Ekukhanyeni kwezibonakaliso zokuqala, nini UPierre-Marie, umbhali odumileyo, ufumana iphakheji evela kumfundi ogama linguAdeline Parmelan, unokucinga ukuba uye wadibana no-Annie Wilkes wakhe Stephen King).
Nangona kunjalo, umbhali wale noveli ufumana inkxaso ekhethekileyo kakhulu ku-Adeline aqala ukutshintshiselana ngee-imeyile rhoqo. De ukudibana naye kube yinto efunekayo rhoqo kwintlalontle yakhe kwaye ikhuthaze ubuchule bakhe bokuyila kunye namandla.
Indlela uAdeline amthanda ngayo uPierre-Marie inceda umbhali azive kamnandi ngaye. Kuyo umbhali ufumana iqabane lomphefumlo anokuthi anyaniseke kulo kwaye abe nexesha elimnandi. Kodwa wena njengomfundi uva enye into. Kukho into enokuthi ilahlekile kuPierre-Marie omdala olungileyo.
Mhlawumbi baninzi oo-Annie Wilkes abalindele ithuba labo lokwenza umbhali abafunde kakhulu ukuba abe ngowabo...
Inoveli eyakhayo enamadosi amakhulu okuhlekisayo malunga nobugcisa bokubhala kunye nonxibelelwano oluthile nolusondeleleneyo nabafundi kwinqanaba loonobumba. Kwaye malunga nobudenge kunye nokuphazamiseka okunokuthi kwenzeke xa umbhali kunye nomfundi othembekileyo bezifumana bekwinqwelo-moya enye. Kuba umfundi wazi lukhulu ngombhali ngamazwi akhe abhaliweyo. Kodwa yintoni uPierre-Marie angayazi ngoAdeline.
Uburharha kunye nokubamba imfihlakalo yokufunda ngokukhawuleza, okuyonwabisayo kunye nokumangalisayo jikelele.
Ngoku ungathenga ubuxoki kum, Ndiyakukholelwa, inoveli yamva nje ka-Anne-Laure Bondoux kunye noJean-Claude Mourlevat, Apha: