Indaba yegciwane eligcina lisabalale phakathi kwabantu aliseyona indaba eqanjiwe ehlasimulisayo kodwa umuzwa wokuthi kungenzeka ukuthi i-dystopia isifikile.
Ngakho-ke amanoveli afana nalawa asikisela isipho esiyithuba esibi, esinembe ngokushaqisayo sethuba. Asethembe ukuthi ikusasa lezinsuku zethu alibonakali kithi njengokuvela kabusha kokweqisa okufana nalokhu okulandiwe, ngisho nokudliwa inyama yomuntu okudingekile ukuze siphile.
Kodwa akukho okuzwakalayo kude kangaka manje, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi simelelwe ukude kangakanani. Ubani owayezositshela ukuthi wonke umuntu uzohamba emgwaqweni ephethe imaski, esaba ukujova igciwane nge-oxygen ebalulekile edingekayo?
Ama-Dystopias asukile ekubeni abekwe emashalofini ezinganekwane zesayensi ezitolo zezincwadi nemitapo yolwazi ukuya esigabeni sezindaba zamanje, ecabanga kabusha umlingiswa wezinto ezinhle njengezincwadi ezinesisindo esikhulu. Kuye kwaba kancane kancane, kusukela UMargaret Atwood kanye nokuphindaphinda kwakhe kobufazi kusukela endabeni yencekukazi kuya ku-apocalypse yegciwane ehamba embundwini weqiniso eligcwele ...
Ngenxa yegciwane elibulalayo elihlasela izilwane futhi lithelela abantu, umhlaba usuphenduke indawo empunga, enokungabaza nengenamoya, futhi umphakathi uhlukene phakathi kwabadlayo nabadliwayo.
Iyiphi enye ingxenye yobuntu engalingana lapho izidumbu zabafileyo zishiswa ukuze kugwenywe ukudliwa kwazo? Kuphi ukuxhumana nomunye uma, ngempela, siyilokho esikudlayo? Kule dystopia engenalunya njengoba inonya njengoba icashile, ingokomfanekiso njengoba ingokoqobo, U-Agustina Bazterrica ikhuthaza, ngamandla aqhumayo ezinganekwane, izinzwa kanye nezinkulumo-mpikiswano ezixubile.
Ezilwaneni singase singakuboni unya lwesheyini lokudla. Lapho sibona ibhubesi lidla inzinse, sithatha isiphetho sezinto. Kodwa-ke, kwenzekani lapho isidingo nokuphuthuma kudlulela esigabeni somuntu. Isizathu, iqiniso lomehluko libe selisibekela ukuze lidale izingqinamba ezingenakucatshangwa.
Manje usungathenga inoveli ethi «Exquisite Corpse», incwadi ka-Agustina Bazterrica, lapha: