Kusoloko kusithiwa akukho nto imbi njengokuziva ulilolo xa ungqongwe ngabantu. Olo hlobo lokuncoma ubomi babanye, oluzaliswe yimvakalelo epheleleyo yokunqongophala okanye ukungabikho, lunokuba ludaba olubi.
Kodwa kwakhona kuthiwa inkcazo ye-melancholy yile: ulonwabo lokuba lusizi. Le nkcazelo ingenye ngokwayo sele ibonelela ngobungakanani obahlukileyo kubulolo. Ubuchule bubonwa ukuba wedwa, imvakalelo enyulu ibonakaliswe kwaye iyabonwa, ngokwahlukileyo, ukuba ngamanye amaxesha wemka onwabile, onwabile ngokupheleleyo.
Le ncwadi imalunga nobuchule obuvela kwi-nostalgia obuqokelelwe kwiiyure zokuba wedwa. Inqaku elithile lomlingo lidlulela phakathi kwala maphepha achaza ukudabuka kodwa kunye nokuthanda iimvakalelo kunye nomzimba, osijongene nenyaniso yokugqibela kodwa esenza ukuba sonwabele iinyaniso ezincinci ezihlala nathi. Kwaye le ncwadi ethi The Lonely City isifundisa ubulolo bokudala babalinganiswa ababelana, ukusuka kwelona qula linzulu lomphefumlo womntu, iingceba zobukho bomntu ngokubanzi.
Ukuphila kuninzi malunga naloo nto, malunga nokuqaphela ukoyiswa okubalulekileyo kwinyathelo ngalinye elithathiweyo, malunga nokujongana nezandla ezikubambayo ngenye imini ziya kushiya, malunga nokufuna ukupeyinta okanye ukubhala imbono yakho yehlabathi ukuze uchaze indlela obona ngayo ukuba nesithukuthezi. silindele sonke.
Kwaye ekugqibeleni eli bali libalulekile, kuba xa eyedwa umntu ufumana iidosi ezinkulu zokukhanyela ukugatya izinto ezenziweyo kunye nezinto eziphathekayo kwaye ahlale kunye nokomoya kunye nokungabonakaliyo. Ngenxa yokuba ekugqibeleni, xa sonke siphunyuka kwimizuzu yethu yokugqibela yobulolo, sinokunandipha inkumbulo engacacanga ephela kwindawo yokugqibela yokukhanya ebonwa ngamehlo ethu.
Ungayithenga incwadi Isixeko esisedwa, inoveli yamva nje ngu UOlivia Laing, Apha: