Izikhathi eziyinqaba lezo zenguquko yaseSpain. Isimo esihle sokwethula i-nucleus yomndeni engajwayelekile ka-Ángel. Le nsizwa ihamba phakathi kokukhungatheka kukababa obheja yonke into ephusheni futhi ongakwazi ukuphunyula ukwehluleka. Isidingo sesibalo sikababa, esenziwe samuntu ...
Inoveli yamanoveli. Mhlawumbe umsuka wawo wonke amanoveli amakhulu (ngokwenombolo yamakhasi). Isakhiwo esihamba phakathi kwemithunzi yempilo yobukhokho. Lapho umuntu encishwa khona isici sakhe sokudala, lapho umoya wehliswa waba uhlobo lwesiqubulo esithi "ora et labora", ububi kuphela nengxenye ebhubhisayo yesidalwa engavela ithathe izintambo zomphefumulo.
Manje usungathenga iGama likaRose, inoveli enhle ka-Umberto Eco, lapha:
Ihlazo, umthetho ongabhalwanga, izinyathelo zokuthula, ukubala, nobuhlungu bokulahlekelwa othandekayo. Wonke umuntu uyazi kepha akekho osolayo. Ngomlomo kuphela, kulabo abafuna ukulalela, iqiniso liyakhulunywa ngezikhathi ezithile. Wonke umuntu wayazi ukuthi uSantiago Nasar wayezokufa, ngaphandle kukaSantiago uqobo, ongazi ngesono esibi asenza emehlweni abanye.
Manje usungathenga iChronicle of a Death Foretold, inoveli emfushane eyingqayizivele kaGabriel García Márquez, lapha:
Emsebenzini wakhe Amasosha aseSalami, UJavier Cercas ukubeka kucace ukuthi ngale kweqembu eliwinayo, kuhlale kunokwehluleka ezinhlangothini zombili zomncintiswano.
Empini Yombango kungaba nendida yokulahlekelwa amalungu omndeni abekwe kulezo zinhloso eziphikisanayo ezamukela ifulegi njengokuphikisana okunonya.
Ngakho-ke, ukuzimisela kwabaphumelele ekugcineni, labo abaphethe ukubamba ifulegi phambi kwayo yonke into nawo wonke umuntu, labo abaphakamisa izindinganiso zobuqhawe ezidluliselwa kubantu njengezindaba eziyindumezulu bacina befihla usizi olujulile lomuntu nolokuziphatha.
UManuel Mena ungumlingisi wesingeniso kunokuba abe ngumlingiswa ophambili wale noveli, ukuxhumana nomanduleli wakhe uSoldados de Salamina. Uqala ukufunda ucabanga ngokuthola umlando wakhe, kepha imininingwane yamakhono ale nsizwa yezempi, eqinile ngokuphelele ngokwenzeka ngaphambili, iyafiphala ukuze ingene esigabeni somculo wekhwaya lapho kusaba khona ukungaqondi nobuhlungu, ukuhlupheka kwalabo Abaqonda ifulege nezwe njengesikhumba negazi lalabo bantu abasha, cishe izingane ezidubulana ngokufutheka komqondo owamukelwe.
Manje usungathenga i-The monarch of the shadow, inoveli yakamuva kaJavier Cercas, lapha:
