Ukuba usandula ukuthetha nge «Yonke enye into yayikukuthula«, Inoveli yokuqala ngumbhali weendaba kunye nomlobi obalaseleyo u-Manuel de Lorenzo, ngoku lixesha lokujongana nencwadi entsha yoncwadi yenye intatheli ebalaseleyo: UManuel Jabois.
Kwaye inyani kukuba ukungqinelana kwezinto kuye kwandiswa ekusebenziseni ibali elinyanisekileyo nelivulekileyo. Uzibophile, ewe, kodwa ngokusuka kolona luvo lukhoyo lokuhambahamba ngokuchasene nokuphikisana kokuphila. Injongo elula yokujongana nezona nyaniso zizezobugqi kunye nobubi zihlala zibangela ubunzulu beemvakalelo phakathi kwaso nasiphi na isenzo.
Kwaye isenzo sikhona ngokuqinisekileyo. Soloko ujikeleze ubomi babantwana uTambu noElvis. Zibangqongile, izinto ezixakayo nezingaqhelekanga, ezivela kwingcinga ephuphumayo yobuntwana, zisebenza konke oko kulungelelaniswa phakathi kokukhathazeka kwabantwana okujolise kwinto entle yelizwe ukuyifumanisa kunye nobukrakra ilizwe elinokuthi lizame ukulungisa iintsuku zobuntwana njenge inkungu ekhanyayo.
Uye waphulukana notata wakhe ngeyona ndlela imbi kakhulu. Kwiminyaka elishumi ubudala, kunzima ukucinga ukuba ifuthe elinje linokungena njani kubomi bomntwana. Kodwa into esinokuyiqikelela kweli bali kukuba iparadesi yobuntwana iyaqhubeka nokubanga indawo yayo, inzima njengoko inokubonakala ngathi. Ukukhanyela sisigaba somntu xa ujongene nobubi. Kodwa kwimeko yobuntwana ukuba ukukhanyela yeyona mpendulo yendalo kwaye iyaqhubeka.
Kuphela, ukongeza, kukusilela kotata kumaxesha amaninzi uMntla ulahlekile. Kwaye yenzelwe ukufikelela kwiiparadesi ezintsha ezinyanzelisiweyo ukusukela oko kumiselwa kokuphela kobuntwana. Phakathi kukaTambu, udadewabo uRebe kunye no-Elvis, sasijongana nobudlelwane obabungasoloko kulula kusapho olungenasiphene emva kokuba ababini bokuqala beziinkedama. Kwaye siyayonwabela loo ngcamango yexesha lokuqala phantse kuyo yonke into, yokufumanisa kunye nokuqonda okungapheliyo kwamaxesha anendawo kuphela ebuntwaneni. Kuphela yinyani leyo iyahambelana, kunye nesiphelo sayo sokuzimisela ukubhala ikamva lamakhwenkwe.
Zininzi izinto ezifanekiselwa ngumbhali ebalini, mhlawumbi ngokunqwala kwixesha lakhe elidlulileyo. Kodwa xa indalo iphela ityhilwa ngokungafihlisi kweli bali, oko kufunyanwa ngokubanzi ngabantu malunga netyala, malunga noloyiko, malunga nombono wobuthathaka kunye nendlela ekukuphela kwayo yokujonga phambili ekusindeni thina siyafikelelwa.
Ungayithenga incwadi iMalaherba, inoveli yokuqala kaManuel Jabois, apha: