Amabali athile aphambeneyo sisimemo esingqalileyo kwihlabathi elimnyama apho ingqondo inokulahleka khona. Ubumnandi beli dementia bujolise ekwamkeleni ukungangqinelani kweyelenqe elingayekisi ukuvusa umazibuthe wetyala elingaqhelekanga elingena phakathi kwinoveli yolwaphulo-mthetho, into evuselelayo kunye nohlobo lomcuphi.
Umlinganiso we-cinematic wale noveli unokuba ngu I-Shutter Island, loo mboniso bhanya-bhanya apho u-Di Caprio ufana nebhokhwe (ixabisa ukungafuneki) kodwa ke uvumela ukuba uqhutyelwe kukukhangela okungalunganga komfazi olahlekileyo kwisibhedlele sabagula ngengqondo, kwindawo ebonakalayo eqondwa njenge-ins kunye nokuphuma ingqondo isondele ngulo Mpambano.
Kwimeko yenoveli ehlaziyiweyo apha, singena kobo bomi bunikwe isantya esimangalisayo sedolophu enkulu. Sidibana noFabián Alfaro, ingqondi kwezomculo kunye nevayolin yakhe kunye nothando ngobomi obomeleleyo obukhupha inkanuko yomculo ococekileyo ukuya kumnqweno ocacileyo.
Kungekudala emva kokuba siqalile ukufunda sifumanisa ukuba umhlaba kaFabían, oodade baseRicart, uNestor Camil okanye uRogelio uqamba njani indawo etshabalalisa isixeko, equlathe ikwayara yobomi njengokwahlukana.
Ukufa, ngumbulali onokuthi abe ngowelizwe elinobundlobongela elijonga abo baphambili okanye mhlawumbi avele ngokungalingani, kwindyikitya yokufa, kumbono wobomi njengokuhamba kwintambo yazo zonke iidrive ezithathiweyo zigqithisile. Ithuba lokuba yonke into liphupha lokukhuthaza ukuzibulala. Kwaye isidingo esifanelekileyo sokulungelelanisa iziqwenga zeso siqingatha, iphazili yokwenyani kwisiqwenga esijongana neemvakalelo ezikwimeko yobomi nokufa.
Kukho abalinganiswa abathile, ngokungathandabuzekiyo kumfundi kunye nabanye abeza badlule, abafika ngobukrelekrele babo obungenanyani ukuvusa ukudideka ngobukho babo bokugqibela, ngaphaya kwembono kaFabian. IHerminia yile ntokazi eyenziwe ngomfanekiso kunye nomfanekiso weFabián ophuphumayo, kwaye inokubamba isitshixo kuyo yonke into eyenzekayo malunga nabalinganiswa abahamba ngezitrato zedolophu enkulu ehlazekileyo.
Incwadana efundwa ngokuxhalabisa ngokungathandabuzekiyo ukwazi isisombululo secala, kodwa, ngaphezu kwayo yonke into, ukucacisa oko kuyinyaniso.
Ungayithenga inoveli iDemencia, inoveli enomdla ka-Eloy Urroz, apha: