Kumsebenzi wakhe Amajoni aseSalamisUJavier Cercas uyenza icace into yokuba ngaphaya kweqela eliphumelelayo, kuhlala kukho aboyisiweyo kumacala omabini alo naluphi na ukhuphiswano.
Kwimfazwe yamakhaya kunokubakho ukuphazamiseka kokuphulukana namalungu osapho abekwe kwezi mbono ziphikisanayo ezamkela iflegi njengokuphikisana okukhohlakeleyo.
Ke ngoko, ukuzimisela kwabo baphumeleleyo, abo bakwaziyo ukubamba iflegi phambi kwayo yonke into nabo bonke abantu, abo baphakamisa amaxabiso obuqhawe adluliselwe ebantwini njengamabali ayindumasi baphela befihla iinkxwaleko zokuziphatha kunye nokuziphatha.
UManuel Mena Ungumlinganiswa wentshayelelo kunokuba abe ngumlinganiswa ophambili kule noveli, ikhonkco kunye nomanduleli wakhe uSoldados de Salamina. Uqala ukufunda ucinga ngokufumanisa ngembali yakhe, kodwa iinkcukacha zezakhono zelijoni lomfana, ezingqongqo ngokupheleleyo kwinto eyenzeke ngaphambili, ziyafiphala ukuze zinike inqanaba lekwayala apho ukungaqondani kunye nentlungu zisasazeka, ukubandezeleka kwabo Abayiqondayo iflegi kunye nelizwe njengolusu kunye negazi labo bantu bancinci, phantse abantwana abadubulayo ngomsindo okhoyo.
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