Ujoliso lwale noveli ngu Amélie NothombIsembozo sayo, isishwankathelo sayo, sandikhumbuza ngesimo seHitchcock yokuqala. Olo thintelo lwe-esoteric oluye lwadlula kubomi bezidolophu kwikhulu leminyaka yamashumi amabini. Inyani yile yokuba kwakungekho nto iphosakeleyo kutoliko lwam ekuqaleni kokubona.
Bala uNeville, enoxanduva lokuwohloka kwemeko yezemaliKodwa eqinile kwintando yakhe yokugcina ukubonakala kobutyebi kunye nobukhazikhazi bobukhosi, ufumana ingxaki enkulu ngakumbi xa intombi yakhe encinci inyamalala.
Kuphela kukuhlangana okunethamsanqa komntwana okwishumi elivisayo onengqondo. Umbono sele ulindele into engaqondakaliyo, kuba ibhinqa eliselula libonakele lisongiwe, ngokungathi lihlukanisiwe, licatshukiswa yinto esingayazi ngalo mzuzu ...
UMnumzana uHenri Neville ulungiselela ukuyolanda intombi yakhe, kodwa imboni yamnika isibhengezo simahla esiguqula ukuba abe ngumbulali wexesha elizayo kwitheko aza kulibhiyozela endlwini yakhe. Umbono wokuqala kukunxibelelana nokubulala okuzayo kunye nomntu ophazamisileyo, owaphula intombi yokubala, kwaye umfundi usenokuba ulungile, inqaku kukuba ngale ndlela ilula, ngesimo ngaphandle kokucinga, ubanjiwe ukwenzeka.
Inqaku eliyimfihlakalo, amathontsi athile oyikiso kunye nomsebenzi olungileyo wepeni obonisa iinkangeleko zabalinganiswa kunye nezizathu ezinokubangela ububi ekukhanyeni okulufifi, ukuhombisa izigcawu ukuya kwindawo echanekileyo apho inkcazo incasa hayi umthwalo, into ebalulekileyo yenoveli eyilelwe ukugcina ubuqili.
Xa usuku lwepati yegadi lufika, isikhumbuzo esiqhelekileyo kwinqaba yaseNeville, ukufundwa kuqaliswa kuhambo oluxhalabileyo, efuna ukufikelela kuloo mzuzu apho ukuqikelela kungazaliseka okanye kungazalisekiswa, kufuna ukwazi izizathu ukubulala, ngelixa iseti yabalinganiswa izula ngokungummangaliso ngeli yelenqe, ngohlobo lobubi obukgwenxa.
Ungayithenga incwadi Ulwaphulo-mthetho lwe-Earl yaseNeville, inoveli yamva nje ngu Amélie Nothomb, Apha:
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