Kukayikakayika, kosangalatsa kosiyanasiyana kosiyanasiyana, kumasintha nthawi zonse kumapangidwe atsopano. Posachedwapa, okonda zapakhomo akuwoneka kuti akulimbikitsa kufotokoza nkhani zosokoneza, osati zabwinoko kuposa zomwe zili pachiwopsezo cha anthu odziwika bwino kuti apereke kukayikira za omwe ali pafupi kwambiri ndi ife.
Koma machitidwe ena amasungidwa nthawi zonse. Chifukwa pamene wongoganizira ali kale ndi maumboni ake, odzazidwa ndi zomverera za atavistic, kutembenukira kwa izo kumatsimikizira kukhazikika bwino ndi kutsanzira. Chinthu chokhudza nyumba kutali ndi dziko lapansi, pakati pa bucolic ndi choipa ndi chinachake chobwerezabwereza. Pa nthawiyi nkhaniyi idzalozera kwambiri "Kuwala" kwa Stephen King chokhacho chinatembenukira kuzinthu zatsopano ngakhale psychedelic.
Nyumbayo sikuti imakhala ndi maloto owopsa komanso misala komanso imasintha chilichonse. Salinso mlembi wosokonezeka pakusaka kwake kosatopa kwa nkhani. M'nyumba iyi, aliyense amagonja ku trompe l'oeil yake yamdima, mpaka kudyedwa nayo, monga cholengedwa chopatsidwa miyeso yosiyanasiyana momwe miyoyo imatha kutsekedwa kwamuyaya. Daniel Kehmann Iye samabisa mawu pamutu ... mwina panali njira, nthawi yomweyo isanakwane. Mphindi pamene liwu lamkati, mwachibadwa amene anaumirira kufunika kuthawa kuti kupulumuka yosavuta.
Wolemba zowonera mkati mwavuto lakulenga komanso m'banja wafika ―kuperekezedwa ndi mkazi wake ndi mwana wake wamkazi― kunyumba yatsopano yamapiri. Ndi December. Kuzizira kwa buluu-kuyera kwa madzi oundana, nkhalango zobisika ndi nkhungu yakuda, kutuluka kwa mtsinje ndi chigwa chakuya ndi chopanda phokoso, potsiriza, chiyambi chatsopano. Mwayi watsopano womaliza script yomwe imamutsutsa ndikuyesera kuyanjananso ndi mkazi wake.
Komabe, zinthu zimachitika m'nyumba. Pang'ono ndi pang'ono zochitika zenizeni zimayamba kuzimiririka ndipo zomwe zinkawoneka ngati malo othawathawa zimasanduka chisokonezo cha makhalidwe oipa. Uyenera Kupita ndi kuwerenga kokakamiza. Nkhani ya claustrophobic pomwe zenizeni zimakhudzidwa ndi surrealism komanso zoopsa sizimaperekedwa modzidzimutsa, koma ngati loto loyipa lomwe zidutswa zake sizigwirizana.
