Incazelo enembile impela yokuchaza iqiniso lethu elijule kakhulu. Imvelo evezwayo ingaba into efana nokuguqula isikhumba sethu ukuveza inkundla yangaphakathi yomuntu ngamunye ngezisusa nezinkolelo ezakha ukubethelwa kwentando. Inhloso, nokho, ehlanganiswa njengenye yezimfihlakalo ezinkulu kakhulu: lokho esiyikho ngempela.
Intando ye-protagonist yale noveli ukusindisa izimpilo ezinqamula imingcele, njengezifengqo zomculo zezindlela eziningi ezinethemba esikhathini esizayo esingaqinisekile.
Ebukhoneni bayo obuncane, obuye bancishiswa yindawo emangelengele lapho itholakala khona umbhali, i-protagonist yethu ithatha isikhathi samahhala esinikezwa yilo msebenzi weSherpa obheke enkululekweni, ebaziwe.
Umsebenzi wakhe wokugcina ukubuyiselwa kukaKristu. Ngenkathi ephethe izandla zakhe ekubukezeni lokho kumelwa phakathi komuntu noNkulunkulu (isifaniso sezingathekiso zomuntu osondele endleleni yakhe yokugcina edlula konke), inoveli iyajula ngomlobi wezingoma ondlula phezu kweprozi futhi lokho kufinyelela kulokho isithangami sangaphakathi lapho kuhlangana khona imvelo nokholo; lapho isidingo sokuhlala siphila sinxeshezelwa ngokuthembela ukuthi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kuzoba nokuphila okwengeziwe, kolunye uhlobo, okuhambisana nomphefumulo okufanele uhambisane nathi njengezindlalifa zomhlatshelo wobuKristu.
Imvelo yethu evezwayo yilokho kuphikisana, yileyo mfihlo engeke ivezwe. Ubulili njengobuphezulu kakhulu bese kuthi obunqatshelwe kakhulu. Uma uKristu kufanele akhombise ubulili bakhe kungaba yinkinga kumculi othonywe isimilo ...
Abahambahambayo baqhubeka befika, benganaki ukuzinikezela okuyisisekelo komsindisi wabo, benethemba emazweni amasha ngaphesheya kwemingcele, njengoKristu abasha abanikezwe ukuphathwa.
Ukholo nezwe. Impilo emhlabeni ekhawulelwe yodwa futhi efakwe emingceleni ye-inri eningi (i-pun ehlosiwe). Ukusinda okungokwemvelo nethemba elingokomlando kwabangaguquki. Inkolo njengesisekelo sokuveza okuhle kithi ngenkathi ushaya onembeza bethu. Amaqaba njengoba sasiyikho empeleni.
Inoveli yenza izinkondlo nefilosofi ngasikhathi sinye. Isitayela sokubhala kwesinye isikhathi phakathi kokuminyene nokukhanya kufana noJavier Carrasco kwesakhe inoveli yangaphandle.
Manje usungathenga inoveli Imvelo eveziwe, incwadi entsha ka-Erri De Luca, lapha: