Xa umbhali ethanda UVictoria Mas ususa zonke iziseko ngenoveli yakhe yokuqala, amathandabuzo avela malunga nenyikima engenakho ukulandela iinyikima ezingaphezulu okanye inyikima enokwenzeka ezayo. Kuba amandla alo msebenzi asishukumisela kuwo onke amacala. Unokufumanisa injongo yobufazi okanye ukuvuma ukuqalekisa ii-taboos ngokuhlekisa kunye nochuku. Into kukuba, isibindi lilizwi lokujonga lo msebenzi.
Ndisakhumbula xa ndafunda i-etymology yegama "hysteria" nendlela endothuse ngayo kum. Kwakhona, umntu obhinqileyo wakhonza ukuba abhale eyona imbi kakhulu, kuphela kule meko ngokukhohlakeleyo, ngokusesikweni, nangokunyaniseka kwezenzululwazi ... Kodwa kumfazi bekuhlala kubonakala kuyinto ye-Greek hysteria, Oko kukuthi, yesibeleko.
Ngoku uVictoria Mas usimemela kulo mngqungqo uphambeneyo. Ewe, umdaniso ophambeneyo womntu obhinqileyo, ingaba eli gama lingahlengahlengiswa njani? Kwaye awazi nokuba uhleke okanye ulile. Into kukuba uluvo olukrakra luphelele xa lukhutshiwe, njengakwezinye iimeko ezininzi, ngokuchanekileyo isizathu asibonakali kwicala ekufanele ukuba likulo ...
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SiseParis ngeyoKwindla ngo-1885. Njengonyaka ngamnye kwi-Middle Lent, "umdaniso wabafazi abaphambeneyo" othandwayo ubhiyozelwa kwisibhedlele saseSalpêtrière, ekhokelwa ngugqirha wezonyango wemithambo uProfesa Charcot. Ngobusuku obunye, ikrimu yaseParis inandipha isingqisho se-waltzes kunye ne-polkas kwinkampani yamabanjwa, efihle iimpahla ezinomtsalane. Phakathi kwabaguli kukho uLouise, umfana omncinci onesifo sokuwa ophethwe kakubi ngumalume wakhe onazo zonke iingcinga zakhe kumtshato wexesha elizayo kwibanjwa elikweli ziko, kunye no-Eugénie ovukelayo kunye nombono, intombazana evela kusapho olulungileyo luvalelwe nguyise. Phantsi kweliso elibukhali lomphathi ongakhathaliyo uGeneviève, bobabini baya kuzama ukufezekisa amaphupha abo kwaye baya kwenza konke okusemandleni ukuze babaleke.
Ungayithenga inoveli "El baile de las locas", nguVictoria Mas, apha: