Ngesinye isihlandlo ndazama ukubhala icandelo lesibini loMfanekiso kaDorian Grey, ngo Oscar Wilde. Mhlawumbi ngenye imini ndiza kulayisha iziphumo kule bhlog. Ewe kunjalo, ukuthozama kundibekela umda ngokwaneleyo xa ujongana nobuhle bomsebenzi ...
Kwimeko UJohn banvilleIngqondi ebingcwalisiwe ekwaziyo ukufumana amabali aza kuyipapasha phantsi kwegama lakhe okanye phantsi kwegama elinguBenjamin Black, ukhuthaze uNkosk. Osmond ukuba enze uhlaziyo oluhlaziyiweyo lwe "Portrait of a Lady", inoveli enkulu UHenry James.
Kwaye ewe, kwimeko yakhe isiphumo, inokuba kungenjalo ngenye indlela, siyanelisa ngokupheleleyo. UIsabel Osmond nguIsabel Archer ofundwayo kwaye waguqulwa yingqondi yaseIreland.
Ukudibana phakathi kwaba babini baphambili kuyaphawuleka ngasemva, ngokweemeko abajamelana nazo, olo hlobo lokulahlwa, nangona kukho ubukrakra obunokuvusa nakusiphi na isibini esaziyo ukuba sithathelwe indawo sisesililini ngumthandi osemsebenzini.
Ukusuka eRoma ukuya eLondon, u-Isabel Osmond ubeka uhambo ukuya kumzuzu ngaphambi kokukhohliswa nguGilbert Osmond. Ukufumana kwakhona ulutsha kunokuthetha ukuba baqale i-melancholy yezinto ezingenakwenzeka kwimvakalelo yokuphinda ibonakale ihlekisa ngokwenzeka kwayo.
Ngeli xesha, imvakalelo yempindezelo eyimfuneko ikwakhona phakathi konxunguphalo kunye nolunye ulonwabo olufunyenwe kwinkululeko ebimiselwe ekuqaleni kwaye ekugqibeleni yoyisiwe ngeyona njongo ilungileyo.
Xa u-Isabel enyanzelekile ukuba abuyele e-Roma, uGilbert uya kuqhubeka nokumlinda ngokulula komntu owenza isiliphu esilungiswe ngokulula. Kulapho ke siza kufumanisa ukuba xa ebalekela eLondon u-Isabel ukwazile ukuzibuyisa, wafumana amandla okunyanzelisa ixabiso lakhe, ephaphazela phezu kwayo yonke into emelwe nguGilbert: ukungathembeki, ukungaziphathi kakuhle kunye nokungakhathalelwa okupheleleyo kwawo nawuphina umntu obhinqileyo.
Ungayithenga ngoku inoveli uNksk Osmond, incwadi entsha kaJohn Banville, apha: