Ngeli nqaku le-androgyny yoncwadi, ukungahambelani kwamanye amagama kuyasebenza Amélie Nothomb ukuseka ubukho obukhoyo obuhonjiswe ngoluhlobo luyimbali apho lo mbhali ahamba kamnandi kangaka.
Kwaye ke sijonge uthando lukaClaude kunye noDomininique kunye nesiqhamo sentombazana esingazukufumana kuyise umntu lowo wonke umntu athi ngabazali.
Kungenxa yokuba uClaude uziva enyanzeliswa zezinye iimfuno ezingaphezulu kobuncinane bobuzali, kuphela sisiphumo esingamkelekanga kwinjongo yakhe yokuzala. Indoda, kuye, ithwala ilifa lokwandisa iintlobo, zokwandisa umsebenzi. Kwaye akanakuchitha ixesha kwi-minutiae njengokusikwa kwabazali.
U-Epicène, intombazana, ikhula kunye nokusilela kwakhe ekunzima ukuyoyisa, ivelisa iintlungu zangaphakathi kunye nolusu ngaphandle. Kwaye konke okumshukumisayo ngumbono wokuziphindezela ngehlabathi, wenzondo engagxiliwanga.
Ukungabikho kuhlala kukho ukuzisola ngakumbi kunokuba uthando luhlala kwabo bahlala. Ikamva lomntu, lokuxabisa ngakumbi ukulahleka, ukungabikho, ukuhluthwa. Ke kwinqanaba lokuncwina kwe-ìpìcene siyakufumanisa umntu othe swii yiloo ntlekele yezinto ezingenakwenzeka.
Inqaku yayikukuyinika olona loyilo lweyona nto intle, loo mzekeliso kunye neempawu ezigqithileyo zeesimboli. Kwaye uNothomb ufumana indlela yokutshatisa intelekelelo kunye nenyani, kuloo nto ingaqhelekanga kwaye kwangaxeshanye inomdla othomalalisayo ukuba nanamhlanje usinika ukufundwa ngewaka lamavumba.
UNothomb uphonononga ngobukrelekrele bakhe obuqhelekileyo ubudlelwane obunobuzaza phakathi komntwana nomntwana kunye nengqumbo yothando olungafunekiyo. Kwaye wenza njalo ngokwakha uhlobo lwentsomi egwenxa, intsomi ekhohlakeleyo, ebaliswa ngokufutshane, ngokuchanekileyo nangokunyanzelwa.
Ngoku ungathenga inoveli ethi «The Epicene Names», ngo Amélie Nothomb, Apha: