Wolemba Michael Santiago ikutenga liwiro losavuta lofalitsa omwe amapanga mabuku achifwamba kapena zosangalatsa zomwe zimayang'anira malo osungira mabuku aliwonse, kuyambira Joël dicker mmwamba Dolores Redondo, kutchula zitsanzo ziŵiri zazikulu.
Chinthu china ndicho kalembedwe kamene Mikel Santiago amapezera malo ake munjira zolukanazi zomwe zimalankhula za mdima wa moyo. Nanga bwanji Mikel ndikumangika kwachisangalalo komwe kumangokhala kukokomeza kwamaganizidwe komwe kumamugwira ndikuwerenga owerenga, osatha kuchotsa zochitika zomwe zimafunikira kukonza komanso zomwe zimalengeza zopindika ndikusintha.
Funso, ponena za kuchuluka kwa zofalitsa zomwe tawonetsa koyambirira, ndikuti palibe chaka chatha kuchokera pomwe zidatulutsidwa. Chilimwe chachilendo cha Tom Harvey ndipo titha kusangalala ndi buku lake latsopano: Chilumba cha mawu omaliza.
Buku lililonse lachinsinsi, zododometsa kapena zamisala zamaganizidwe ziyenera kufotokozedwapo pamutuwu. Ndipo chowonadi ndichakuti wolemba uyu adalinso wolondola pankhani yoyamba iyi. Maudindo osokoneza nthawi zonse, monga a buku lake latsopanoli lomwe ndimabweretsa kubwaloli lero, zomwe zimathera pomwepo ndikupanga foni yakumdima, ku lingaliro losatsutsika la oyipa. Kuchokera Usiku watha ku Tremore Beach y Njira yoyipa mmwamba Chilumba cha mawu omaliza... Kukumbukira za chiwonongeko, kutsanzikana mokakamizidwa, amakhala m'mphepete ndi zochitika zomwe zachitika moyipa.
Zomwe takumana nazo nthawi zonse zimakhala poyambira kuti tikhulupirire nkhani yonse. Mikel Santiago amadziwa malo osangalatsa ku Ireland kapena ku Scotland ndipo umu ndi momwe amapezera mpweya wabwino ndi zinthu zamtundu uliwonse pazinthu zina zake.
Chifukwa chake, kukhazikitsidwa kwa chiwembu pachilumbachi cha mawu omaliza kumatitsogolera kudera lakutali kwambiri la ufumu wakale waku Britain, chilumba chomaliza chapafupi ndi Saint Kilda, malo osungira zachilengedwe momwe zokopa alendo zotsalira komanso asodzi omaliza amakhala limodzi chete yomwe idasokonekera ndikutuluka kwa North Sea.
Ndikumva kwachilendo komwe malo akutipatsawa koma kutali ndi chisonyezo chilichonse chachitukuko, tidathamangira kwa Carmen, wogwira ntchito ku hotelo, munthu yemwe adachoka komwe amapita kukafika kugombe lakutali. Pamodzi ndi iye, asodzi ochepa omwe amadziwa kuti malowa ndi malo awo omaliza padziko lapansi akukumana ndi mkuntho womwe watsogolera kuchilumbachi.
Ndipo pamenepo, onse atadzipereka kuti akwaniritse chimphepo chamkuntho, Carmen ndi ena onse okhalamo akumana ndi zomwe zitha kusintha miyoyo yawo kuposa mphepo yamkuntho ikadatha.
Mukutha tsopano kugula buku la The Island of the Last Voices, buku latsopano lolembedwa ndi Mikel Santiago, apa: