I-Melancholy lulonwabo olungaqhelekanga lokuba lusizi. Into enje ikhombe UVictor Hugo ngamaxesha athile. Kodwa umbandela unento eninzi kunokuba ubonakala. I-Melancholy ayisiyo kuphela ukulangazelela ixesha eliphelelwe lixesha, kodwa ikwayiyo nokudimazeka kokulindileyo, okungasombululwanga.
Ke, i-melancholy ineedigri ezahlukeneyo njengoko enye besiyazi indlela yokujongana nexesha lakhe kunye nempumelelo yomdlali ngaphandle kweskripthi. Kungenxa yokuba ngalo mntu singenako ukwenza njengezikhombisi zesazela sakhe.
Yile ndlela yokuzalwa kwe-melancholy, kunye nokuphazamiseka, kunye nokulinganisela okungenakwenzeka phakathi kwecala kunye nokulangazelela. KUNYE UNadia Terranova Kungena enzonzobileni engenakoyiswa yezona ndawo zimbi zokungabikho, ezo zinganiki sizathu.
Emva kwethutyana ngaphandle kokundwendwela umama wakhe, u-Ida ubuyela eMessina ukumnceda acoce indlu akhulele kuyo ngaphambi kokuba ayithengise. Ujikelezwe zizinto kunye neenkumbulo, kuya kufuneka athathe isigqibo sokuba leliphi ixesha lakhe elidlulileyo aligcinayo kwaye leliphi alidedele.
Okwangoku, isiporho sobomi babo, ukunyamalala ngesiquphe kukayise kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini ngaphambili, kubonakala ngathi kuyawakhathaza amagumbi kwaye kubekhona nakuphi na ukuqhekeka, kwiindonga ezimanzi nakuzo zonke iincoko kunye nokuthula phakathi kukamama nentombi.
Icacile kwaye intekenteke, le noveli ijonge kwelona lisondele ekukhanyeni okungaziwayo okuphawula ubukho, ezo sizakhela kuzo ubuwena: imemori njengenxeba kwaye njengendawo yokubalekela, ukulahla kunye nokuphulukana nobumsulwa, ubunzima beqhina losapho kunye nabathandi … Owokugqibela kwiBhaso elidumileyo laseStrega kwaye wanconywa ngabagxeki, lo msebenzi ubeka uNadia Terranova phakathi kwamazwi anomdla kakhulu kwingxelo yanamhlanje yase-Italiya.
Ngoku ungathenga inoveli "Sala kakuhle iziporho", incwadi kaNadia Terranova, apha: