Ivolumu yezindaba igcina iba ukwakheka okucishe kufane okuhambisana nemibono, ukuzwa, izilungiselelo noma iziza. ULisa halliday udlalile ukubhala incwadi yezindaba ekugcineni ehlanganisa inoveli esigabeni sayo sokugcina, ebudlelwaneni bokuhlangana kwezinhlamvu ezingokomoya, ngokulandelana kwezikhathi imihlaba emibili ibiphila kusuka kuma-prism amabili ahlukene angagcina ese-asymmetry efanayo yomhlaba.
Phakathi kuka-2003 no-2011 besiphila kuleyo mpi ekude e-Iraq. Kukude konembeza basentshonalanga, kodwa okwangempela kanye lapho kungene ezimweni, ezithakazelweni nasemiphumeleni. Futhi ezungeze leyo mpi, noma ngezaba zempi enjengempi, le noveli yakhiwe okuyi-dialectic yombhalo enomqondo wayo, ukuphikisana kwayo okungafani nokuhlanganiswa kokugcina okukhazimulayo. Ngamanye amagama, ukulandisa okubili okufana ne "Insentatez" kanye ne "Locura" okugcina kuxhuma esiphethweni lapho ukulandisa okushesha ngokushesha kuba nencazelo ekhethekile.
Mhlawumbe inhloso enkulu yombhali kulesi sigaba senoveli ukubhekana nemibono eminingi ngempilo yethu yamanje. Kubalingiswa abavela lapha nalaphaya, ezinhlangothini zombili zesibuko esilinganayo, sijabulela imibono ngothando nentshisekelo ehlanganiswe ku-Alice kanye nomlobi u-Ezra Blazer, ngemiphakathi yomphakathi egxila ezintandokazini iphinde iqondise yonke into emibonweni eyeqile mayelana nempumelelo njengoba okuwukuphela kwendlela yokubona ithalente.
Engxenyeni yesibili sihlangana no-Amar, wase-Iraq, ohlala odyssey nokuboshwa kokugcina esikhumulweni sezindiza saseLondon. Impi yase-Iraq iqhubeka ngezifunda ezingajwayelekile nezididayo lapho amabutho akhululayo abonakala ethathwa njengamabutho. Vele, umfana onjengo-Amar, isakhamuzi sase-US kodwa odabuka ezweni elinengxabano, uzoba ngomunye walabo ababulawa yizibambiso.
Izimo ezimbili ezihluke kakhulu ukuthi, ngenxa yomthamo omnandi wokulandisa, zishesha futhi ngasikhathi sinye zisikisela ekujuleni kwayo kwefilosofi nezepolitiki, zibamba futhi zisimeme ukuthi sithole lawo maphuzu obumbano agcina ethula ubumbano olugcina ngokwethula i-amalgam ehambisanayo yemibono ngamandla, ubulungiswa, isifiso sokuvelela kanye nombono wokuthi isintu namuhla singasho ukuthini.
Manje usungathenga inoveli i-Asymmetry, isici esimangazayo sikaLisa Halliday, lapha: