Awunakutsho Ixesha lam elidlulileyo elimnyama, icandelo lesibini le Njengamanzi eTshokholethiYiba yinoveli engxamisekileyo, isiqhamo sempumelelo yenoveli yangaphambili. Phantse iminyaka engama-20 yahlula zombini izindululo zokubaliswa. Uqhubekeko oluxubileyo kule minyaka idlulileyo, ukutolikwa kwakhona kweyona midlalo ibaluleke kakhulu ukusuka ekuzoliseni kombhali ULaura Esquivel.
Ngapha koko, le noveli ivulekile ngakumbi. Iyaqhubeka inendawo yokubanga kwabasetyhini, kodwa kwangaxeshanye iyaphumelela ekugxekweni kwezentlalo, kuloo mntu uzimeleyo okhuthaza kuphela umfanekiso, ukubonakala, ilizwe elingenancumo leplastiki.
Into ecacileyo kukuba inqaku eliqhelekileyo phakathi kwala mabali mabini luthando. Kwilizwe elibhekise ekuziphatheni nasekuziphatheni ngokweemvakalelo, luthando kuphela olunokuba ngumtya, nangona ludlula nje, nokuba lunjani. Thanda ukuba into iya kuhlala. Ukuba awufuni ukuba yenye yezo zithunzi ezihambahamba kweli hlabathi, ithemba lakho kuphela kukukwazi ukuthanda. Zinike isizathu, njengoko kusenzeka kule noveli.
Isinopsis: Ixesha lam elidlulileyo elimnyama ukuqhubeka kwe Njengamanzi eTshokholethi, Kukhusela inkululeko yabasetyhini, kunye neyona ndlela iphambili yokulwa nobubi bemihla yethu: ukuncothula, ukutyeba kakhulu kunye nokuthenga okungenanto. UMaría, olikhoboka lokutya, unengxaki yokuphela komtshato wakhe ngokungekho sikweni.
U-Undone, ufumana idayari kaTita kuLucía, umakhulu wakhe ekudala engekho. Njengoko ungena kuyo, uya kufumanisa iimfihlo zentsapho ezingalindelekanga, ukukwazi komoya womntu ukubhabha phezulu ngenxa yealchemy eguqula izinto zendalo zibe kukutya kunye nemvakalelo yokuba yeyakho. Ilizwi likaMaría, eliphuma kumnombo omnye wamagorha njengabafazi baseDe la Garza, liza kuqhubeka nokuluka isaga sosapho.
Umlinganiswa ophambili kufuneka oyise imingxunya yeefilial, ngelixa ezifumana ethembile kuye. Le nkqubo iya kumkhokelela ekudaleni unxibelelwano olungenakuqhekeka noTita kunye nazo zonke izinyanya, ngaloo ndlela kufezekiswa uxolelaniso lomzimba nengqondo. Ukuzalwa ngokutsha ebomini.
Kodwa eyona ngxaki inzima iya kuba xa uMaria esiva kwakhona ezona mvakalelo zinzulu: uthando. Ixesha lam elidlulileyo elimnyama Incwadana engayi kushiya nabani na ongenamdla, i-epic yezizukulwana ezininzi zabasetyhini abakhululekileyo nabanomdla abasifundisa ukunqoba ubunzima.
Ungayithenga ngoku inoveli yam Omnyama Omnyama, incwadi entsha kaLaura Esquivel, apha: