Injongo ye UMurakami Ngolu papasho luthungelwano lomsebenzi oqinileyo njengebhlokhi, kwaye ngenxa yemihla yokupapashwa kwayo ibinokuthi ivale ivolumu enye, ayinakuba yenye into ngaphandle kokwahlulahlula into esindileyo.
Inyani yile yokuba eli bali linengxaki yokuqhekeka ngenxa yokwanda kwesingqisho, kodwa ihlala ifundwa njengokuqhubekeka okungagungqiyo, nokuba kungasiphi na isizathu, yayiqondwa ngumbhali njengento eyenzelwa ngokwahlukeneyo, njengekhosi yesibini okanye njengesiqingatha I-orgasm. ...
Yiba nokuba kunjalo, inqaku lelo Inxalenye yokuqala Ukuhanjiswa kolo hlolisiso lubonakalisayo kwaye nangona kugcwele ukungavisisani okukhoyo, okufana noMurakami, ngoku siqhubela phambili kuphuhliso olunamandla ngakumbi ngasemva. Isizathu sokuyilwa komzobo omangalisayo oshukumisayo kwaye osokolisa umlinganiswa ophambili kwinxalenye yokuqala ngoku ujika kwisiphelo esiphazamisayo sonxantathu esiqulunqwe phakathi komzobi welaphu, uMenshiki, ummelwane ophambili womhlala-phantsi kunye nomntu ophambili.
Kungenxa yokuba uMenshiki umema umlinganiswa ophambili kunye nombalisi ukuba apeyinte intombazana edlula phambi kwezindlu zabo yonke imihla yeklasi. Ibhinqa eliselula, elibizwa ngokuba nguMarie Akikawa liqala ukuthatha ubomi balo obukhethekileyo kuludwe lweempawu zalo ezibiweyo yonke imihla. Kuze uMarie anyamalale kwaye ukuphela kwakhe ngesiquphe kunxulunyaniswe nenkumbulo yefantasy enxulumene noMenshiki kumbalisi, malunga no-Alice omtsha okwaziyo ukufikelela kwelinye icala.
Ukukhangela kukaMarie kunika indawo yokurhanela phakathi kwokwenyani kunye nokungekho ngqiqweni, phakathi kwesizathu, impambano kunye nokubonakala okungafaniyo okusuka kolunye uluvo lomntu ukuya kolunye kwaye kufikelela kweyona nkcazo yendalo kubugcisa.
Inkcazo yebali, ethi ivele emva kwamava okufunda onwabile afana nephupha, kubonakala ngathi isisondeza kwenye yezo ngcinga zihlala zifunwa ngababhali beemfihlakalo ezinkulu.
Kuphela ngeli xesha ngaphezulu kokuziva kokubona kwe-wisp. Iziphumo zokugqibela ezicofa zonke iimpendulo ezinkulu ezifunwa ngumbalisi ongenagama. Umbali ekungaziwa ngaye kuthi ekugqibeleni siyayiqonda injongo yokulinganisa konke.
Ungayithenga ngoku inoveli Ukufa koMlawuli (incwadi yesi-2), ukuvalwa kolu luhlu nguHaruki Murakami, apha: