Muna 1916, dunhu reSomme reFrance rakashambidzwa neropa seimwe yezviitiko zvine ropa zvakanyanya muHondo Yenyika Yekutanga. Muna 1971 hondo inozivikanwa yakatora vanhu vayo vekupedzisira. Vakaroorana vakasvetukira mudenga pavakatsika girinedhi kubva panzvimbo iyoyo. Iyo yapfuura yakazviratidza semweya wakaita sehondo, kunge echo yakaipa iyo yakadzokorora makore akazotevera.
Chakaipisisa pane zvese ndechekuti vaviri vacho vakasiya mwanakomana, uyo pamakore matatu ezera aive akasurukirwa asina kwaakananga kuenda, mune chero pfungwa.
Zvese izvo zvinogona kungotorwa seye isina kujeka ndangariro, chifukidziro senge chekurota. Pakati pemakore akatevera Edvard paakakurira nasekuru vake Sverre, haana kumbobvira aburitsa mamiriro ezvinhu akasuwa airatidza kutanga kwake kwehupenyu. Asi pane imwe nguva zvakapfuura zvinogara zvichizopedzisira zvichitishanyira kune zvirinani kana zvakaipa, zvinotipa tarisiro nekukurumidza mugirazi rezvazvaive, uye dzimwe nguva zvinotisiyira kuratidzwa kusingakanganwike, uye izvo zvataitenda kuti hatina kumbokoshesa.
Edvard anotambura neicho chirevo chekureva kubva kare uye anosundidzirwa kuziva zvakawanda, kuziva zvakawanda. Kana zvirinani kuti utarise nzira yakaitwa, iyo inotungamira kwauri iwe kana iwe warasikirwa nechinhu pane chero rwendo.
Dzokera kuSomme pakupedzisira, mushure merwendo rwekutsvaga iyo yekare yekumutsa iyo yakamuka nechisimba, zvinotyisa, ichiti Edvard anoteerera zvizere, tofunga kusangana zvakare neiyo nhanho ichine zvakawanda zvekukuudza uye kujekesa kuti chii uye chingave chii.
Mukufamba kwaEdvard isu tinoziva zvakare nhoroondo dzeiyo Europe seinherera saEdvard, Nyika senge huwandu hwehama dzakatsunga kusawirirana muhupenyu hwavo hwese. Pasina kupokana hunyanzvi hwakafanana hwekudzokera muhupenyu hwaEdvard, muchokwadi chevabereki vake uye muchinhu chakaomarara cheEurope iyo dzimwe nguva inoita kunge yakabvisa zvekare, izvo kubva pakudzidza nekutora zvidzidzo zvinodiwa.
Iwe unogona ikozvino kutenga iyo novel Miti gumi nematanhatu yeSomme, iro razvino bhuku raLars Mytting, apa:
Chokwadi ndechekuti ini ndakachiwana chakanakisa. Saga yakanaka yausinganete kuverenga.
Zvaiita kunge zvipfupi kwazvo kwandiri. Inokukochekera kubva panguva yekutanga.
Kunzwa kupfupika kunogara kuri nani pane zvakajairika: ini ndaive nemapeji x akasara. Iyo yepamusoro iyo yekubatanidza kugona, nepo ichichengetedza huremu uye kudzika kweiyo weft, zvirinani, handiti?