Tare da wannan ma'anar adabin adabi, ambivalence na wasu sunaye yana aiki Amélie Nothomb don kafa kamanceceniya mai wanzuwa wanda aka ƙawata tare da wannan ɓataccen yanayin wanda marubuci ke motsawa cikin jin daɗi.
Sabili da haka muna duban ƙaunar Claude da Dominique da 'ya'yan yarinyar da ba za ta samu a cikin mahaifinta mutumin da kowa ya ce iyaye ne ba.
Saboda Claude yana jin cewa wasu buƙatun sun fi ƙarfinsa fiye da ƙanƙantar da tarbiyyar iyaye, illa kawai abin da ba a yarda da shi ba na manufar haihuwarsa. Mutum, a gare shi, yana da gado na haɓaka nau'in, na faɗaɗa aikin. Kuma ba zai iya ɓata lokaci akan minutiae kamar datti na iyaye ba.
Épicène, yarinyar, ta girma tare da wannan rashin mata wanda ke da wahalar shawo kanta, yana haifar da ciwon ciki da ɓacin fata a waje. Kuma duk abin da ke motsa ta tunani ne na ɗaukar fansa tare da duniya, na ƙiyayya da ba ta da hankali.
A cikin rashi koyaushe akwai nadama fiye da yadda soyayya ke zama a cikin waɗanda suka rage. Makomar ɗan adam ce, don ƙara godiya ga batattu, marasa wanzu, kwace. Don haka a cikin hanyar melancholic na Épìcene za mu sami ɗan adam wanda aka ruɗe shi zuwa waccan halakar mara yiwuwa.
Tambayar ita ce a ba shi mafi kyawun taɓawa na abin ban mamaki, wancan kwatanci da mahimmin alamar alamomi. Kuma Nothomb ya sami hanyar daidaita fantasy tare da gaskiya, a cikin wannan baƙon kuma a lokaci guda mai ban sha'awa wanda har yau yana ba mu karatu tare da dandano dubu.
Nothomb yana bincika tare da sagacity na yau da kullun hadaddun dangantaka tsakanin uba da yaro da bacin ran soyayya mara misaltuwa. Kuma yana yin hakan ne ta hanyar gina wani irin tatsuniyar tatsuniya ta zamani, tatsuniyar tatsuniya, wacce aka bayar da takaitacciya, madaidaiciya da ƙarfi.
Yanzu zaku iya siyan littafin labari «The Epicene Names», ta Amélie Nothomb, nan: