Akukaze kube buhlungu ukuzifaka emlandweni omusha waseMelika Donna leon nomphathi wayo ongakhathali uGuido Brunetti, umuntu lapho umlobi eguqula ukuthanda kwakhe i-Italy yobusha bakhe.
Futhi ngithi akukaze kube buhlungu ngoba ngaleyo ndlela singakuthola ukukhanya okudala kwedolobha elifana neVenice elingadluli ezikhathini zalo ezinhle kakhulu. Iqiniso ukuthi phakathi kwezikhukhula, ezingakhombisi okuhle ngokusinda kwedolobha, kanye nezinkinga zezempilo ezigxile enyakatho ye-Italy yize zisabalele emhlabeni wonke, iVenice ibonakala idangele kakhulu kunakuqala.
Kepha, mhlawumbe ngenxa yalesi sizathu, kulezi zinsuku eziyinqaba akulimazi ukuzitika ngokufunda ngamandla amakhulu. Futhi kuleso sici seziza ezikwazi ukusihambisa siye ezigcawini ezinamandla zenoveli emsulwa kunazo zonke ...
«Kusukela lapho ehlala khona lapho echitha khona izinsuku zakhe zokugcina embhedeni, uBenedetta Toso, ogula ngumdlavuza eneminyaka engamashumi amathathu nesishiyagalombili nje kuphela, ufuna ukukhuluma noBrunetti ngento angafuni ukuyiyisa ethuneni.
Ebuthakathaka futhi esecicini lokufa, lona wesifazane akakwazanga ukuba nesikhathi sokuzuza futhi enze imidwebo yamabinzana ngamanye ahilela umyeni wakhe, uVittorio Fadalto, osanda kushona engozini yemoto, ngemali etholwe ngokungemthetho nokuthi ngubani, ngenxa yalokho, ukufa empeleni kwakungukubulala. "Bambulala," etshela uKhomishana. Ngeshwa, ngaphambi kokuba kutholakale eminye imininingwane, lo wesifazane ukhipha umoya wakhe wokugcina.
Iyiphi imali engekho emthethweni ayekhuluma ngayo? Bangobani laba "abasolwa" uToso abasola ngokubulala umyeni wakhe? Umucu omuhle wophenyo uzoholela umphathi endaweni yokusebenza kwalomlisa, iSpattuto Acqua, inkampani ezimele ephethe ukuqapha izinga lamanzi eVenice.
Lapho, uBrunetti ngeke nje abhekane neqiniso lokuthi ngabe uFadalto wabulawa noma cha, kodwa futhi necala lokufumbathisa phakathi kwabasebenzi ngenhloso yokufihla ukungcola okuchithwa emanzini, okungaba nemiphumela emibi empilweni yabantu baseVenetians. ».
Manje usungathenga inoveli «Ngamanzi asentanyeni», incwadi kaDonna Leon, lapha: