Inkinga yezomnotho kanye nobunzima obungenakuphikwa obufanayo bamanani sekuvele kuyindaba yekwaya uqobo. I-microcosm yamazwi athulisiwe phakathi kwezibalo ezibandayo. Idatha nedatha eningi ephekwe kahle ngokuziqhenya kwezintshisekelo zezomnotho kanye nezingqinamba zezombusazwe zazo zonke izinhlobo.
Ukuqabula isinkwa kuba ukuhlanganiswa okuhle kwempilo yalolo hlobo lomculo wamakhwaya waleli khulu lama-XXI. Futhi ngithi ukuhlanganiswa okuhle, ngoba empeleni lo msebenzi ugqama esintwini esisebenzisana naso Almudena Grandes iyakwazi ukunika abalingisi abaningi abasemqoka. Ubuntu obulahlekile phakathi kwezilo eziningi ezinengqondo ezihlala ezinhlakeni eziphakeme kakhulu zamandla.
Izincwadi yisikhulisa-zwi esingahamba futhi esikwazi ukubuyisa okuthile kwesintu phakathi kokuningi okuvela eqinisweni, isichasiso esiningi nokugxeka kakhulu kwalabo abasiqondisayo. Ngisanda kufunda ukuthi kuhloswe ngayo ukuqeda isihloko se-Universal Literature. Kufanele kube ngcono ngale ndlela ukuqhubeka neketango elibheke ekuhlukaniseni.
Inqobo nje uma singajabulela ababhali abahle kuzoba nethemba (ukweba ngobugebengu. Zonke izindaba ezinhle, uyabona). Ngoba kumanoveli afana nalokhu sifunda ukuzwa lokho abasifundisa ukukhohlwa. Uzwela luyigugu ekuwohlokeni komnotho, ukubamba iqhaza okuthintekayo okungakhishwa emiphefumulweni yethu (mhlawumbe bazoyikhokhisa noma ngubani ofuna ukukugcina).
Umakhelwane osezingeni eliphakathi nendawo yi-microcosm okukhulunywa ngayo lapho le ndaba ishibilika khona. Isakhiwo esihamba phakathi kwezimo umhlobiso wazo ohlale ugqoke ngomfutho lapho ubhekene nobunzima, unethemba phakathi kokuphelelwa yithemba. Izitoko ezingantengantengi endaweni enobutha evumela izimo ezingezinhle ngangokunokwenzeka ezimweni eziningi, lapho kuthinta khona ukuthinta kuphela, imininingwane ithola uhlangothi lobungani bempilo.
Kwazi bani?. Mhlawumbe abalingiswa abakule ndaba banenhlanhla ngomqondo ojulile. Ngenhlanhla ukwazi ukwazi izici eziyiqiniso kakhulu zempilo, kwahlakazeka kweminye imikhakha ephakeme. Abantu abagcina ubuntu babo kuphela abangaqhubeka nokweseka futhi baqhubeke nokuthanda, ngokunembile ngoba bamazisa kakhulu umuntu, ngoba bazi intukuthelo yokuqala, isizungu namashwa.
Manje usungathenga i-Los besos en el pan, inoveli yakamuva ka Almudena Grandes, lapha: