Carmen in Xhosa (Carmen ngesiXhosa)

Description

Carmen in Xhosa: Prosper Mérimée’s novella of the soldier Don José and Carmen in Andalusia.

Original author: Prosper Mérimée. Original title: Carmen. Translated into Xhosa from the English text (the work was first written in French).

Ngexesha lekwindla lika-1830, umFrentshi ofundileyo ohamba e-Andalusia udibana nendoda engaziwayo nenobungozi ezintabeni.

Kungekudala, eCordoba, udibana nentombazana engumGipsy. Le ndoda nguDon Jose, le ntombazana nguCarmen.

Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa kamva, uJose usentolongweni elinde ukuxhonywa, aze abalisele umFrentshi ukuba walahlekelwa njani yinto yonke ngenxa kaCarmen.

Inoveli emfutshane edume ngokuba sisiseko se-opera kaBizet, ipheleleyo ngesiXhosa.

Le ncwadi inazo zonke izahluko ezine zipheleleyo. Kwisahluko sesine umbhali uthetha ngamaGipsy aseSpeyin nangolwimi lwawo.

About this edition: translated from the English text of Project Gutenberg #2465 (Lady Mary Loyd’s English translation). Paperback, 152 x 229 mm, 72 pages, published by Colombo Aspen. Cover painting: Édouard Manet, Portrait of Émilie Ambre as Carmen, 1880 (Philadelphia Museum of Art).