Ayikhe ibabuhlungu ukuzicwilisa kwimbali entsha yaseMelika Donna leon kunye nomgcini wayo ongadinwayo uGuido Brunetti, umntu umbhali aguqula ukuthanda kwakhe i-Itali yobutsha bakhe.
Kwaye ndithi ayikhe ibabuhlungu kuba ngaleyo ndlela singakwazi ukubuyisa ukukhanya okudala kwesixeko esinjengeVenice esingahambi ngexesha laso elifanelekileyo. Inyani yile yokuba phakathi kwezikhukula, ezingalindelanga kakuhle ukusinda kwesi sixeko, kunye neengxaki zempilo ezijolise kumantla e-Itali nangona zixhaphakile kwihlabathi liphela, iVenice ibonakala inyibilika kunakuqala.
Kodwa ke, mhlawumbi ngenxa yesi sizathu, kwezi ntsuku zingaqhelekanga ayikhathazi ukuzonwabisa ngokufunda ngamandla amakhulu. Kwaye kulo mbandela weeplani ezilawula ukusihambisa sikwindawo eziqinisekileyo zenoveli yomcuphi ...
«Ukusuka kwindawo ahlala kuyo echitha iintsuku zakhe zokugqibela ebhedini, uBenedetta Toso, ogula ngumhlaza eneminyaka engamashumi amathathu anesibhozo, ufuna ukuthetha noBrunetti ngento angafuniyo ukuya nayo engcwabeni.
Ebuthathaka kwaye esecicini lokufa, lo mfazi akakwazi kwaphela ukuba nomzuzu wokuzonwabisa kunye nokuzoba amanye amabinzana abandakanya umyeni wakhe, uVittorio Fadalto, osandula ukusweleka kwingozi yemoto, ngemali efunyenwe ngokungekho mthethweni kwaye ngubani, ngenxa yoko, ukufa yayikukubulala. "Bambulala," uxelele umkhomishina. Ngelishwa, ngaphambi kokuba ulwazi oluninzi lufumaneke, lo mfazi ukhupha umphefumlo wakhe wokugqibela.
Yeyiphi imali engekho mthethweni awayethetha ngayo? Ngoobani aba "abo" uToso atyhola ngokubulala umyeni wakhe? Intambo entle yophando iya kukhokelela kumgcini kwindawo yokusebenza yendoda, iSpattuto Acqua, inkampani yabucala ejongene nokujonga umgangatho wamanzi eVenice.
Apho, u-Brunetti akazukujongana nenyani kuphela malunga nokuba u-Fadalto wabulawa okanye hayi, kodwa netyala lokunyoba phakathi kwabasebenzi ngenjongo yokufihla ukungcola emanzini, okunokuba neziphumo ezibi kwimpilo yabantu base Venetians. ».
Ngoku ungathenga inoveli «Ngamanzi asentanyeni», incwadi kaDonna Leon, apha: