Emuva ngo-1984, uKent Haruf wayenombono ongaqhelekanga wokwenza ilizwe lakhe kunye nabemi balo be-nondescript bafumane indawo yenoveli. Ayisiyiyo eyokuba izinto ezingaphantsi okanye ezingaphantsi zenzeke kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo ngenxa yokuma komhlaba nje okanye ngenxa ye-idiosyncrasies yendawo. Kodwa ke, kuba ubhala kuhlala kungcono ukuba ubekwe kwiMaine emnandi, njenge Stephen King. Okanye ujonge into engaqhelekanga, kude nendawo esihlala kuyo ukuze sidibanise ngokukhululeka ... Inqaku kukuba le yayiyinoveli yakhe yokuqala malunga nendawo ebizwa ngokuba yiHolt. Idolophu eleleyo apho ungasoze uyeke ukuba omnye umntu athandana naye akuphakamise ukuba uphuphe ebusuku kwi-esile lehlabathi.
Kodwa into engaqhelekanga inokuvela kumbono ongaqhelekanga. Kuba embindini we-anodyne omnye kufuneka angene kubalinganiswa abaneenkcukacha ezigulayo, njengabatyeleli abanqwenela ukufumanisa umphefumlo kunye ne-injini yezenzo zesiqhelo. Kungenxa yokuba ekugqibeleni ukungalunganga kuhlala kusenzeka, ubungqongqo, uloyiko okanye iphobia ... kwaye yonke into iyatsiba emoyeni…
Yintwasahlobo yowe-1977 eHolt, eColorado. UOctogenarian Edith Goodnough ulele ebhedini yesibhedlele kwaye ipolisa ligade igumbi lakhe. Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ngaphambili, umlilo watshabalalisa indlu awayehlala kuyo uEdith nomntakwabo uLyman, ngoku utyholwa ngokubulala. Ngenye imini, intatheli iza edolophini ukuphanda ngesi sehlo kwaye yathetha noSanders Roscoe, umlimi ongumakhelwane, owathi, ukukhusela uEdith, wala ukuthetha. Kodwa ekugqibeleni lilizwi likaSanders eliza kusixelela ngobomi bakhe, ibali eliqala ngo-1906, xa abazali bakaEdith noLyman beza eHolt befuna umhlaba kunye nenzuzo, kwaye oko kuya kuthatha iminyaka engamashumi asixhenxe.
Kule noveli yokuqala, uKent Haruf usisa kwiindawo ezisemaphandleni zaseMelika, indawo eyenziwe ngeendlebe zengqolowa, ingca kunye neenkomo, isibhakabhaka esineenkwenkwezi ehlotyeni kunye nekhephu elininzi ebusika, apho kukho indlela yokuziphatha engenakuphikiswa, enxulunyaniswe nomhlaba kunye nosapho, kwaye apho lo mfazi angancama iminyaka yakhe egameni lomsebenzi kunye nentlonipho kwaye emva koko, ngesenzo esinye, babange inkululeko yakhe. UHaruf usixelela ngabalinganiswa bakhe ngaphandle kokubagweba, ukusuka kwintembelo enzulu kwisidima kunye nokuzimisela komoya womntu okwenze ukuba ilizwi lakhe loncwadi lingaqondakali.
Ngoku ungathenga inoveli "Eyona Bhondi inamandla", nguKent Haruf, apha:
