Amabali akrokrisayo okanye amabali eemfihlakalo ngokuthe ngcembe abhenca inyani eboniswa kuqala njengeyona nto yahluke kwaphela kwinto ekuyiyo ekugqibeleni. Imalunga nokukrwela i-tinsel ukufikelela kwiindawo ezintsha apho kuhlala khona iindlela ezimnyama. UJerónimo Tristante unikezela kwisizathu sokuhluthwa kwabalinganiswa kunye neemeko kwindawo yentlalontle eyenziweyo mihla le. Asinguye wonke umntu owonwabileyo kwindawo ye-elitist esiboniswa nayo (nakuphi na ukufana ne-Altorreal, eMurcia yinto eyenzekileyo), kwaye uthando aluyonyani njengoko lufuna ukubonakala.
Umahluko ocekeceke (nantsi ubudlelwane obunomdla obunomdla kunye nezinto ezahlukeneyo amanqaku ngokwahluka), phawula umda phakathi kwenyani yokugqibela kunye nenyani efunekayo. Ngamanye amagama, ukubonakala njengendlela yokuphila kwimeko yentlalo apho ukhoyo njengakho.
Abalinganiswa abanyanzelwe ukuba babonise ukubonwa kwezinto ezibonakalayo ukuya kwezona mvakalelo zinzulu. Kuphela, sele kwaziwa ukuba awunakufihla imfihlo enkulu ngonaphakade, ngendlela efanayo awunakuyeka ukucinga ngendlovu epinki wakucelwa ukuba ucinge ngendlovu epinki.
Uthini malunga noJerónimo Tristante kunye namabali malunga nemeko evaliweyo sele sele isisiqhelo esisekwe kwinoveli yakhe yangaphambili «Ungaze ufike emva kwexesha«. Kwaye ngaphandle kwento yokuba useto lwazo zombini iinoveli zahluke kakhulu njengoko sisuka ePyrenees sisiya kwindawo ekumgangatho ophezulu yokuhlala, sifumana ukufana okuthile ngokweempawu ezithile
Inyaniso iyasikhulula, nokuba ingekho krwada kangakanani. Kwaye ubuncinci kuncwadi, esi siseko sizalisekisiwe kuba njengabafundi abaziyo bonke abanokuhamba ukusuka kwelinye icala lesipili ukuya kwelinye, kwinqanaba elicetywayo ngumbalisi, ewe.
Yiyo ke loo nto, ukufumanisa ukuba omabini amacala asebenzela ukulindela intlekele, ukwazi iinjongo zokugqibela zokungcwatywa eziqhutywa ngumona, ikratshi, amabhongo angenamda. Kwindawo ekhethiweyo yeli bali, sifumana amaxhoba enkohliso kuyo yonke into ukusuka kubudlelwane bomntu ukuya kwizopolitiko.
UGelen, ummelwane omtsha uyinjini eqala konke. Uzimisele ukwazi iimpahla ezimdaka zabahlali baseAltorreal.
Ekugqibeleni, ibali lingena kwindawo engaqhelekanga yokurhanela. Akukho meko ithile kodwa oyena nobangela weemfihlo. UGelen ufunda ngakumbi nangakumbi ngeenkcukacha zabanye abalinganiswa abathi, enkosi kubuchwephesha bakhe ekubabekeni ngeentambo, bagqibela bevuma ukusuka nokuqhubeka kwabo kunye nenkohlakalo yabo kwimibutho yabo emangazayo.
Kwaye ke, sonwabela iyelenqe elithile lokurhanela eligcwele ulindelo olungaqhelekanga kule ngqokelela yobuso obumnyama. Siyamoyika uGelen kwaye sonwabela into nganye ayifumeneyo kwimowudi yokusebenza ephazamisayo.
Kwangelo xesha, ukutyhilwa kweso sixa sobuxoki, iinyani eziyimfihlo zetyala lokuziphatha okanye ulwaphulo-mthetho zisimema ukuba siqwalasele izinto ezihambelanayo ezingasondelwanga kangako kumdlalo ovuyisayo. Kuba imfihlo nganye ibandakanya ikhefu, isikrweqe esivela kulaa tinsel bendiyicaphule ekuqaleni ekufumaneni umhlaba otywebekileyo, wobumelwane apho izindlu zikhanya ngelixa amakhaya engafakwanga nkxaso kwiintsika zawo zitshonile emhlabeni.
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