Iqhawe elingalindelekanga lohlobo lomcuphi ojonga kwisibuko se UVazquez Montalban. Ngenxa yokuba uMelchor Marín kukuzalwa ngokutsha, kunye nokwahluka kweplati yexesha elifanelekileyo, yaloo Pepe Carvalho owasikhokelela kwiiofisi ezimnyama okanye phakathi kobusuku obumnyama e-Barcelona. UJavier Cercas Kwandiswe kuthotho (iTerra Alta, i-Independiencia kwaye ngoku le nqaba) ekungekho siphelo kuyo, xa sele kufikeleleke enzonzobileni ye-trilogy. Kuba kukho abalinganiswa ababambelele ebomini ephepheni kwaye uMelchor Marín ngomnye wabo. Ingakumbi emva kwesahlulo sesithathu esisingenisa nzulu eluswini lwakhe. Ukufikelela kweso sithuba apho amathumbu akho kunye nomoya wakho uphikisana nezona zixhobo zabo zenyama.
Kwiminyaka ethile emva kokuba iziganeko ezichazwe kwi Independencia, uMelchor Marín uyishiyile i mossos d'esquadra kwaye usebenza njengononcwadi eGandesa, eTerra Alta. U-Cosette, intombi yakhe, ungumntwana ovukelayo, ongaqondi ukuba uyise ufihle kuye indlela unina afa ngayo, kwaye ngubani onquma ukuya eMallorca kunye nomhlobo wakhe osenyongweni ukuba achithe ikhefu elifutshane.
Xa engabuyi okanye engaphenduli kwifowuni yakhe, uMelchor Marín, ngethuku lepolisa elinamava, ngaphandle kokuchitha umzuzwana uthatha isigqibo sokuzityala esiqithini ukuze alandele iintshukumo zakhe zamva nje. Omnye umntu umxelela ngendlu enkulu yebhiliyoni kwelinye icala lesiqithi, kufutshane nePollença, apho amantombazana aselula amenywa ukuba athathe inxaxheba kumatheko anobukhazikhazi. UMelchor Marín uya kufuna uncedo. Ngaphezulu kunangaphambili. Kwaye ube nabahlobo kwimishini yokuzibulala. Ngaba baya kubeka ubomi babo esichengeni kunye naye? Ngaba kuya kwenza nantoni na?
Ngoku ungathengar inoveli ethi «El castillo de Barbazul», nguJavier Cercas, apha:
