I-Fiction inokubhalwa malunga neyona miba inzima yomphefumlo, malunga nazo zonke ezo ziphikiso eziqulethwe kubukho bethu, malunga netyala kunye nokuzisola, malunga nemvakalelo yokoyiswa malunga nexesha elihambayo. Kodwa kufuneka ukwazi ukwenza njani.
Inyaniso kukuba, kule meko, uhlobo lwebali lunceda kakhulu ukunciphisa umthwalo ogqithisayo walo mbandela. Iibrushstrokes zebali elifutshane ziyakwazi ukusasaza ngaphezu kweyona nkcazelo inkulu yomsebenzi obanzi. Kodwa kufuneka ukwazi ukwenza njani
UDenis Johnson uyayazi indlela yokwenza. Kwaye le ncwadi inika umzekelo omhle woku.
Kumabali amahlanu enza le ncwadi sihlalutya kwiiprojekthi zobomi ezahlukeneyo, kodwa zihlala ziphuphuma iimvakalelo ezinzulu ezisondela ekupheleni. Abalinganiswa abajongana nento abayiyo ngoncumo olugqunyiweyo bejongene nentlekele, kunye ne-melancholy iguqulelwe kulonwabo olupheleleyo lokuba lusizi. Kaloku abanalo olunye ukhetho.
Kuba abalinganiswa abahlanu kuhlala kukho ukukhanya kobuhle obupheleleyo ebomini. Ngokukodwa kwi-nigma yayo yokugqibela. Kungenjalo abona bahle baya kuntywiliselwa kubumnyama obulusizi besizathu esibenze bajongana noloyiko lwabo okanye baqokelele amanxeba amadala; okanye loo nto ibalatha enzonzobileni yokulambatha kobomi obudliwe, xa lonke ixesha eladlulayo lalibhengeza unaphakade welo xesha njengesiqubulo sobuxoki esibonwa kumhla wemihla yabo yokugqibela...
Emva kokuthanda kakhulu okanye ukucaphukela ngaphandle kokulungiswa okunokwenzeka; Emva kwempumelelo enkulu okanye iimpazamo ezimbi kakhulu, aba balinganiswa abakhathaleli into eyenzeka kwiimeko zabo, kuba i-nostalgia iyafana. Kwaye kufuneka batyhile i-farce kwaye bahleke ubutyhakala beqhinga lexesha eliphelisa naluphi na uloyiso okanye lingcwabe nayiphi na impazamo enokwenzeka.
Ukufa kumngqonga umbhali ngelixa ezinikele kula mabali. Isenzo soncwadi lwangabom njengendlela yokuvalelisa. Abalinganiswa abahlanu abanokuba mnye kuphela. Kuba ekugqibeleni siphila ubomi obuninzi, iimeko ezahlukeneyo, iimeko ezahlukeneyo kwaye kufuneka sithethe kakuhle kuyo yonke le nto.
Ngoku ungathenga incwadi ethi The Mermaid's Favour, nguDenis Johnson, Apha. Ngesaphulelo esincinci sokufikelela kule bhlog, ehlala ixabiswa: