Xa uShari Lapena wagaleleka kwimarike yoncwadi, kwiminyaka nje embalwa edlulileyo, saziswa kumbhali ngesitampu sakhe semidlalo yovuyo lwasekhaya, embindini wecinematographic yefestile yangasemva Alfred Hitchcock, Kwaye ndichukumisa nokufunda uxinzelelo lweenoveli ezinkulu ezinje ngeNkxwaleko kunye nokuKhanya, kwe Stephen King.
Imalunga nokujonga ukungalingani kwindawo yentuthuzelo, ukuyila kwakhona ezo meko zeentsingiselo ezinje ngendlu kunye nokhuseleko, ukuzivula kwiingcinga ezishukumisa iziseko zolwazi lwethu. Kungenxa yokuba ukuba kuyaziwa, ukuba abantu abavela kwizangqa zethu zangaphakathi bazibonisa kuthi njengabasemzini esingazi yonke into, ukuthandabuza kuqinisekisiwe.
Akumangalisi ke ukuba inoveli Esi sibini singumakhelwane, apho uLapena wayehamba esuka eCanada esiya kwihlabathi liphela, wafikelela kwilebhile yethamsanqa lasekhaya apho izithunzi zokukrokra ngequbuliso zisongamela ilizwe elakhelwe ngenxa yokuzithoba kwabo baphambili. Abalinganiswa abafuna ukubaleka iipateni zabo eziqhelekileyo ukuze bajonge kwinyani engalunganga eye yazinzisa yonke into.
Kutshanje ndiye ndafunda malunga nokukhulelwa kwekhaya, malunga nento umntu ngamnye ayithatha njengekhaya lethu, ukusuka ekoyisweni okungumfuziselo webrashi yamazinyo kwigumbi lokuhlambela ukuya kulwakhiwo lwekhaya elijikeleze usapho.
Kukho abo benza ihotele nganye ibe likhaya labo, ngenxa yezinyanzelo zomsebenzi okanye ngazo naziphi na ezinye iimeko. Yinto yokuba ihotele ekugqibeleni ihlala abantu abangabaziyo abelana ngobomi kunye ezindleleni okanye kwindawo yokutya isidlo sakusasa.
Ihotele yaseMitchell's Inn yile ndawo ye-bucolic kude nesihlwele esihlanyayo apho undwendwe ngalunye olutsha luza kupholisa amanxeba okanye ukubiza iibhetri, ukuzifumanela yena okanye umntu ongafanelekanga ukuba abe sempilweni yakhe. Ikhaya lethutyana lezazela ezingazinzanga ...
Ukubalisa ibali elithandabuzekayo kwindawo engqongileyo yehotele kufuneka kuvuse Agatha Christie. Ngokuqinisekileyo le ncwadana inika isityalo esidibanisa nombhali omkhulu.
Kwaye emva koko kuphakama umbuzo wokuba ingaba uLapena uza kuwufikelela na umsebenzi ... Isaqhwithi sifika kuloo ndawo kunye ne-telluric noséqué kunye nezinto esele zivuse olona lumkiso lwethu lukhulu. Ihotele iphelelwa ngumbane kwaye ubumnyama buba liqabane elifanelekileyo kwelo cala limnyama labanye beendwendwe abathi, bakuba beze apho ukucoca izono, ukufumana ukuphumla okanye ukwenza inkohliso yomtshato, banokuzifumana betyhalelwa kwezona mvakalelo zakhe zimnyama okanye fumana indawo efanelekileyo yokuphindezela.
Ibali elithi, nangona liyinxalenye yengxoxo esele ikhangelwe, liyakwazi ukusigcina sibotshelelwe kwisiqwenga somxholo.
Ungayithenga ngoku inoveli Undwendwe olungalindelekanga, incwadi entsha kaShari Lapena, apha: