Kungenzeka kakhulu ukuthi okubi kakhulu akusona isihogo nokuthi izulu alilibi kangako. Lapho ungabaza, isihlanzo singase sibe nayo yonke into kulabo abangagcini ngokunquma. Okuthile kwezifiso ezingenakwenzeka noma ukwesaba okukhulu; izinkanuko ezingenasikhumba zokuzithokozisa ngazo, nobutha benziwa isibindi.
Nakuba ngezinye izikhathi akudingekile ukufinyelela isihlanzo ukuze ugqoke leyo mibono. Ngoba kungase kufike isikhathi lapho ukhona kulo mhlaba ungakaze utholakale noma uzizwe ngisho nakancane. Futhi njengengelosi ewile, akukho lutho olubi njengokukhishwa kwefa komuntu esiqeshini sakhe sepharadesi...
Ngaphansi kwesambulela sezincwadi eziningi kangaka namasinema ukusiyisa ebuphekula, uSistiaga ulingisa Isi-Aramburu, kodwa engxenyeni yesithombe kuphela. Ngoba okuhle ngemibhalo yikuthi awusoze wakhuluma indaba eyodwa ngababalisi ababili abatshiyeneyo.
Eminyakeni engamashumi amathathu nanhlanu edlule, u-Imanol Azkarate wathunjwa wabulawa, kodwa ababulali bakhe ababili abakaze baboshwe noma bakhonjwe. Omunye wabo, uJosu Etxebeste, umbuyiseli owaziwayo waseGipuzkoan, wagcina zonke izincwadi nemidwebo eyenziwa yisithunjwa ngesikhathi evalelwe. Manje, usenqume ukulivuma icala lakhe futhi anikeze u-Alasne, indodakazi yesisulu konke lokhu, futhi azinikele kuKhomishana u-Ignacio Sánchez, iphoyisa elaphenya ngokuthumba. Nokho, uJosu uzovuma kuphela uma uSánchez naye evuma ukuthi wayengumhlukumezi ononya. Ngenkathi bezabalaza ukuvumelanisa isikhathi sabo esidlule esihlomile nesimanje esingenanzondo noma udlame, iziphethu ezilele zeNhlangano ziyahlanganiswa. Ababengamasosha, njengo-Etxebeste, abakaze baboshwe futhi abangenanhloso yokuvuma izono nokuguqula izimpilo zabo ezinethezekile ngemuva kwengxabano u-Euskadi uzozama ukumisa lokhu kuzwana ngazo zonke izindlela.
I-Purgatorio, inoveli yokuqala engavamile yentatheli kanye nentatheli ephenyayo uJon Sistiaga, iveza Izwe Lama-Basque lapho icala lingangcwatshwa noma lingafihlwa, kodwa kunalokho liyavela futhi liqashelwe. Ikhuluma ngezwe eligcwele izikhali ezigqwalile ezindaweni zokucasha ezilahliwe, zokukhashelwa, ukwethembeka nezimfihlo ezinonya, amaphekula aphendukile, amaphekula aqhoshayo nezisulu ezingakwazi ukuvala impi yazo. IPurgatorio iphinde ibe wumdlalo oshubile ozogcina umfundi enokungabaza kuze kube yikhasi lokugcina, kodwa, ngaphezu kwakho konke, kuleyo ndawo lapho umuntu kufanele abone ububi obenziwe futhi azame ukuphulukisa.
Manje usungathenga inoveli ethi “Purgatorio”, kaJon Sistiaga, lapha:
