Ngubani ongamkhumbuliyo uManolito Gafotas U-Elvira mhle? Ayisiyo into yokuba ngumcimbi wokuba kwifashoni malunga nabalinganiswa babantwana kwiinoveli zabo bonke abaphulaphuli.
Ngumbuzo kunokuba bobabini ngexesha labo u-Elvira kunye no-Elisa ngoku, kunye nokusondela kwabo kwe-cacophonic kumagama, bafumane loo mntwana olinganisa nathi sonke kweyona nto ihlekisayo, ubuvuvu kunye nombono wehlabathi «inkosana»Oko kungqubana amaxesha ngamaxesha kunye nodonga lwenyani enenkani ukuvusa olo hilarity ikwabandakanya isimo sengqondo sokungonwabisi kancinci ngabafundi abadala abaxhwilwe ngumnqweno.
Kwixesha elidlulileyo babenjalo Tom Sawyer, IHuckleberry Finn u U-Oliver Twist. Nantsi ke ngoku intombazana egama linguMarina eya kusikhokelela kubomi bobomi obubonwa ebuntwaneni obunxibelelana nembono yokuba sonke singabantwana bamakhandlela abatyhalwa yimivumbo yexesha elinamandla. Kodwa abantwana ekupheleni kosuku banomdla wokuba ngamanye amaxesha bathathe isitshixo somoya ukuze bazibeke kwindawo yethu yokulawula kwezo nqanawa sele ziziporho.
Uneminyaka esithoba ubudala. Igama lakhe nguMarina, kodwa esikolweni bambiza ngokuba yiVozdevieja. Ehlotyeni eSeville, eyokuqala emva kwe-Expo '92, inde kakhulu kwaye yomile kangangokuba akazi ukuba makakhale okanye ahleke. Ukuba ufuna yonke into itshintshe okanye yonke into ihlale injalo. Kuba usadlala ngonodoli bakaChabel kodwa sele ejonge iimagazini zabantu abadala.
Kuba umama wakhe uyagula kwaye sele ezibona sele ekhayeni loonongendi elingqongwe ziinkedama ezincinci. Kungenxa yokuba wonke umntu, kubandakanya notata wakhe, uyanyanzela ukuba anyamalale. Ngenxa yokuba umhlobo wakhe osenyongweni ngumakhulu wakhe, amphekelayo, okame iinwele zakhe, ovumela iinzipho zakhe zisikwe njengoonomadudwane, amxelele ngothando lwakhe ngoFelipe González, athi cwaka, ambonise izithende ezintsha, amthungele iilokhwe zeentyatyambo.
Emva koko uyaphuma kwaye ezo lokhwe ziyamkhathaza ngokungathi zenziwe nge-sandpaper. Ukanti Marina usoloko ulambile: ubomi kunye steaks isonka. Ilizwi elahlukileyo, elithambileyo, elinelizwi kunye nelokuhlekisa. Inoveli yokuqala engalibalekiyo njengexesha lokuqala kwenzeka into ebalulekileyo kuwe.
Ungayithenga inoveli iVozdevieja, incwadi ka-Elisa Victoria, apha: