Imfihlakalo U-Elena Ferrante iseyiloo echo evusa ubundlobongela. Kungenxa yokuba usiba olungapheliyo londla ngokufihlakeleyo ukuze luvelise ngokungathandabuzekiyo iinoveli ezingacacanga ngaphezulu kokunikezelwa kuhlobo oluthile, olubonakalayo kwimpazamo yabo engaziwayo yeFerrante.
Ngamaxesha athile, ibali elisondeleyo eliza kuthi kungekudala likhawuleze lize litshintshe libe yenye into. Imvakalelo ephazamisayo yokuthatha iindlela ezingalindelekanga zenza imfihlelo kubunzulu nakwimo yeeplani zayo.
"Kwiminyaka emibini phambi kokuba ashiye ikhaya, utata wam uxelele umama ukuba ndimubi kakhulu." Iqala njalo le noveli ingaqhelekanga malunga nokufumanisa ubuxoki, uthando kunye nokwabelana ngesondo, ebaliswa lilizwi elingalibalekiyo likaGiovanna, ibhinqa eliselula elizimisele ukudibana no-Aunt Vittoria, osuswe ngokungaqondakaliyo kwincoko nakwialbham zeefoto. Oku ngokungazi kuya kukhupha ukuwa kosapho lwengqondo kunye noohlohlesakhe, ngokugqibeleleyo ngenkangeleko.
Inkosi Absolute ngamayelenqe, Ferrante uhlwayela iyelenqe lezimanga kunye namaqhina amangalisayo osapho oluyimfihlakalo kunye nothando lwebali ejikeleze isongo elidluliswa ukusuka kwisandla ukuya kwisandla. Akukho mntu unjengaye ukuchaza ukuntsokotha kweminqweno yabantu kunye nawo onke amaxesha okucinga kunye nentliziyo.
Ungayithenga inoveli "Ubomi bobuxoki babantu abadala", ngu-Elena Ferrante, apha: