Ukusukela oko uDon Quixote, iinoveli ezimalunga nabalinganiswa be-quirky abathatha uhambo lokwenyani kunye nolunye uhambiso olufanayo lobuntu babo kunye nendlela yabo ekhethekileyo yokubona umhlaba, ziye zaphakanyiswa njengengxoxo elungileyo ekunokwandiswa kuyo kwisiqwenga.
Kwimeko yakhe ncwadi Ubomi babo bonke uhambo lwenziwa nguAmbrose, uMonelle, noSamuel. Umdibaniso wobuntu ngumazibuthe. U-Ambrose njengomqholi omncinci ozinikele kumsebenzi wakhe wokubeka izithambiso kwabo bazakushiya eli hlabathi; UMonelle, ibhinqa elinomdla neliguqula umsebenzi walo kunye nabantu abadala ukuba bazinikele; USamuel, umJuda omdala okhawulezisa iintsuku zakhe zokugqibela emqolo kwisifo esinganyangekiyo.
Inqaku yile, uSamuel uyaqonda ukuba ixesha lakhe liphelile. Xa wayesemncinci, uSamuel wasinda kwinkampu yokufa yamaNazi, kwaye umbono wokufa sele uyinto yakudala eyayixatyisiwe ukusuka kwezo ntsuku zingwevu. Isigqibo sakhe sokufumana umntu amkhokelele ekufeni kwakhe siqinile, kwaye siyanyanzelisa, njengoko iphela irhuqa u-Ambrose noMonelle kuleyauthanasia inqwenelekayo.
ISwitzerland, njengelinye lawona mazwe ahambele phambili malunga nokufa okuncedisiweyo, iba lijolise kwaba bantu bathathu. Kodwa ke, olo hambo luphela luba yi-leitmotif yokwazisa abalinganiswa ngokunzulu. Uhambo olwenziwe ngendlela ephucukileyo kwaye egcina ithoni yamahlaya engenakuphikwa, isibonelelo esiqhelekileyo sokusondela kumbono wokufa ngoncumo oluqinisekileyo.
Kodwa mhlawumbi uSamuweli akasondelanga ekufeni. Okanye mhlawumbi kukuba ukufa kuphelela ekuphulukaneni nokubona kwakhe kwindlela yexeshana, enesiphithiphithi. Okanye ukukhathazeka kukaSamuweli kunye namaqabane akhe abalulekileyo kunokujika kube kukuhlehliswa ...
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