Nthawi ina ndalankhulapo za chikondi chosaneneka, makamaka kwa Ndemanga ya The Book of Parables, ndi Olov Enquist. Poterepa timapezanso miyezo yayikulu ya chikondi choletsedwa chotengedwa mwamakhalidwe ndi zachilengedwe, monga momwe timaphunzitsidwira.
Vito ndi Giuseppina ndi abale. Amakondana wina ndi mnzake. Adagawana nawo ubwana wawo koma tsopano ali munthawi yakusintha kuyambira ubwana kukhala okhwima ndikupitilizabe kunena za chikondi chomwe tsopano sichingafotokozedwe, popeza chapitilira malire a zoletsedwa ndi zachiwerewere.
El bukhu Kusinthasintha kwanu munthawi Zimatipatsa mwayi wovuta kudziwa momwe chikondi chingatifikire, kudutsa chilakolako chachilendo (komanso chosavomerezeka nthawi zonse).
Kupanga izi kukhala zodabwitsa kwambiri pakuwerenga kokha, tili ku Sicily pakati pa Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse. Chifukwa chake, chiwembucho chimatha kudutsa madera osayembekezereka pakati pa ziwawa ndi chikondi zosatheka pamaso pa ena.
Kudzipulumutsira kunkhondo ndikupulumuka nthawi yomweyo chikondi chomwe munagawana ndi munthu wina wapafupi ngati m'bale ndi ntchito yovuta pakati pa kusamvetsetsana, mantha a nkhondo, mantha, fascism komanso kusokonekera kwa anthu ku Europe ataledzera ndi chidani.
Koma mosiyana ndi zomwe tingayembekezere, chikondi chonyenga chimakula kwambiri, chimadya chinsinsi komanso kumpsompsona kobisika, kupsinjika kwapafupi mumithunzi ndikumwetulira kophatikizana.
Zomwe Vito ndi Giuseppina amakhala ndizosangalatsa za chikondi pamalo omwe adakumana ndi mavuto ankhondo komanso mavuto. Ulendo wapadera pamalingaliro ndi kumvetsetsa kwa owerenga.
Mutha kugula tsopano Nkhope yake munthawi yake, buku laposachedwa kwambiri la Alejandro Parisi, wolemba The Girl and Her Double, apa: