Isihloko sesivele sithwebula ukuzwa kwesibikezelo esibulalayo esilawula le noveli yobugebengu. Isiphetho sakha uzungu lokuheha nokuxhumanisa imiphefumulo ephukile yabalingiswa abelana ngokudlula okubuhlungu nobukhona obumnyama. Abalingiswa bahluke kakhulu endizeni yangempela, lena egxile endimeni yezenhlalo, imvelaphi nokuzinikela. Kepha lelo qiniso lihlehliselwe emuva njengoba sithola ukuthi bonke babelana kanjani ngombono ofanayo ongenalutho emhlabeni. Ukungabikho, ukuhlukumezeka, ukulahlekelwa, udlame, ukuphoxeka. Umuzwa odabukisayo yilokho okusenza sibone abalingiswa njengabalingani bomphefumulo kuleyo ndiza yokuphila ngokuzithoba, kude kakhulu nezimo ezithile nomgwaqo wangempela ohanjiwe.
Uma uhlamvu lwe Ibarra YaseJalimane ngabe bekungewona amaphoyisa, le ndaba ibizodlulela inoveli ebabazekayo yokujula okumangazayo, ngemihlaba ethile yabalingiswa bayo echaza kabusha iqiniso lesigcawu ngasinye. Ukuvakasha okukhona enhliziyweni yemvelo ku ICosta da Morte. Ilungele kuphela abathandi bezincwadi ezinhle kakhulu; lapho kuphuma khona ilanga, isibindi solwandle, inkungu eminyene noma ukuthula okuthe cwaka kwedolobha kulingiswa ngumqondisi womlingisi osemsebenzini, obhekene nokuhlangenwe nakho okukhulu kuleso sikhala lapho imicabango nemizwa yabo intanta khona kuguqula konke okukuzungezile.
Naphezu kwakho konke, icebo liqhubeka kancane ngendlela emangalisayo. UVictor weSihlahla iyazi ukuthi ingasifingqa kanjani isisindo esichazayo esikhona (isisindo ngokuya ngamandla adonsela phansi abalingiswa ngokudlula kwabo), ngokukhanya kwesenzo esislayida sibonga izingqinamba eziningi ezisalindile. Isakhiwo siqhubeka sibonga ukuseshwa kwezizathu zomlingiswa ngamunye ukuthi abe yilokho ayikho, izizathu zokulimala kwakhe.
Kusukela ekufuneni ukulungisa ezinye izisulu zobushiqela base-Argentina, kuze kube ukuphindisela okungenakwenzeka kwe- omama abashonelwa yizingane zabo, sihamba ngezindaba ze izingane ziphoqelelwe ukuphuma ebuntwaneni ngesihluku nange imiphefumulo ebucayi ukuthi bebengazi, futhi abazi, futhi abakwazi ukuthola indawo yabo emhlabeni.
Akungabazeki ukuthi indawo ebucayi yobuntu obukhanya ebumnyameni obukhulu, ngomthombo osetshenziswayo manje wokubhala we-flashbacks oguqula indaba ibe yindida, konke kususwe kancane (njenge-cocktail enhle) ngenxa yesici sokuphenya kwamaphoyisa esithathwa yi-good de Ibarra ukunakekelwa kokwenza samuntu njengomucu ojwayelekile kuma-veather amaningi kakhulu futhi amaningi kakhulu cishe konke.
Ekugcineni kuphela, iphuzu lethemba elingenakuphikwa libonakala lidlulisa ukuzola kwabanye babasindile uqobo. Labo, ngemuva kokuphula ngokuphelele umphefumulo wabo emadwaleni, bangahlela uhambo olusha. Labo abangasekho nalabo abathi, yize benakho konke, baqhubeke nokubambelela kokwedlule babonakala behlala njengoba sabathola, bacwile kulowo mngqungqo ongakaze umemezele iholide.
Manje usungathenga i-Eve of Almost Everything, inoveli yakamuva kaVíctor del Arbol, lapha:
1 beka amazwana ku- "The eve of almost everything, nguVíctor del Arbol"