Nini U-Antonio Mercero Wethule ifilimu yakhe yokuqala, maqondana noveli yobugebengu, enesihloko esithi «Ukuphela komuntu«Sithole umbhali obebonakala sengathi uthi shazi ohlotsheni lwabaseshi lapho elethe khona umbono obabazekayo. Incwadi yakhe kwakuyinoveli eyayilinganisa isisindo sayo phakathi kobugebengu becala elaliseduze, ilinganiswe nendaba ephathelene nenkululeko yezocansi nokubandlululwa, konke okwakwenziwa yiphoyisa elingalibaleki.
Iphuzu ukuthi, noma kunjalo, u-Antonio Mercero wayengadluli. Futhi ngale noveli uqinisekisa inhloso yakhe yokuhlala etafuleni lababalisi abakhulu bohlobo olumnyama eSpain, ngakolunye uhlangothi, asebevele babelana ngenani elikhulu lama-diners amnandi njengamanje Lorenzo Silva, Javier Castillo o Dolores Redondo, phakathi kwabanye.
Iphuzu ukuthi kukhona indawo yawo wonke umuntu. Noma kunjalo kumfana onjengoMercero onikezwe umcabango nokuboshwa ukuhlala ebheka iziza eziyingozi futhi ekugcineni kujabulise kakhulu ukuzifunda. Uma amaphoyisa uSofía Luna, owayekade aziwa njengoCarlos Luna, ejoyina inqwaba yabaphikisi bamanoveli obugebengu baseSpain, kuzosho ukuqhubekela phambili okukhulu kwi-iconoclasm edingekayo nakulokho okucatshangwa okuthandwayo okulethwa okuvela enganekwaneni.
Vele, kulokhu uLuna kuzofanele avikele ukubaluleka kwakhe. Futhi kule noveli yesibili, ngokufakwa kabusha kwakhe ocansini sekuvele kwenzeka, sithola ukuthi, impela, uSofia ulapha ukuzobamba abafundi abafuna isaga.
EMadrid kunochungechunge lokubulawa kwabesifazane baseJapan. Ukuqhamuka phakathi kwezisulu noma kunalokho isisusa esibahlanganisa ekufeni sikhomba kuhlobo oluthile lokucabanga kwengqondo ngokocansi okukholisa ukuziphindiselela kwalo ezweni elonakele.
Isimo sikaSofía ngokwakhe sobulili sibonakala sifana nokuhudula okwembula ubandlululo futhi okumbeka endaweni enodaka lapho umsebenzi wakhe unzima khona ngezinye izikhathi. Lapho indodakazi yenxusa laseJapan inyamalala, lolu daba luthola isimo esingalindelekile sezepolitiki, senhlalo kanye nabezindaba.
Ngaphezu kwakho konke, uSofía ubhekene nezinkinga zomndeni ayengakaze azicabange ...
Manje usungathenga inoveli ethi The Case of the Dead Japanese, incwadi entsha ka-Antonio Mercero, lapha: