Fashi cikin fashi. Ina nufin, ba na so in ce Jean Hanff Korelitz ya yi sata Joel Duka wani ɓangare na ainihin labarinsa na Harry Quebert wanda shi ma ya sace zukatanmu daidai. Amma daidaitattun jigogi yana da wannan kyakkyawan ma'anar daidaituwa tsakanin gaskiya da almara domin duka makircin biyu suna ɗaukar mu tsakanin ƙofa game da rashin amfani da ayyukan da wasu suka ɗauka, baƙar fata sun haɗa da ...
Harry Quebert da ake tambaya ana kiran wannan lokacin Jake. Sai dai labarinsa na gaba yana ƙara nuni ga Markus mai marmarin ɗaukakar mashahurin marubuci a duniya. Amma ba shakka, babu nasara ba tare da daftari ba lokacin da mutum ya kasance duka mai aikin da aka gabatar. Kuma Jake ba ma nesa ba ne…
Amma…., Kuma wannan shine inda bangare mai kyau ya shigo, kamar dai lokacin da sabon nau'in labari ya buɗe godiya ga tunanin wasu hazaka, Korelitz yana da ikon fitar da sabbin rassa, sabbin ra'ayoyi, ƙarin sabbin abubuwan ban mamaki. Kamar ɗaya daga cikin waɗancan conjurers waɗanda ke yaudarar mu, wannan marubucin ba ta bar alamu-kamar Dicker ba tare da ta sake dawowa. Game da Korelitz, komai yana mai da hankali ne zuwa ga intuited implosion amma ba a taɓa daidaita shi ba a duk girmansa na ƙarshe.
Lokacin da matashin marubuci ya mutu kafin ya kammala littafinsa na farko, malaminsa, marubucin marubucin da ya gaza, ya yanke shawarar ci gaba da shirin. Sakamakon littafin nasara ce mai ban mamaki. Amma idan wani ya sani fa? Kuma idan maƙaryaci ba zai iya gane ko wanene yake hulɗa da shi ba, yana fuskantar wani abu mafi muni fiye da rasa aikinsa.
Yakubu Finch Bonner ya kasance matashin marubuci mai ban sha'awa wanda littafinsa na farko ya kasance nasara mai daraja. A yau, yana koyarwa a tsarin rubutu na uku kuma yana gwagwarmaya don kiyaye ɗan ƙaramin darajar da ya bari; bai rubuta ba, balle a buga, wani abu mai kyau a cikin shekaru.
Lokacin da Evan Parker, ɗalibinsa mafi girman kai, ya gaya wa Jake cewa ba ya buƙatar taimakonsa don ci gaba da littafinsa saboda yana tunanin makircin littafinsa na ci gaba yana da kyau, Jake ya kore shi a matsayin mai son narcissist. Amma sai . . . saurari makircin
Jake ya dawo kan yanayin aikin nasa kuma ya shirya don buga littafin farko na Evan Parker: amma hakan bai taba faruwa ba. Jake ya gano cewa tsohon dalibinsa ya mutu, mai yiwuwa ba tare da ya kammala littafinsa ba, kuma yana yin abin da kowane marubuci ya cancanci gishirinsa zai yi da labari irin wannan: labarin da ke da bukatar ba da labari.
A cikin ƴan ƴan shekaru kaɗan, duk hasashen Evan Parker ya tabbata, amma Jake shine marubucin yana jin daɗin nasarar. Mai arziki ne, shahararre, yabo da karantawa a duk duniya. Amma a tsayin sabuwar rayuwarsa mai ɗaukaka, yana karɓar imel, barazana ta farko a cikin yaƙin neman zaɓe mai ban tsoro: Kai barawo ne, in ji imel ɗin.
Yayin da Jake ke kokawa don fahimtar abokin hamayyarsa da boye gaskiya daga masu karatunsa da masu wallafawa, ya fara ƙarin koyo game da marigayi ɗalibinsa, abin da ya gano yana ba shi mamaki kuma yana tsoratar da shi. Wanene Evan Parker kuma ta yaya ya fito da ra'ayin don littafinsa na "tabbatar fare"? Menene gaskiyar labarin da ke tattare da shirin kuma wa ya sace shi?
