Kude kube kutshanje, thetha malunga UAndrea Camilleri yayiza kuthetha ngayo UMkomishinala Montalbano. Kude kube, kwiminyaka engama-92 ubudala, uCamilleri omdala olungileyo uthathe isigqibo sokujika abhale inoveli eyimbali kunye neyesifazana ...
Kuba umfanekiso ka-Eleonora (okanye uLeonor de Moura y Aragón) kwisixeko se-Palermo senkulungwane ye-XNUMX, umi njengobuntu obuzimisele ukugxotha ububi obudala, amasiko ayintlekele nazo zonke iintlobo zokuzibaxa izinto evunyelwe ngumyeni wakhe. Isixeko ngaphandle komthetho.
Ngaphandle kokuba bonke abo baxhamlayo kwisiphithiphithi, ezo mafia zentsusa ezaziza kusasazeka kangangeenkulungwane kwihlabathi liphela, zazinabafazi ekuthiwa kulula. Ukuba ukuba ngumfazi kwakungekho lula ngoko, ukuzama ukufumana amandla nokuba okwexeshana kwaba yinto engenakwenzeka.
Iinkolelo ezindala zabafazi njengezixhobo zikamtyholi eziziswe kwinkolo yobuKrestu ngoEva we-damn kunye neapile yakhe, zihlala zisebenza ukuphakamisa abantu phambi komfazi.
Iinyani yile nto ziyiyo. Uphuculo kwisixeko sasePalermo kuwo onke amanqanaba lubaluleke kakhulu. Kodwa nangona amandla kucingelwa ukuba ngu-Eleonora, uninzi lwabo bamngqongileyo baya kumenzela iyelenqe. Ukuxhaswa kakhulu kunye namatyala angekahlawulwa.
Kuhleli ukuba kubonwe ukuba abahlali basePalermo bayazikholelwa zonke izityholo zobumnyama eziwela kuLeonor okanye ukuba bayakuxabisa ngokwenene ukuphuculwa kobomi babo ekubeni ebekhona.
Inoveli malunga nokuhamba okumnyama kwesixeko sasePalermo esiya kuthi ekugqibeleni sibe yindawo yokuzalwa kwe-mafia yaseSicilia kamva. Iintsuku zika-Eleonora zinokutshintsha yonke into. Umzabalazo phakathi kokuziphatha okubi kunye nokungekho mthethweni kunye nokuchanekileyo, ukukwazi ukukhohlisa yonke into ngokuchukumisa iinkozo zabantu abangafundanga. Iinkqubo ezindala zokuseka uloyiko kunye nobuxoki obusaqhubeka nanamhlanje ... kwaye hayi ePalermo kuphela.
Ungayithenga inoveli ngoku Uguquko lwenyanga, Incwadi yamva nje ka-Andrea Camilleri, nantsi: