Njengengxenye yokuphakanyiswa kwale noveli, kuyaqinisekiswa ukuthi ukuhlukumezeka kwakhe kuthakazelise omunye wababhali abahamba phambili kuleyomikhuba yekhulu leshumi nesishiyagalolunye ekhonza ukunambitheka komfundi we-melancholic kanye nezimbangela ezithuthukayo ezifana nobufazi.
Ingabe U-Anne jacobs wathandana nalo msebenzi we Umbhali wase-Austrian uJulia Kröhn. Futhi kuyaqondakala kalula kushuni we-thematic, kwisimo sendawo esethulwe ngomfutho ofanayo nesaga le-Villa de las Telas.
Iphuzu ukuthi ngabe lihlelwe ngaphambilini noma cha, kungukucinga kwabashicileli bezindaba kusuka isihloko esifana ne-Anne Jacobs booms, umbuzo wokugcina ngukuthi sibhekene nohlaka olumnandi ngokugcwele, olusemhlabeni ofana nokaJacobs kuphela ngamaqaqa amakwe kakhulu ukudweba lawo mafindo phakathi kokuza nokwenzekayo maphakathi nekhulu lamashumi amabili.
Ngamanye amagama, uhlobo lwesaga oluhlanganisiwe olungaholela kuma-prequels anweba ngaphezu kwezikhathi ezingaziwa. Kule noveli kuphela okubalulekile okusindiswa ngokomthetho, ikusasa eliyindida lesikhathi esixhumanisa u-tabesifazane abathathu bomndeni owodwa kusuka ngo-1920 kuya ekuqaleni kweminyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa.
Isikhathi esiningi sokuluka la mafindo ndawonye, amathuba amaningi okuthi uFanny, uLisbeth noRieke babhekane nalokho abakufezile, kubhalwe ngaleyo nqubo yemilingo kwesinye isikhathi ayibhala sengathi othile ubephethe ukwenza umqondo wayo yonke into.
Kuphela ukuthi abalingiswa abazi kancane ngemicu ebahlanganisa ngaphezu kwesihlahla somndeni wabo wemvelo. Baphila ukuzinikela kwabo emfashini ngaso sonke isikhathi. Futhi lapho umbhali usebenzisa leli thuba ukusethula ngezingcweti ezinekhono ukusetshenziswa kanye namasiko agxumela ngale kwemfashini kuya kumagagasi ezenhlalo nawokuziphatha.
Umusa uhlala kulokho, ekuthetheleleni izimfashini, ezidlulayo kodwa njalo emuva naphambili, njengezimpilo, izimfihlo zomndeni kanye neminjunju yaleyo ntambo yesiliva ezimisele ukulungisa amasheya.
Babheka izikhathi ezibalulekile empilweni yabo, laba besifazane abathathu bazobhekana nalowo mzuzu wesinqumo oguqula konke. Kuphela, ukuba ngumbhali wesikrini ophakeme kakhulu ongaqonda yonke into, mhlawumbe imikhondo ethile yababukeli abanolwazi (njengeshali elibomvu elilula) angenza izinqumo zabo ngokuya ngenketho enhle kakhulu ukuze konke kugcine ngokushada ne-cadence emangalisayo ye-symphony egijimayo esikhathini esiningi sekhulu lamashumi amabili, phakathi kwezibane zalo namathunzi alo.
Manje usungathenga inoveli Indlu yemfashini, incwadi kaJulia Kröhn, lapha: