Entsha othengisa kakhulu ukumkani, UJoel dicker ubuya nomsebenzi onzima wokuphinda aphumelele izigidi zakhe zabafundi abanomdla kwiziza ezintsha zeetempo ezilandayo eziguqukayo njengoko zinamandla.
Ukubaleka kwifomula yempumelelo akufuneki kube lula. Ngakumbi xa le fomyula izisa ubutsha kunye nobukrelekrele kolunye lwezona ntlobo zaziwayo zoncwadi: ukuthandabuza.
Isakhono sikaDickër sokwakha ngokutsha ixesha lesiza ngelixa ugcina umfundi ebekeke ngokugqibeleleyo kuseto ngalunye lwexeshana kufanelekile ukuba afundwe. Ingathi uDickër wayesazi malunga nokulalisa ngomlingo, okanye ugqirha wengqondo, kwaye wasebenzisa yonke into kwiinoveli zakhe ukonwabela okokugqibela komfundi obambeke kwimicimbi eyahlukeneyo elindelekileyo njengeentente ze-octopus.
Ngesi sihlandlo sitsha sibuyela kwiiakhawunti ezisalindelweyo, kwimiba yexesha elidlulileyo okanye elingephi elidlulileyo apho abalinganiswa abasaphilayo ngelo xesha banokuningi kokufihla okanye ekugqibeleni bafunde ngenyaniso.
Kwaye kulapho enye into ephawuleka ngokwenene kulo mbhali ingena khona. Imalunga nokudlala ngombono ophantsi wabalinganiswa bayo ngokubhekisele kwinto eyoyikisayo eyenza indlela yayo njengoko ibali lokugqibela libhalwa. Uhlobo lokufunda olulinganayo apho umfundi angajonga khona umlingisi kunye nokubonakalisa okuguqulwa njengoko ibali liqhubeka. Eyona nto isondeleyo kumlingo onokusinika uncwadi.
NgoJulayi 30, 1994 yonke into iqala (oko sele kuthethiwe, indlela yomhla odlulileyo ephawulwe ngombala obomvu, njengomhla womdlalo weqonga i-baltimore okanye ukubulawa kukaNola Kellergar kwi Ityala likaHarry Quebert)
Siyazi ukuba inyani yeyokuba, emva kokusweleka kosodolophu wase-Orphea kunye nomfazi kaSamuel Paladin inokubakho inyani enye, inkuthazo enye, isizathu esinye esingathandabuzekiyo. Kwaye ukukhohlisa kuthi ngamanye amaxesha kubonakala ngathi siyalazi icala lezinto.
Kuze kube yilapho ibali liqhubeka, lihanjiswe ngabalinganiswa bemilingo abanovelwano kangangokuba uJoel Dicker udala.
Kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini kamva uJese Rosemberg sele eza kubhiyozela umhlala phantsi wakhe njengepolisa. Isisombululo setyala elikhulu likaJulayi 94 sisavakala njengenye yeempumelelo zakhe.
Kuze kube ngoku uStephanie Mailer evuka eRosemberg kunye neqabane lakhe uDerek Scott (omnye ophethe ukucacisa intlekele edumileyo) amanye amathandabuzo amabi kukuba ekuhambeni kweminyaka kubangela amathandabuzo othusayo.
Kodwa uStephanie Mailer uyanyamalala ebashiya phakathi, benobukrakra beyona mpazamo inkulu emsebenzini wakhe ...
Zinike loo mzuzu, ungacinga, ngoku nakwixesha elidlulileyo ukuqhubela phambili kokuzifihla kwelinye icala lesipili, ngelixa ukujonga ngokuthe ngqo nangokuthe ngqo kwenyani kubonwa kukukhanya okulufifi kwelinye icala lesipili. Kukujonga okujolise ngqo kuwe, njengomfundi. Kude kube ububone ubuso benyaniso, ngekhe ukwazi ukuyeka ukufunda.
Ngelixa kuyinyani ukuba oovimba abakhankanyiweyo kunye nokutshabalalisa ibali baphinde baba ngabalinganiswa abaphambili beli yelenqe, ngeli xesha indinika umbono wokuba olu hlolisiso lokoyisa iinoveli zangaphambili, ngamanye amaxesha sigqiba kuphukelwa ngumkhombe kwi-pandemonium ye izaphuli-mthetho ezinokubakho ezilahliweyo zinombono othile wesisombululo esothusayo.
Incwadana egqibeleleyo ayikho. Kwaye ukufuna ukujija kunye nokujika kunokubangela ukudideka ngakumbi kunozuko lokubalisa. Kule nxalenye yenoveli yesibheno esikhulu sikaDicker kubingelelwe ngaso, oko kucwiliswa ngaphezulu… .Ukuthetha njani…, ubuntu, obenegalelo kumthamo omkhulu weemvakalelo ngokubhekisele kwimbonakalo tastier kwimeko kaHarry Quebert okanye isandla seBaltimore.
Mhlawumbi ndim nabanye abafundi bakhetha ukuba ukubaleka okubalekayo phakathi kweziganeko kunye nababulali abanokubakho ngomtya wokubulala ngasemva kwabo ohleka nawuphina umbulali. Nangona kunjalo, ndithe ndazifumana ndigqibezela incwadi kwaye ndibila ngokungathi nguJese ngokwakhe okanye iqabane lakhe uDereck, ndacinga ukuba ukuba isingqisho siphumelele kufanelekile ukuba singeniswe kuso kwaye amava ekugqibeleni ayonelisa ngee lees ezincinci ezikrakra zewayini elungileyo nazo ivezwe kwimingcipheko yokukhangela indawo enkulu yokugcina.
Ngesaphulelo esincinci sokufikelela kule bhlog (ihlala ixabiswa), ngoku ungathenga inoveli Ukunyamalala kukaStephanie Mailer, incwadi entsha kaJoel Dickër, apha: