Vanyori vakakura vanofarira Saramago Ivo ndivo vanochengeta mabasa avo aripo nguva dzese. Nekuti kana riine basa riine hunhu hwakadonhedzwa kuita zvinyorwa alchemy, iwo sublimation yehupenyu inowanikwa. Musoro wekudarika kweruzivo rwekunyora kana rwenhoroondo unobva wasvika pakukosheswa kwechokwadi kunoita kuti ushaike nguva.
José Saramago ane makore makumi maviri nemashanu akaburitsa ino nhoroondo kupasirese akafungisisa danho rake rakakosha nechidikanwi chakakosha chekupa uchapupu. Chimwe chinhu chinoitika kune wese munyori anodzika zvakadzika pasi, pasi pechuru uye chimwe chekurudzira chinovanza icho chinangwa, iko kwekupedzisira kuda kuendesa chikamu chevanhu chaanofanira kutsanangura. Maitiro acho anogara achikwenenzverwa kune akanakisa, iwo mapfumo anogona kudomwa nekubudirira kukuru. Runyararo rwezera rakura runopa kubva kune mamwe akazara nuances kunyanya muchimiro. Asi pasi pehunyanzvi, iyo sediment, inopedzisira yawanikwa kunyangwe zvirinani pabasa rehudiki senge iri.
Mushure mekufa kwemurume wake, Maria Leonor, amai vevana vaviri, anonzwa kukurirwa nematambudziko ekugadzirisa imba yake muAlentejo, zvinotarisirwa neruzhinji uye nekudzorwa kwakasimba kwenzvimbo yake. Mushure memwedzi mishoma mukutambudzika kwakadzama, anosarudza kupedzisira atarisana nebasa rake semuridzi wenyika, asi moyo wake unoshungurudzwa nechivi chakavanzika: kunyangwe achichema, chishuwo chake hachina kudzimwa.
Pakati pekufungisisa nezve kukosha kwerudo, kufamba kwenguva uye shanduko inoshamisa mune zvakasikwa, chirikadzi yechidiki inopedza husiku hwayo yakamuka, ichitsvaga rudo rwevasikana vayo uye ichitambura nekusurukirwa kwayo. Kusvikira varume vaviri vakasiyana kwazvo vaputsa muhupenyu hwake uye ramangwana rake risingatarisirike rinopera.
Yakanyorwa muna 1947, Chirikadzi ndiyo nganonyorwa yekutanga yemunyori, iyo yakaburitswa muPortugal ine zita rekuti Terra ita zvivi nesarudzo yemupepeti. Nhasi, panopembererwa makore zana emunyori, inoburitswa kekutanga muchiSpanish, ichiremekedza zita rayo rekutanga, iyi nyaya yakanyorwa nemudiki José Saramago, uyo anotarisira munyori mukuru isu tese tinoziva. Maitiro ake ega ekutarisa pasirese uye zvimwe zvehunhu hweanonyanya kuzivikanwa enganonyorwa atove arimo: inoshamisa simba rekurondedzera uye mukadzi asingakanganwiki hunhu.
Iwe unogona ikozvino kutenga inoverengeka «La viuda», naJosé Saramago, pano:
