Ibali lahlulahlulwe laziziqwenga eziliwaka. Abo babalinganiswa bagqobhoze umphefumlo womfundi ngoshicilelo lwabo oluthile, ngokuhamba kwabo kwihlabathi ngexesha apho ubomi babo buthatha iindlela zokugqibela, imiba ekrakra, ukubamba komkhenkce okanye bathi umda wokuphelelwa lithemba.
Eyona nto iphawuleka kakhulu ngalo msebenzi kukukwazi ukusifaka amabali akhawulezayo, angacaciswanga kakuhle, kodwa mhlawumbi ngenxa yeso sizathu sivale ngomlingo. Ukubonakaliswa komlinganiswa ngumzuzu wokungathathi hlangothi komlingo apho ukulinganisa kuba lula. Umbhali uColum McCan uyayazi indlela yokuthatha ithuba lo mzobo wemiphefumlo ukusenza sizive ngaphakathi kwikamva labo, iiprofayili zabo zokuqala zeemvakalelo, iminqweno yabo enzulu ngaphandle kokuzithethelela kuphuhliso olukhulu okanye kwizicwangciso zangaphambili.
Uhlobo lokufunda ekrwada, indlela eya kwiiprotagonists ezahlukeneyo zale mosaic yobomi ngendlela enobundlobongela nethe ngqo, njengezinto eziyinyani zamehlo ethu okufunda kwiingcinga zabo basimemayo ukuba siphile.
Ekuphela kwento ekufuneka siyazi ngabo kukuba banento abanokuyixela, nokuba abayivezi ngokupheleleyo. Kwaye mhlawumbi ngokuhamba kwexesha kunye nophuhliso olungakumbi sinokufikelela kwelo nqanaba lobunzulu esiliqhelileyo xa sifunda nayiphi na inoveli. Kodwa uColum akazange akuthathele ingqalelo oko kuyimfuneko, kutheni uchaza ukuba bayintoni na ukuba sele sinokunyamekela ukubenza abalinganiswa esikholelwa ukuba bangabo?
Incwadi enika umdla enokwabelana ngayo kwiklabhu yokufunda. Isimemo kwifantasy yokucinga, isigwebo kunye nokuphunyezwa kweenjongo ukuze aba balinganiswa bahambe njengoko behamba kwaye kwenzeka ntoni kubo.
Uncwadi olucebisayo nolucebisayo lwamkelekile, isimemo sombhali sokuzalisa imiboniso ngomphefumlo wabalinganiswa abakhelwe ukuba baphile ngokwahlukileyo komnye wabo baqala ukubopha igama emva kwelinye.
Ungayithenga incwadi Iindlela ezilishumi elinesithathu zokujonga, inoveli entsha ngu UColum McCann, Apha: