Ubomi bukaHans Schnier bume kumfundi. Ngaphandle kokuzilolonga okwakhe, okwangoku kuye kwanyamalala UHeinrich Böll isinika umbono wobomi obuvalelweyo balo mntu ukhethekileyo uHans Schnier.
Inyani yile yokuba into yokuba siyeke ukucinga malunga nento esiyihambileyo kunye noko kusafuneka sihambile kunqabile ukuba ibe sisalathiso esihle. IVital inertia ihlala isisigqibo esifanelekileyo njengoko sizama ukubeka imicimbi yethu yokuhamba ngendlela.
UHans udibana neprofayili engaphumelelanga. Usebenza kancinci kancinci njengomdlali weqonga, uMarie, umfazi owayekhe wamthanda sele ethanda omnye kwaye imali izimisele ukubaleka kwikhaya elingamabhodlo.
Apho sinoHans, ebambelele kumnxeba wasendlini yakhe, ekhangela umntu oza kumfowunela. Umhlaba awuyiyo inkqubela phambili entle. SiseBonn kwixesha lasemva kwemfazwe, emva kokuphuma kwesibini kweYurophu kunye nokuwa kobukhosi bamaNazi. Phakathi kwesiphelo sakhe esibonakala ngathi siya sisiba mandundu ngakumbi ngoku, kunye nesiphelo seJamani esizifunela phakathi kwenkunkuma nothuli lokuziphatha okubi kunye nezopolitiko, inyani kukuba uHans akazi kakuhle apho hamba.
Ke ngalo mzuzu akushukumi. Qhubeka ubiza kwaye ufowunela abafowunelwa, ujonge umkhondo kaMarie, usazi ukuba ayinamsebenzi, akukho nto inokubuyiselwa kunye kuba mhlawumbi ayizange iqanjwe. Uthando inokuba sisisitena awayehombise ngaso ngobusuku bakhe obuncinci bozuko. Kodwa uHans kufuneka afumane ithemba ukuze angawi.
Ukuhamba ngobuhlungu obukhoyo obubopha uHans kubomi obucothayo, obunzima, bokufa. Umlingo wale noveli linqanaba lokuqonda kumntu ohleli emnxebeni. Iinkumbulo zakhe zisishukumisela kwimovie yobomi bakhe ukubonisa amaxesha awayonwabe ngawo. Ngokuphindaphindiweyo siyicinga ukuba le ndoda incitshisiwe yaba yingqushu kwaye yahlasela umbono wayo wokubhabha ngaphezulu kobukho bayo kwakhona. Uhambo oluya embindini kaHans olugqibela ngokuba yimbali yeYurophu yexesha lakhe, ehamba eJamani yasebukhosini kunye nobukhosi obatshatyalaliswayo.
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