Utshintsho ego Benjamín Prado (okanye umbhalo okhutshelweyo osayine amanye amanqaku akhe) uJuan Urbano, uyaqhubeka nobomi bakhe obutsha bentsomi epheleleyo. Ukuze ube ngumlinganiswa obalulekileyo kwiinoveli zanamhlanje.
Ityala elitsha likaJuan Urbano kwiintsuku zokugqibela zeRiphabhlikhi yesibini.
"Ndifuna umkhangele, umfumane, ufumane ibali lakhe, undixelele, emva koko ulibale ngayo."
Ngo-1936, iimbaleki ezintathu zaseSpain zaya kwiiOlimpiki zaseBusika ezazibanjelwe kwiJamani yamaNazi. Abathandi abathathu abancinci be-skiing kunye nohambo lokuya ezintabeni, ababefunda eyunivesithi kwaye bephila ngokuthanda iMadrid yeRiphabhlikhi yesibini. Xa umhlaba wabo wanyamalayo, amagama abo acinywa, ngenxa yezizathu zokuziphatha okanye zokuziphatha. Akukho kwanto iviweyo komnye wabo. Abaphili okanye bafe.
Kwaye nguJuan Urbano owathi, kwiminyaka emininzi kamva, unyana waloo mfazi wanyamalala uthembisa ukusombulula ityala. Uphando lwakhe luveza imbali entsonkothileyo yezihlazo zonyango, izibhedlele zabagula ngengqondo zajika zaba ziintolongo zaza zasebenzisa amabali ngobomi eSpain yeResidence for Young Ladies kunye neZiko-leSikolo, ababhali bemidlalo yeqonga nabahlekisi Izagwityi. Ngayo, iyelenqe lamapolisa elikhobokisayo liyatyhilwa, ngamanye amaxesha loloyiko, olukhokelela kwisiphelo esingathethekiyo.
KuJuan Urbano, ukongeza, olunye uvuko lwenzeka, xa umfazi owaphukileyo intliziyo yakhe ebuyela ebomini bakhe kwaye ngoku kubonakala ngathi ukulungele ukumonwabisa. Kodwa siyazi ukuba yonke into ithathwa ngusathana.
Ngoku ungathenga inoveli ethi «Yonke into ilayishwe ngusathana», ngo Benjamín Prado, Apha: