Ingcamango yantlandlolo, eqhutywa ngosiba olufanelekileyo, inokuguqula incwadi ibe lithamsanqa loncwadi, uhlobo lokumiselwa kwangaphambili ukunika umsebenzi omnandi, owonwabisayo, ozaliswe buburharha. Kodwa kwangaxeshanye, le ncwadi izaliswe ziimbono ezinomdla ngobomi, uthando kunye nazo zonke ezo zinto zincinci sijonge kubomi bethu bemihla ngemihla. UMarie-Sabine Roger, uyayifumana.
Nangona ngethamsanqa lelo lomdlali ophambili weli bali, uMortimer Di Funto. Umntu ogama lakhe liqikelelwa nakwigama lakhe elibi. UMortimer wayebhale kwimizila yakhe yofuzo ukuba uya kufa eneminyaka engama-36, njengabo bonke ookhokho bakhe.
Kumashumi amathathu namashumi amathathu namashumi eminyaka elindile, uMortimer Di Funto wenze okuncinci ngobomi bakhe. Ukulinda eso siphelo kuye kwanikelwa kuye, kungekho ntshukumisa yimbi. Akukho ntsapho, akukho thando lukhulu okanye iinkanuko.
Kwaye usuku lwakhe lokuzalwa luyafika, kwaye akukho nto yenzekayo, ngosuku olulandelayo uya kuthi qheke ukusa kungakhange kunqandwe ukufa kuye. Isiphelo sesiqalekiso? Ubomi bonke bumoshwe? Ngaba kukho isiqhulo esikhohlakele ngakumbi?
UMortimer, obone kuphela ubomi bakhe buhamba, ngequbuliso uzifumana enomzobo wobomi obukhululekile, kwaye kancinci kancinci unyanzelisa ukwenza into entle ngayo. Uphulukene nexesha elixabisekileyo angasokuze aphinde abuye, kodwa emazantsi entliziyo, ukususela kusuku emva kokuzalwa kwakhe kweminyaka engama-36, usenokuba uphila ngakumbi kunaye nabani na ongomnye. Ukuqala ubomi obutsha kuye kuba lixabiso elimphakamisayo ngaphezu kobunye ubomi obunobuvila, obuphantsi ngakumbi kwimihla ngemihla njengesiqhelo esibulalayo.
Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo, lo ngumsebenzi onedosi enkulu yoburharha kodwa unentsalela ebalulekileyo ekhoyo yamandla alungileyo. Ingcinga, edla ngokugqalwa, yokufunyanwa kwento ebaluleke ngokwenene isikhokelela kunye noMortimer kwindlela ebalulekileyo yokufumanisa kwakhona, ngaphandle kokuziphatha okanye ukufundiswa, okanye ukuzinceda, kuphela ngokuhlekisa, mhlawumbi kunye nothando, abambalwa bokwenyani. izinto esizishiyileyo.
Ungayithenga incwadi Damn usuku lokuzalwa, inoveli yamva nje kaMarie-Sabine Roger, apha: