Umlinganiswa ophambili kule noveli, Toni, wayengumfundi okhutheleyo woluhlu lwee Iincwadi «Ezihlanu«. Phakathi kobumsulwa kunye nohlaziyo lokuba ukufunda (kwaye kusekho) kuloo minyaka yobuntwana, ukufunda nayiphi na incwadi kuhlala iba luphawu, ibhukumaka eyenziwe kubomi bethu.
Xa ufumana kwakhona incwadi yesihlanu kubonakala ngathi ibhukmakhi yobomi bakho isekhona, kumnxeba weqweqwe lawo eligcwele isenzo kunye nokuzonwabisa. Njengoko umbhali ngokwakhe ebonisa, ukufundwa kolutsha kuphinda kufunyanwe phantsi komgaqo ohluke kakhulu ekukhuleni, ukuveza ukungafani okungafumanekiyo ngelo xesha, imiba engasoloko inethamsanqa. Kodwa into ebalulekileyo kukuba unxibelelwano kunye nelinye ixesha, eliye lidibanise nelinye iprism yobomi.
Kwimpawu esele ikhulile, ophinda abuke la mathuba okufikisa ngokuchaneka kombhali ogqithile kubuqaqawuli beencwadi "Ezintlanu", omnye uqikelela ukuba inqaku lobomi, umnqweno wakhe wokuphinda ahlaziyeke .
Okokuqala, UToni angathanda ukufumana kwakhona inkuthazo. Kwaye kunye nenkuthazo yokubhala iinoveli zakhe ezibalaseleyo kunye nokufundisa abafundi bakhe, beqinisekile ngawo onke amaxesha ngento ayithumelayo. Ingxaki kaToni yeyokuba konke ukufundwa kwamaxesha amahlanu ahamba notshintsho lwaseSpain oluthembise ukumguqula yena kunye namaqabane akhe kwisizukulwana ukuba babe yinto abangazange babe yiyo.
Ayisiyo malunga nostalgia okanye melancholy, imalunga nokuba, mhlawumbi le nto sonke eso sizukulwana sabafundi babaThe Hlanu babefuna ukuba yiyo yayingeyiyo eyokudala. Ngenxa yoko, uToni ubuya azokukhangela indawo yakhe yamabali, nangona inyani yakhe inokwenziwa ibe ziimpungutye ezimbalwa.
Ngoku ungathenga isihlanu kunye nam, inoveli yamva nje ka-Antonio Orejudo, apha:
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