I-Spain engenalutho i-Europe engenalutho noma ngisho nezwe elingenalutho, sifulathela lokho esasiyikho ukuqeda izinsalela zokugcina zesintu ezihlanganiswe nemvelo. Futhi kunjalo. Wazi kahle i- UMathias enard okwenze lesi sakhiwo sibe ne-acidic kanye nokugxekwa kwe-melancholic kanye ne-lucid ngekusasa lempucuko yethu. Noma mhlawumbe nje isampula elikhangayo lalokho ebesiyikho izolo nanamuhla besingakwazi ukuphinde sibe khona.
Ukuze asebenze kumqondo wakhe wobudokotela ngempilo ezweni namuhla, i Isazi sokuziphatha kwabantu uDavid Mazon ushiye iParis wayozinza unyaka wonke endaweni ekude sizungezwe amaxhaphozi ogwini olusentshonalanga yeFrance.
Ngenkathi enqoba ukungaphatheki kahle kwezwe lasemakhaya, uDavid uyaxhumana nabantu bendawo abagqamile abavame ukuya e-café-colmado ukuzoxoxisana nabo. Ziholwa yiMartial, imeya gravedigger, kanye nomgcini wedili lendabuko lamalungu e-Brotherhood of Gravediggers.
Kuleli dili labantu lapho amawayini kanye nezibiliboco zihambisana nezinganekwane, izingoma nezingxabano ngekusasa lenkonzo yomngcwabo, uKufa ngokulangazelela ubanikeza izinsuku ezintathu zesivumelwano. Ukuphela konyaka, lapho uMvuni Obuhlungu ebamba othile, iW Wheel of Life iphonsa umphefumulo wayo emhlabeni, esikhathini esizayo noma esikhathini esedlule, njengesilwane noma njengomuntu, ukuze iGudlu liqhubeke nokujika .
Kule noveli enhle futhi enezici eziningi, ehlanganisa okukhulu umthamo wamahlaya kanye ne-erudition eyaziwayo yombhali, u-Mathias Enard ukhipha umlando wesiyaluyalu esidala kanye nengcebo yaseFrance yangakubo eminyakeni eyinkulungwane yokugcina yomlando wayo, kepha ngaphandle kokulahlekelwa ukwesaba kwanamuhla nethemba lekusasa lapho umuntu vumelana neplanethi.
Manje usungathenga inoveli "Idili Lonyaka Lobuzalwane BamaGravediggers", nguMathias Enard, lapha:
Isahluko sokuqala, iphephabhuku le-ethnologist, liyamangalisa. Umlingiswa ongenalwazi futhi ongenalwazi, isahluko esigcwele amahlaya. Kamuva, iphuzu lokubuka lishintshela kumlandisi owazi konke, isitayela siyasinda futhi abalingiswa baphelelwa yintshisekelo, akudingekile ukuthi bachaze ukuthi kungani nokuthi yini i-ethnologist engayibonanga, noma impilo yokhokho. Endabeni yami, bengilangazelela nje ukuthi iphephabhuku lezinsizakalo lomcwaningi onesibindi libuyele endaweni yesehlakalo.
Amanothi amahle, Jul. Ngiyabonga!