Uphumelele kakhulu Edurne portela ekwandiseni ukungqubana kwemilingo kwabantu bethu kugxile kummeli wabo uPueblo Chico. Kungenxa yokuba kwindawo nganye apho sivela khona, siphethe umazibuthe othe ekubuyeni kwethu kusenza sihlale ngoku nakwixesha elidlulileyo.
Kungenxa yoko le nto yonke into eyenzekayo kunye neyenzekileyo ingeyethu kwangoko. Ngokomgaqo sibulela isipho sikaPortela sovelwano esenza iprozi. Kodwa kananjalo, kwaye kubume, kuba okwenzekayo kunye nokurekhodwe kwimemori yeziganeko ezindala kubonakala ngathi kubuyela kwi-retina yethu njengoko siyibona xa siphinda sivula amehlo. Ukuqaqamba kwexesha elixhonyiweyo phakathi kwevumba leenkuni emlilweni kuhlala kukho.
Ke le noveli ibuyela kuye wonke umntu. Ukhenketho luzaliswe ziimfihlakalo zabalinganiswa abanjengoAriadna omncinci kunye noPedro wakudala. Zombini zihlala ngexesha elinye nasendaweni enye. Kodwa ezi zimbini zezamaxesha ahluke kakhulu. Eminye imigca elinde ukuwela imilingo ebhala amaphepha ashiyekileyo engenanto, kwaye asonjululwe ngendlela enomdla phambi kwamehlo ethu avulekileyo.
Isiqendu
Amehlo avaliweyo yinoveli malunga nendawo enye, idolophu enokuba nalo naliphi na igama yiyo loo nto ibizwa ngokuba yiPueblo Chico. IPueblo Chico ibambeke kwintaba yasendle ethi ngamanye amaxesha igqunywe yinkungu, ngamanye amaxesha ikhephu, uluhlu lweentaba apho izilwanyana zilahleka ngamanye amaxesha, abantu bayanyamalala. U-Pedro, umlinganiswa ophambili kule noveli, uhlala edolophini, indawo yokugcina iimfihlakalo ejikeleze ubundlobongela obuhleli kule ndawo amashumi eminyaka.
Xa uAriadna efika ePueblo Chico ngezizathu ezingacacanga ekuqaleni, uPedro uyamjonga kwaye umjongile, ngelixa iAriadna ityhila unxibelelwano lwayo nembali ethulweyo yale ndawo. Ukudibana phakathi kwexesha elidlulileyo nelangoku, phakathi kukaPedro noAriadna, kunika inoveli apho u-Edurne Portela ephanda ngogonyamelo, nangona iphazamisa ubomi babalinganiswa ngonaphakade, ivelisa ithuba lokudala indawo yokuhlala kunye nokubumbana.
Ungayithenga inoveli "Amehlo aValiweyo", nguEdurne Portela, apha: