Kune nzvimbo dzakaita seNice iyo kubwinya kwayo kunoratidzika kunge kwakagara kuripo uye kusati kwambodzimwa. Maguta akakumikidzwa kune umbozha, kukwezva uye kupotera kwemazita makuru. Pakati pedzimba dzehumambo uye dzemhando yepamusoro dzeNice iyi nyaya inofamba.
Iye protagonist ndiLinton Blint, mukomana wechiChirungu asina kukwana zvakanyanya muguta rino rinoyevedza mukati memakore makumi matanhatu. Makumi emakore iro guta guru reMediterranean rakafamba pakati pehunhu hwaro husingagumi, kuwedzera kwemafashoni, hunyanzvi nemhemberero, kuisa parutivi ndangariro, hongu, yenguva dzegrey ekare eEurope yakabuda ropa mumakakatanwa akasiyana ezana ramakumi maviri.
Zvinowanzoitika nguva dzose kuti izvo zvisinganzwisisike, anomalous haigume ichitungamira kune chero chinhu chakanaka. Kuonekwa kwaLinton paNegresco Hotel inoyevedza kunomuisa munzvimbo isiri iyo panguva isiri iyo. Pasina kuidya kana kuinwa, Linton Blint anozviwana anyudzwa mune imwechete yekuita zano kwaasina sarudzo kunze kwekuita kuponesa hupenyu hwake.
Kubatana kukuru, uko kunowedzera nekufamba kwega kwega kwaVaBlint, kunofamba pakati pekunakidza nekuvhiringidzika uye imwe pfungwa yekufungidzira kuziva kuti nyaya yakapihwa mhosva kune asinganzwisisike ekuguma ingapera sei.
Asi zvave kutozivikanwa kuti kuseka, pakushandira zano rezvakavanzika kana kurangana, kunopa kwakawanda kwaro kuti kukodzere hunyanzvi kumonyanisa uye mamiriro ekuseka, panguva imwechete iyo huipi huri kuuya pamusoro pedu shamwari huru.
Pakati pezvakaitika, zvakaipa kana rombo rakanaka uye kusangana nemhando dzose dzevanhu nemamiriro ezvinhu, Linton anozopedzisira aumba mufananidzo wegamba rinokwanisa kuputsa sangano rese rematsotsi ..., mune yakanakisa kesi. Kana kuti zvichida chinoitika ndechokuti anoguma adzingwa muguta.
Iyo inoverengeka yekuvaraidza uye kunakirwa, chirongwa chakabatanidzwa-zvine hungwaru.
Unogona kutenga bhuku Chiedza chebhuruu 65, iyo nyowani nyowani naJosé C. Vales, pano: