

while the real events of human life and history

dok se realni događaji iz ljudskih života i istorije

reveal themselves to be full of fantastical absurdity.

pokazuju u svetlu potpuno fantastičnog apsurda.

Surreal phenomena within the fictional village of Macondo

Natprirodne pojave unutar fiktivnog sela Makondo

intertwine seamlessly with events taking place in the real country of Colombia.

savršeno se prepliću sa događajima koji se dešavaju u stvarnoj državi Kolumbiji.

The settlement begins in a mythical state of isolation,

Mesto je na početku u mitskom stanju izolacije,

but is gradually exposed to the outside world,

ali vremenom postaje izloženo spoljnom svetu,

facing multiple calamities along the way.

usput se suočavajući sa brojnim nedaćama.

As years pass, characters grow old and die,

Kako godine prolaze, likovi stare i umiru

only to return as ghosts,

samo da bi se vratili kao duhovi

or to be seemingly reincarnated in the next generation.

ili da bi prividno bili reinkarirani u narednoj generaciji.

When the American fruit company comes to town,

Kada američka kompanija voća dođe u grad,

so does a romantic mechanic who is always followed by yellow butterflies.

sa njom stiže i romantični mehaničar koga uvek prate žuti leptiri.

A young woman up and floats away.

Mlada žena se uznosi i odleće.

Although the novel moves forward through subsequent generations,

Iako se roman pomera napred kroz sledeće generacije,

time moves in an almost cyclical manner.

vreme se kreće gotovo na cikličan način.

Many characters have similar names and features to their forebears,

Mnogi likovi imaju slična imena i osobine kao i njihovi preci,

whose mistakes they often repeat.

čije greške često ponavljaju.

Strange prophecies and visits from mysterious gypsies

Čudna proročanstva i posete tajanstvenih Cigana

give way to the skirmishes and firing squads of repeated civil wars.

otvaraju prostor čarkama i streljačkim vodovima učestalih građanskih ratova.

An American fruit company opens a plantation near the village

Američka kompanija voća otvara plantažu blizu sela

and ends up massacring thousands of striking workers,

i na kraju masakrira na hiljade radnika tokom štrajka,

mirroring the real-life ‘Banana Massacre’ of 1928.

čime je preslikan stvarni „Banana masakr” iz 1928. godine.

Combined with the novel’s magical realism,

U kombinaciji sa magičnim realizmom romana,

this produces a sense of history as a downward spiral

ovo stvara utisak istorije kao strmoglave spirale

iz koje, kako se čini, likovi nisu u stanju da pobegnu.

the characters seem powerless to escape.

Beneath the magic is a story about the pattern of Colombian

Ispod magije je priča

o šablonu kolumbijske i latinoameričke istorije od kolonijalnog perioda na dalje.

and Latin American history from colonial times onward.

This is a history that the author experienced firsthand.

Radi se o istoriji koju je pisac iskusio iz prve ruke.

Gabriel García Márquez grew up in a Colombia torn apart by civil conflict

Gabrijel Garsija Markes je odrastao u Kolumbiji rascepljenoj građanskim ratom

between its Conservative and Liberal political parties.

između konzervativnih i liberalnih političkih partija.

He also lived in an autocratic Mexico

Takođe je živeo u autokratskom Meksiku

and covered the 1958 Venezuelan coup d’état as a journalist.

i kao novinar je pokrivao državni udar u Venecueli 1958. godine.

But perhaps his biggest influences were his maternal grandparents.

Ali možda su najveći uticaj na njega imali njegovi baka i deka sa majčine strane.

Nicolás Ricardo Márquez was a decorated veteran of the Thousand Days War

Nikolas Rikardo Markes je bio odlikovani veteran iz Hiljadudnevnog rata

whose accounts of the rebellion against Colombia's conservative government

čija su sećanja na pobunu protiv kolumbijske konzervativne vlade

led Gabriel García Márquez to a socialist outlook.

kod Gabrijela Garsije Markesa uzrokovala socijalističke nazore.

Meanwhile, Doña Tranquilina Iguarán Cotes’ omnipresent superstition

Dok je sveprisutno sujeverje Donje Trankviline Igvaran Kotes

became the foundation of One Hundred Years of Solitude’s style.

postalo osnov za stil „Sto godina samoće”.

Their small house in Aracataca where the author spent his childhood

Njihova mala kuća u Arakataki u kojoj je pisac proveo detinjstvo

formed the main inspiration for Macondo.

je bila glavna inspiracija za Makondo.

With One Hundred Years of Solitude,

Romanom „Sto godina samoće”,

Gabriel García Márquez found a unique way

Gabrijel Garsija Markes je pronašao jedinstven način

to capture the unique history of Latin America.

da obuhvati specifičnu istoriju Latinske Amerike.

He was able to depict the strange reality of living in a post-colonial society,

Bio je u stanju da oslika čudnu stvarnost života u postkolonijalnom društvu,

forced to relive the tragedies of the past.

koje je primorano da iznova proživljava tragedije iz prošlosti.

In spite of all this fatalism, the novel still holds hope.

Uprkos svem ovom fatalizmu, roman i dalje nudi nadu.

At his Nobel Lecture,

U svojoj Nobelovoj besedi,

García Marquez reflected on Latin America’s long history

Garsija Markes se osvrnuo na dugu istoriju Latinske Amerike,

of civil strife and rampant iniquity.

na građanski razdor i prekomerno nezakonje.

Yet he ended the speech by affirming the possibility of building a better world,

Ipak, završio je govor učvršćujući mogućnost izgradnje boljeg sveta,

to quote, “where no one will be able to decide for others how they die,

da citiramo: „u kom niko neće moći da odlučuje za druge kako da umru,

where love will prove true

gde će ljubav da se pokaže istinitom,

and happiness be possible,

a sreća mogućom,

and where the races condemned to one hundred years of solitude

i gde će rase osuđene na sto godina samoće

will have, at last and forever, a second chance on earth."

da imaju, konačno i navek, drugu priliku na zemlji.”