Ngokuphambene nalokho okwenzeka muva nje eSpain ngokuqashelwa "okukhulu" kwemibhalo, eFrance inkundla efana ne Goncourt award isebenzela ukuthola leyo ncwadi enkulu okungekho muntu okufanele ayiphuthe. Esinye isibonelo kungaba U-Eric Vuillard kanye nowakhe"Ukuhleleka kosuku".
Futhi yile ndlela abantu abaqhubeka ngayo bethemba ama-Goncourts ngokungaboni ukuze baqinisekise ukuthi bathola ukuthi ukufunda okubavumelanisa nekhwalithi noma okwangempela ngaphezu kwabathengisi abangcono kakhulu bokufunda okulula, okusheshayo, okunethezekile nokugayeka kalula.
Akukhona ukuthi uJean-Paul Dubois ungumbhali ongaziwa eFrance. Kodwa lapho kutholwa le noveli, umklomelo womsebenzi ongaphezu kwegama uyaqagelwa maduze. Umsebenzi oqanjwe ngemuva kwamanye amanoveli amaningi kwesinye isikhathi alahleka ekucwasweni, lobo bumnyama obugcina sebubophe umphefumulo womxoxi ozimisele ngokuqhubeka nokulandisa impilo.
UPaul Hansen udonsa isigwebo ejele laseMontreal Provincial Prison iminyaka emibili. Uhlala esitokisini noHorton, iNgelosi yaseSihogweni eboshelwe ukubulala.
Masihlehle: U-Hansen uphethe i-Excelsior, isakhiwo sokuhlala lapho esebenzisa khona amathalenta akhe njengomnakekeli, umlindi, nomsizi wezandla, futhi ngaphezu kwalokho, ulungisa imiphefumulo futhi aduduze abahluphekile.
Lapho engabasizi omakhelwane be-Excelsior noma engenzi imisebenzi yokulungisa izakhiwo, uchitha isikhathi noWinona, umlingani wakhe, abagibela isibhakabhaka ndawonye endizeni yabo futhi bandize ngaphezu kwamafu. Kodwa izinto azithathi isikhathi eside ukushintsha. Umphathi omusha ufika e-Excelsior futhi, kanye naye, izingxabano. Kuze kwenzeke okungagwemeki.
Manje usungathenga inoveli ethi "Akuwona wonke amadoda ahlala emhlabeni ngendlela efanayo", kaJean-Paul Dubois, lapha: