Ndiyathanda olo hlobo lwefantasy okanye ibali lenzululwazi elibeka abalinganiswa kwiimeko ezigqithisileyo. Ukuba imeko yekamva ijikeleze yonke into, nokuba ngcono, i-dystopia iyanikezelwa.
UAnna Francis sisiyeyelo kweli yelenqe. Bekufanele ukuba athathe inxaxheba kuvavanyo lokhetho olulodwa ekukhangeleni eyona profayile ilungileyo yokungena kwi-arhente yobukrelekrele bexesha elizayo. Ubuncinane yiloo nto ababeyicinga abanye abathathi-nxaxheba abathandathu.
Kwaye uAnna ngokukhawuleza uyayifeza indima yakhe. Kuya kufuneka enze inkohliso yokufa kwakhe, kunye neendlela ezifanelekileyo zokubulala ngokungathandabuzekiyo. Ke ngoko abathathi-nxaxheba bokwenyani abathandathu baya kuqala ukuphuhla kwimeko egqithisileyo, kuphela abona bantu banesiphiwo sokuthatha ubunkokeli abanokukhetha isikhundla.
Uyayikhumbula imuvi Icala elimnyama? Kuyo, uClara Lago uvalelwe kumagumbi ahambelana nendlu yokwenyani apho wayehlala khona nesoka lakhe. Ikwahlukanisiwe nayo yonke into, ingaviwa, singasathethi ke ngento ayibona isenzeka kwelinye icala leglasi yakhe exhobileyo.
UAnna ngulo uClara Lago. Efihliweyo phakathi kweendonga zendlu kuya kufuneka uqaphele abanye abathathi-nxaxheba, ukuhlola ukuziphatha kunye nezenzo zabo, bathathe ingqalelo kwiindima ezithathwa ngumntu ngamnye.
Ezi ngoma zihlala zinendawo yokulinda ye-macabre. Uyazi ukuba into inokuhamba kakubi kwaye kunokwenzeka ukuba iya kwenzeka. Ngale mvelaphi, ukufunda le ncwadi kubonakala kuwumlutha. Anna emva kweendonga kunye nabaviwa abathandathu abaqala ukwenza ngendlela engalindelekanga ngokupheleleyo.
Yiloo nto lonke ilinge lomntu elinalo. Izinto ezibangela ukuba aba bantu bathandathu baziphathe kakuhle, bade bagqibe kwelokuba u-Anna acinge ukuba, nangona efile, akanabo bonke ukuba baphume kuvavanyo bephila.
Njengoko ndithetha, kukho inqaku lokuqikelelwa kwinto eya kwenzeka, kodwa umbhali waseSweden kunye nentatheli u-Asa Avdic uyanyamekela ukwazisa kule nto, umsebenzi wakhe wokuqala, i-twists ekhangayo, njengesandla esashukumisa indlu, isiqithi, kunye nesiphelo sabo ba-6 okanye aba-7 babaviwa ukuze baphile.
Ungayithenga incwadi Isiqithi, inoveli entsha ka-Asa Avdic, apha: