Empeleni, uBoris ukhona. U-Akunin ungumlingisi wangempela ngempela. Mane nje lo mbhali ungowesibili "Mina" kaGrigory Chkhartishvili. Lena umdlalo wakhe, owaqala eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-10 edlule. Yilokho okwakubonakala khona uBoris Akunin. Ngesikhathi uGregory esencane, wayethanda ukugembula, ikakhulukazi amakhadi. Mhlawumbe yingakho uFandorin ephumelela ngaso sonke isikhathi ekugembula, owaziyo. Kodwa, manje ingxoxo ayikho ngoFandorin, kodwa ngoMnu Akunin, noma kunalokho, uChakhartishvili. Ngakho-ke, u-Akunin onolwazi olunjalo wabonakala kanjani emhlabeni? Ngaleso sikhathi, uMnu Chkhartishvili wabhala incwadi enzima kakhulu ebizwa ngokuthi "Umbhali nokuzibulala". Le ncwadi yamfaka ekucindezelekeni, futhi ukuze ngandlela-thile iphumule, umlobi onzima waqala ukudala amanoveli e-detective. Wayefuna ukubhala imfundiso yangempela, eyayikusobala ukuthi ayinakho izincwadi zesiRussia. Yilapho u-Akunin evela khona. Wayethanda ukuhlaziya izincwadi ezikhethekile, ukufunda izincwadi ezithile, izincwadi kanye namanothi emaphephandabeni amadala. Ekuqaleni akekho owaziyo ukuthi lo mbhali wayengubani. Yiqiniso, abantu baqala ukuzakhela izinto eziyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu, abanye bathi ngisho laba baphenyi babhala uZhirinovsky. Futhi u-Akunin no-Chkhartishvili babheka kuphela lokhu, futhi ekugcineni, bavuma ukuthi bangubani ngempela.
Uma ngicela uGrigory ukuthi kungani lesi saziso saqala ngo-Akunin, uthi, empeleni, akafuni ukwenza lokhu. Kuyinto nje lokho abhalayo nalokho okushiwo u-Akunin okuhluke kakhulu. UMnu Chkhartishvili udala izinkulumo zakhe kanye nezindaba isikhathi eside, kepha u-Akunin, ochopho lwakhe lusebenza ngokushesha kakhulu, angabhala izindaba ze-detective ezinyangeni ezimbalwa. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uMnu Chkhartishvili akayena lo muntu owaziwayo njengo-Akunin. Uthi uBoris unomusa kakhulu futhi ukholelwa ngempela kuNkulunkulu. Mhlawumbe, lokhu kumnika amandla okudala abalingiswa, ngokushesha noma kamuva, kodwa namanje unqobe ububi. Futhi uMnu. Akunin wayenenhlanhla kakhulu negama, ngoba cishe akunakwenzeka ukuguqula, ngokungafani nokushaya kanzima iKhakhashvili.
U-Akunin uyathanda kakhulu i-East, ngakho igama lakhe kufanele lifunde ngoJapane. Abantu abaningi bacabanga ukuthi lokhu kusho "umuntu omubi". Kodwa lokhu akuyona incazelo ephelele yegama. Encwadini ethi "The Diamond Chariot", ekhuluma ngeminyaka ye-Fandorin encane eJapane, incazelo ecacile yegama elithi "Akunin" linikezwa. Ibuye ichaze ukuthi u-Akunin akakwazi ukubizwa ngokuthi umuntu omubi nje. Akunjalo nhlobo. Lo muntu uvele nje ephila ngemithetho yena ngokwakhe oyenzile futhi ongeke ashintshe. Kodwa-ke, ngokuvamile, imithetho enjalo ayihambisani nemithetho eyisisekelo, kodwa u-Akunin akhathaleli. Ukulungele ukufa, uma nje engapheli lokho akucabanga ukuthi kulungile. Ngakho-ke, lokhu, ngokuqinisekile, kungenzeka ukuba uzonde, kodwa akunakwenzeka ukungahloniphi.
Manje ukuthi abalandeli bafunde le ndaba kaFandorin, bakwazi ukuqonda ukuthi, empeleni, kusho igama lomlobi wabo ozithandayo. Ngakho-ke, bangamlalisa futhi bangacabangi ukuthi uyumuntu onenhlonipho nowesaba. Kunalokho, umane uyazi iqiniso lakhe futhi ulwa njalo. Nakuba, mhlawumbe lo mbono weqiniso awuhambisani ngaso sonke isikhathi nalokho okwakamukelwa futhi kwamukelwa emphakathini wethu. Kodwa, noma kunjalo, wonke umuntu angaqiniseka ukuthi uBoris Akunin ungumlobi onethalente nomuntu ofanelekile ngenhlonipho. Mhlawumbe wabonakala, njengokungathi kusukela ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20, kepha, kodwa, kalula futhi washeshe wahloma ezweni lanamuhla futhi uhlale ejabulisa thina nabaculi abahle mayelana nesikhathi lapho kusekhona umqondo wenhlonipho nesithunzi sangempela.
Kodwa, noma kunjalo, akufanele sikhohlwe ngoMnu. Chkhartishvili. Emva kwakho konke, uma bekungenjalo, ke, noBoris Akunin, thina, cishe, ngeke sibe nodumo lokuhlangana. Ngakho-ke, ake sikhulume kancane ngoGrigory Chkhartishvili. Wazalelwa eGeorgia ngoMeyi 20, 1956. Lapho uGrisha omncane eneminyaka emibili ubudala, abazali bakhe bathuthela eMoscow. Uthando lwendabuko lwaseMpumalanga lwafakwa kuGregory Kabuki Theater. Kungenxa yakhe ukuthi uChakhartishvili wangena eMnyangweni WezeMlando WaseMoscow State and Philology e-Institute of Asian and African Studies. Yileyo ndlela uGregory aba ngayo isazi saseJapane, esibonga kakhulu uMnu. Akunin nabo bonke abamthandayo. Ngesinye isikhathi uMnu. Chkhartishvili wayengumphathi we-chief-in-chief encwadini ethi Foreign Literature, iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-10 uye wabhalwa ngokubhala kuphela futhi, ngesikhathi esifanayo, azibheki njengomlobi nhlobo. UMnu. Chkhartishvili unikeza zonke izikhwama kuMnu Akunin. Noma kunjalo, usazibheka njengombhali wezinkampani futhi akahambisani nokwamukela udumo kule ndawo. Kodwa, uMnu. Chkhartishvili usebambe iqhaza ekubhaliseni izihloko futhi ehlela imisebenzi enzima kakhulu, njengokuthi, "I-Anthology yaseJapan". Ubuye abhale izihloko ezibucayi, ahumushe izincwadi zaseJapane, zamaMelika nezesiNgisi futhi aqoqe ukuqoqwa kwemisebenzi emihle yabalobi baseNtshonalanga.
Yiqiniso, bayamazi futhi bayayihlonipha emibuthanweni ethile. Kodwa, kunjalo, uyathandwa kakhulu kuneBoris Akunin. Lapha wakhethwa umlobi wonyaka, kanye nezinye iziklomelo. Abanye wathola, abanye hhayi, kodwa, kunoma yikuphi, hhayi ikakhulukazi ngenxa yalokhu kuthukuthele. Ekugcineni, ukuqashelwa kwabantu akukho kunoma yiziphi izifanekiso, kodwa ukuthi bathanda kangakanani futhi balindele ukuqhubeka kwezindaba zakhe. Futhi uma ubheka isimo ngalolu cala, ungaqiniseka ngokugcwele ukuthi uMnu. Akunin ungumdali wezigidi, ogama lakhe lilindelwe njalo ngesineke esikhulu.