Bahlala kukho ababhali abathi, ngelixa besaphila, ngokungaqondakaliyo, abagqibanga ukuthatha umtsi obafaneleyo kuyo yonke ibhibliyografi yabo ngaphaya kwemida yabo. Kwaye ngokuhamba kwexesha ezona meko zingaqhelekanga zenza wonke umsebenzi wakhe ufikelele ekusasazweni okukhulu.
Mhlawumbi ngumcimbi wobukhazikhazi bangoku be Noir yesiFrentshi kubabhali abafana UFranck thilliez o UBernard Minier. Ingongoma kukuba ezininzi iinoveli ngumbhali naye ongumFrentshi UFrédéric Dard, owafa sele efile ngowama-2000, kubonakala ngathi uye wavuka kwelo phupha linothuli eliqokelelwe ziincwadi. Okanye ubuncinane oko kunokwenzeka ekuhlanguleni le noveli "I-forklift."
Inyani yeyokuba sijongene nenoveli ye-claustrophobic apho imfuno yesisombululo, kwaye ke ngoko ingxwabangxwaba yokufunda, ibonakala ngathi yimpefumlo yomoya omtsha ophantse ubekho. Sifumanisa ngokukhawuleza ezo nkcukacha zilindele ibali njengemagnethi njengoko i-claustrophobic. U-Albert Herbin onelishwa uwela kumgibe ophambeneyo, njengalowo wesilwanyana esimangalisayo nesivalelweyo ekucingeni umthumbi waso.
Akukho nto ingcono kune-bait enhle kwisiphelo esinjalo. Ubusuku bangaphambi kweKrisimesi budlula kwaye u-Albert, osanda kubuyiselwa kubomi basekuhlaleni emva kokuba evalelwe entolongweni, ulangazelela ukudibana neqabane lomphefumlo elithomalalisa ubunzima bakhe obukhoyo kubomi obuhlala bujolise kukusilela. Kwaye yile ndlela ukudibanisa kunye naloo mfazi onesizungu kuveliswa njengomanyano lombane.
Le ncoko yakhawuleza yakhokelela aba bantu babini basemzini ukuba bacinge ukuba banokuncedisana ukuze batshonisa usizi. Kuphela kukuba engayivumi yonke into kwaye nje xa efika ekhaya, emenywe ngumhlobo wakhe omtsha, uAlbert uya kufumanisa ukuvuswa kwethuku lakhe kwingozi esondeleyo. Isizathu ngamanye amaxesha sinyanzelisa ukoyisa iimvakalelo zendalo zomngcipheko abantu abasakwazi ukuzigcina. Kwaye mhlawumbi uAlbert wayenokubaleka umgibe ...
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