Ihlobo, i-parenthesis ebalulekileyo. Ngubani omnye okhumbula kancinci ukuba ihlobo kunye nothando lwakhe lokuqala ngaphezulu okanye ngaphantsi kuzaliseke, ngaphezulu okanye ngaphantsi yothando kodwa esoloko idealized. Ngamanye amaxesha kubonakala ngathi obunye ubomi bethu obunokwenzeka bulandele ezinye iindlela ngeenqwelomoya ezintsha zexeshana ukusuka kuloo nkqo yehlobo lobutsha obubonakala bungenasiphelo.
Ukuba kuyenzeka ukuba ufunda inoveli malunga nothando lokuqala ukusukela kwiminyaka yamashumi asibhozo edluleyo, ixesha apho wena ngokwakho udlule kobo bufikisa buzele zimvakalelo zothando ezingaphaya kwamandla kodwa obuye baphela ekukhanyeni kokudlula kwezo minyaka, uyavelana ngakumbi ngomlinganiswa onjengoMaeve Donnelly.
Kwimeko ye-protagonist yale noveli, ukuguquka kwakhe, ixesha apho uthando lwakhe lokuqala lunqunyanyiswa kwi-limbo yobutsha bakhe bokuqala, yonke into yenzeka ngokukrakra. Ngehlobo lowe-1988, uMaeve ukwazile ukwabelana noDaniel ngomzuzu omnandi, kubandakanya nokumanga. Kodwa phantsi kwesi sigqi sexesha lobutsha, i-Maeve enesibindi, ethanda ulwandle esele isebuntwaneni bakhe, ingena emanzini kwangelo xesha linye apho i-blacktip shark, ngokwemvelo ithanda amanzi angekho nzulu, idlula kwaye igqibe ngokuluma. yona.
Kulula ukuqonda ukuba ingozi icinyiwe okanye yasebenza njengendawo yokwahlukana kwebali lothando ekwenzeni. Kwaye okwangoku, uthando lukaMaeve ngolwandle lwakhula kuphela ngaphandle kwengxaki eyayinokubuphelisa ubomi bakhe.
Sele sinezicwangciso ezimbini zobomi bukaMaeve. Inokuba yintoni kwaye yintoni. Kwaye inkqubela phambili yobomi bukaMaeve ecaleni kwendlela yokuvalelisa kulutsha, ngokwemvelo, ngokulahlwa kothando lokuqala oluntywiliselwe emanzini olwandle nangona lwalumlindile njengesifundo sokufunda kwibhayoloji yaselwandle yexesha elizayo. Umbhali ke uveza isiphithiphithi esinomdla ... UMaeve ukhethe ukufunda ngakumbi malunga nokuba yintoni eyayiza kuphelisa ubomi bakhe ngelixa ebeka ecaleni olo thando olwaluphila nesehlo ngehlobo elinye. UMaeve wayefuna ukufunda ngakumbi ngeentlungu kunokunikezela eluthandweni.
Kodwa asiyonoveli ebuhlungu, ngokuchaseneyo noko. Ukubuyela kukaMaeve kwisiqithi sobutsha bakhe kumbeka phambi kokuwela imigca emibini yobomi ezotyiweyo. Kwaye kulapho sisonwabela ukuphikisana komntu, kunye nenqaku lokuhlekisa kunye nencasa yothando malunga noko kukho uthando oludibeneyo kunye noko kuviwa luthando olulahlekileyo.
UMaeve uzama ukusinda. Kwiminyaka emva kweso siganeko, ukubuyela kwakhe esiqithini kubangela ukuhlangana kwakhona noDaniel. Kodwa ecaleni kwakhe nguNicholas, isithandwa esifana naye solwandle nolwandle. Ixesha elidlulileyo, langoku kunye namathandabuzo ekamva elidibanisa nelinye okanye elinye ixesha. Kuba ekugqibeleni kukho ubomi obunye kuphela.
Ngoku ungathenga inoveli iHotele yeMuses, incwadi ka-Ann Kidd Taylor, Apha: