Cholinga cha bukuli ndi Amélie Nothomb, chikuto chake, mawu ofotokozera, adandikumbutsa za kukhazikitsidwa kwa Hitchcock woyamba. Kukhudza kotereku komwe kunadutsa mu mizinda yakumayiko ena mzaka zam'mbuyomu. Ndipo chowonadi ndichakuti panalibe cholakwika ndikutanthauzira kwanga pakuwonana koyamba.
Count Neville, wolemedwa ndi kuchepa kwachuma kwakeKoma pokhala wolimba mtima kuti apitilize kukhala ndi chuma chambiri komanso ulemu, amakumana ndi vuto lalikulu mwana wawo wamkazi womaliza atasowa.
Kukumana kwachisangalalo kokha kwa wachinyamata wamatsenga kunapulumutsa mtsikanayo kuimfa ndi hypothermia pakati pa nkhalango. Zochitikazo zikuyembekezera china chodabwitsa, popeza mtsikanayo adawoneka wopindika, ngati kuti wasochera, wakwiyitsidwa ndi china chake chomwe sitikudziwa pakadali pano ...
Bambo Henri Neville akukonzekera kuti atenge mwana wawo wamkazi, koma wamasomphenyayu kale adamupatsa chithunzi chaulere chomwe chimamupangitsa kukhala wakupha mtsogolo paphwando lomwe azikachita kunyumba kwake. Lingaliro loyambirira ndikuti muphatikize kupha mtsogolo ndi munthu yemwe wasokoneza, waphwanya mwana wamkazi wa owerengera, ndipo owerenga akhoza kukhala olondola, mfundo ndiyakuti m'njira yosavuta iyi, ndikukhazikitsa kosakhala kopanda tanthauzo, mumangotengeka ndi zomwe zili kuchitika.
Mfundo yachinsinsi, madontho ena amantha komanso ntchito yabwino yolembera yomwe imawonetsa mbiri yamunthu komanso zomwe zingalimbikitse zoyipa mdima, zomwe zimakongoletsa zowonekera pomwe malongosoledwe ake ndi kukoma osati katundu, china ndizofunikira kwambiri pamabuku omwe adapangidwa kuti azisungabe chidwi.
Tsiku laphwando la Garden litafika, chikumbutso chofala ku nyumba yachifumu ya Neville, kuwerenga kumayambitsidwa paulendo wovuta, kufuna kufikira nthawi yomwe ulosiwo ukwaniritsidwa kapena sungakwaniritsidwe, wofuna kudziwa zifukwa zomwe zingathekere kudzipha, pomwe gulu la otchulidwa likuyenda modabwitsa pa chiwembucho, ndi mtundu wa kukongola koipa kwambiri.
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