Naples, ngo-1946. IQela lamaKomanisi lase-Italiya likwazile ukudlulisa amashumi asixhenxe amawaka abantwana ukuze bahlale okwethutyana neentsapho zasemantla kwaye bafumane ubomi obahlukileyo kude nosizi olubangqongileyo. UAmerigo omncinci unyanzelwa ukuba ayishiye indawo ahlala kuyo aze akhwele kuloliwe nabanye abantwana abasuka emazantsi.
Ngokujonga okuqinileyo kwenkwenkwe yesitalato, u-Amerigo usintywilisela kwi-Italiya enomdla evuka kwakhona emva kwemfazwe kwaye usiphathise ibali elichukumisayo lokuhlukana, intlungu ebonisa umlilo, ngexesha elifanayo elisinyanzela ukuba bonakalisa. , ngobucekeceke nangobuchule, kwizigqibo eziphela zisenza le nto siyiyo.
UViola Ardone ubhale enye yeenoveli ezibalaseleyo zeminyaka yakutshanje: uye wakhohlisa amakhulu amawaka abafundi kunye nabagxeki, bathabathekile ngebali elingaqhelekanga, eliyinyaniso kunye nendalo yonke elikhumbuza amagama amakhulu afana no-Elsa Morante okanye u-Elena Ferrante. Ngokukhuthazwa ziziganeko zokwenyani, ukomelela kolu thungelwano lomanyano ngamaxesha anzima kwenze le noveli ukuba ibe yinto yamazwe ngamazwe kumazwe angamashumi amabini anesihlanu.
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