Stephen King Ulawula ngokuthanda kwakhe amandla okuguqula noma iyiphi indaba, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ingenakwenzeka kangakanani, ibe itulo eliseduze nelimangalisayo. Iqhinga layo eliyinhloko likumaphrofayili abalingiswa imicabango yabo nokuziphatha ekwaziyo ukwenza okwethu, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kuxakile futhi/noma kungama-macabre kangakanani.
Kulesi senzakalo, igama lale noveli lusuku lomcimbi obalulekile emlandweni wezwe, usuku lwe Ukubulawa kukaKennedy eDallas. Kuningi okubhaliwe mayelana nokubulawa, ngamathuba okuthi ummangalelwa bekungeyena owabulala umongameli, mayelana namafa afihliwe nezintshisekelo ezifihliwe ezazifuna ukususa uMongameli waseMelika phakathi.
Inkosi ayizihlanganisi izitayela zozungu ezikhomba izimbangela nababulali abahlukile kulokho okwashiwo ngaleso sikhathi. Ukhuluma kuphela ngebha encane lapho umlingiswa oyinhloko evame ukuphuza ikhofi. Kuze kube ngolunye usuku umnikazi wakhe emtshela ngento engavamile, mayelana nendawo e-pantry lapho angahamba khona esikhathini esidlule.
Kuzwakala njengengxabano eyinqaba, eyinqaba, akunjalo? Into ehlekisayo ukuthi uStefanu osekhulile wenza noma iyiphi indlela yokuqala yethembeke ngokuphelele, ngalowo mlando wokulandisa.
I-protagonist igcina yeqe umkhawulo omholela kokudlule. Ufika aqhubeke izikhathi ezimbalwa ... aze azibekele umgomo wokugcina wohambo lwakhe, ukuzama ukuvimbela ukubulawa kukaKennedy.
U-Einstein usevele ukusho, kungenzeka yini ukuhamba ngesikhathi. Kepha okungazange kushiwo ngusosayensi ohlakaniphile ngukuthi ukuhamba kwesikhathi kuyayithinta imiphumela yakho, kubanga imiphumela yomuntu uqobo. Ukuheha le ndaba ukwazi ukuthi ngabe uJacob Epping, umlingiswa oyinhloko, uyakwazi yini ukugwema ukubulawa kwabantu nokuthola ukuthi kunamiphi imiphumela lokhu kusuka lapha kuya lapho.
Okwamanje, ngendaba eyingqayizivele yeNkosi, uJacob uthola impilo entsha kuleso sikhathi esedlule. Dlula kokunye bese uthola ukuthi umthanda lowoJakobe ukwedlula lowo wakusasa. Kepha okwedlule abukeka ezimisele ngokuphila kuyazi ukuthi akayena owaleso sikhathi, futhi isikhathi asinasihe, nakulabo abahamba ngaso.
Kuzoba yini ngoKennedy? Kuyoba yini ngoJakobe? Kuzoba yini ikusasa? ...
Manje usungathenga 22/11/63, inoveli ngo Stephen King mayelana ne-JFK, lapha:
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