Okusha inkosi ethengisa kakhulu, UJoel dicker ubuya nomsebenzi onzima wokunqoba futhi izigidi zakhe zabafundi ezilangazelela iziza ezintsha zamathempeli okulandisa njengokuhluka njengoba zinamandla kazibuthe.
Ukuphunyuka kwifomula yempumelelo akufanele kube lula. Noma kunjalo lapho le fomula iletha ubusha nobuchule kolunye lwezinhlobo zemibhalo ezithandwa kakhulu: ukungabaza.
Amandla kaDickër okwakha kabusha ukulandelana kwezikhathi zesakhiwo ngenkathi egcina umfundi ebekwe kahle ngokuphelele kuzimo zesikhashana ngasinye kufanele akutadishe. Kunjengokungathi uDickër wayazi nge-hypnotism, noma i-psychiatry, futhi wakusebenzisa konke kumanoveli akhe ukuze ajabule okokugcina komfundi obanjwe izingqinamba ezahlukahlukene ezilindile njengezintambo ze-octopus.
Kulesi senzakalo esisha sibuyela kuma-akhawunti asalindile, ezindabeni zesikhathi esedlule noma esincane esedlule lapho abalingiswa abasaphila ngaleso sikhathi banokuningi kokukufihla noma ekugcineni ukufunda ngeqiniso.
Futhi kulapho kusebenza khona esinye isici esiphawuleka ngempela salo mbhali. Imayelana nokudlala ngombono wokuzithoba wabalingiswa bayo maqondana nokuphikisana okukhulu okwenzayo njengoba indaba yokugcina iqanjwa. Uhlobo lokufunda olulinganayo lapho umfundi angabheka khona umlingisi nokukhombisa okuguqulwa lapho indaba iqhubeka. Into esondele kakhulu kumlingo izincwadi ezingasinikeza zona.
NgoJulayi 30, 1994 konke kuyaqala (okushiwoyo, ifomula yosuku olwedlule ebhalwe ngokubomvu, njengosuku lomdlalo we i-baltimore noma ukubulawa kukaNola Kellergar kusuka ku- Icala likaHarry Quebert)
Siyazi ukuthi iqiniso linye, ukuthi ngemuva kokushona komndeni wemeya yase-Orphea kanye nonkosikazi kaSamuel Paladin kungaba neqiniso elilodwa kuphela, isisusa esisodwa, isizathu esisodwa esingangatshazwa. Futhi ukukhohlisa ngathi kwesinye isikhathi kubonakala ngathi siyalwazi lelo hlangothi lezinto.
Kuze kube yilapho le ndaba iqhubeka, ishukunyiswa yilabo balingisi bemilingo njengozwela kangangokuba uJoel Dicker udala.
Eminyakeni engamashumi amabili kamuva uJesse Rosemberg usezogubha umhlalaphansi wakhe njengephoyisa. Isixazululo secala le-macabre likaJulayi 94 sisazwakala njengenye yezimpumelelo zakhe ezinkulu.
Kuze kube yilapho uStephanie Mailer evuka eRosemberg nakumlingani wakhe uDerek Scott (omunye ophethe ukucacisa inhlekelele edumile) abanye bayangabaza ukuthi ngokuhamba kweminyaka eminingi kuvusa ukungabaza okushaqisayo.
Kepha uStephanie Mailer wanyamalala ebashiya phakathi, nentukuthelo eyisimanga yephutha elikhulu lomsebenzi wakhe ...
Zinike lowo mzuzu, usungacabanga, abakhona nabesikhathi esidlule baqhubekela phambili kulowo mbumbulu ngakolunye uhlangothi lwesibuko, ngenkathi ukubuka okuqondile nokungagunci kweqiniso kuzwakala ekukhanyeni okufiphele kolunye uhlangothi lwesibuko. Ukubukeka okuqondiswe kuwe ngqo, njengomfundi. Futhi uze uthole ubuso beqiniso, ngeke ukwazi ukuyeka ukufunda.
Yize kuliqiniso ukuthi imithombo eshiwo ngenhla yokubona emuva nokubhujiswa kwendaba sekuphinde kwaba ngabalingisi besakhiwo, kulokhu kunginikeza isithombe sokuthi lolu cwaningo lokunqoba amanoveli wangaphambilini, kwesinye isikhathi sigcina sesiphukelwe umkhumbi ku-pandemonium of izigebengu ezingase zivele ezilahlwa ngombono othile wesinqumo esididayo.
Inoveli ephelele ayikho. Futhi ukufuna ukusonta nokujika kungaletha ukudideka okuningi kunenkazimulo yokuxoxa izindaba. Kule ngxenye yenoveli yokunxenxa okukhulu kukaDicker kwenziwa umhlatshelo, lokho kucwiliswa ngaphezulu… .Ungakusho kanjani…, isintu, esinikele ngemithamo emikhulu yomzwelo ngokuthinta okumnandi ngokwengeziwe endabeni kaHarry Quebert noma isandla seBaltimore .
Mhlawumbe yimina nabanye abafundi sikhetha ukuthi ukugijima okuyisidina phakathi kwezigcawu nababulali okungenzeka babe nochungechunge lokubulala ngemuva kwabo ohleka noma yimuphi umbulali obulalayo. Kodwa-ke, lapho ngithola ukuthi ngiqeda incwadi futhi ngijuluka sengathi kwakunguJesse uqobo noma umlingani wakhe uDereck, ngacabanga ukuthi uma isigqi sinqoba kwakudingeka ukuzithoba kuso futhi isipiliyoni ekugcineni sasigculisa ngalezo zinhlayiya ezibabayo zewayini elimnandi nazo ivezwe ezingozini zokucinga ngesiqiwi esikhulu.
Ngesaphulelo esincane sokungena ngale bhulogi (okwaziswa njalo), manje usungathenga inoveli Ukunyamalala kukaStephanie Mailer, incwadi entsha kaJoel Dickër, lapha: