Inoveli inamabali amaninzi angaphakathi kwaye ke ngenxa yeendlela ezinokubakho njengabalinganiswa abahlala kuyo. Uyazi kakuhle UJavier Marias, Ndizimisele ukuphumelela kwakhona UThomas Nevinson yelo nebula labo banokubakho abaphambili kwinceba yengcinga yombali. Kwaye ke malunga UBerta Isla zijolise kuthotho lwezibuko okanye ithuba lesibini ubuncinci lokuvala imicimbi elindileyo.
Xa izinto zisenzeka ngoluhlobo, ukusuka kumandla angalindelekanga we-protagonist entsha (malunga nombhali ngokwakhe abonakala efumanisa izinto ezingalindelekanga), ibali elitsha livusa umdla wombhali ngokwakhe. Umtsalane oguqulelwe kwibali elinamandla, elinamandla, eligqibeleleyo kwicebo kunye nesisombululo kwimbono egqithisileyo edibanisa nenxalenye yayo engeyonyani ...
"Mna wabaleka bafundiswe yakudala, kunye ngazange bendicinga i baya ku odola a Ngumhla lowo Uya kubulala unayo umfazi. Kwi abafazi andibazi chukumisa, azikho betha, abakho yenzayo umonakalo«
Amadoda amabini, enye kwiintsomi kwaye enye inyani, babenethuba lokubulala uHitler ngaphambi kokuba aqalise iMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi. Ngokusekwe kule nyani, uJavier Marías uphonononga icala elingaphantsi "Awuyi kubulala." Ukuba loo madoda mhlawumbi ngewayemdubulile Umlawuli, Ngaba kunokwenzeka ukuba uyenze komnye umntu? Njengombalisi we Tomás INevinson, "Uyabona ukuba ukubulala akukho kakhulu okanye kunzima kakhulu kwaye akulunganga ukuba uyazi ukuba ngubani."
UTomás Nevinson, umyeni kaBerta Isla, uwela kwisilingo sokubuyela kwiiNkonzo zeMfihlo emva kokuba engekho, kwaye ucetyiswa ukuba aye kwisixeko esikumntla-ntshona ukuyokuchonga umntu, isiqingatha seSpanish nesiqingatha seMantla eIrish, othathe inxaxheba kuhlaselo lwe-IRA kunye ne-ETA kwiminyaka elishumi eyadlulayo. Sikho ngo-1997. Lo myalelo uthwele isitampu somphathi wakhe wangaphambili owayengacacanga, uBertram Tupra, owathi ngobuqhetseba wayesele ebubekile ubomi bakhe bangaphambili.
Incwadana, ngaphaya kwesiqendu sayo, ibonakalisa ngokujulile kwimida yento enokwenziwa, kwibala lokuthintela ububi obukhulu phantse buhlala buzisa kunye nobunzima bokumisela ukuba bubuphi obu bubi. Ngokuchasene nemvelaphi yeziganeko zembali zobunqolobi, uTomás Nevinson ukwali bali lento eyenzekayo emntwini osele enayo yonke into eyenzekileyo kwaye kuye, ekubonakala ukuba, ayikho enye into enokwenzeka. Kodwa, ngelixa zingagqitywanga, yonke imihla bafika ...
Ngoku ungathenga inoveli "Tomás Nevisón", kaJavier Marías, apha:
Nceda wenze inguqulelo yesiNgesi.