Isiphetho sombhali ngamunye kufanele kube ukubhala umsebenzi wakhe omuhle ngaphambi nje kokushiya inkundla, kungaba ngokuhoxa emhlabeni wezincwadi noma ngokufa. Kuhlaza kodwa kuyiqiniso.
Ngoba ngokuhamba kwesikhathi sithola amacala afana nalawa UJohn boyne, engakwazi ukugibela phezu komfana wakhe ngezingubo zokulala ezinemishwe. Futhi kungenzeka ukuthi akuyona ngisho inoveli yakhe enhle kakhulu, kepha isipho sethuba kwesinye isikhathi sithinta indaba ephumelele kakhulu ngenduku yakhe.
Ubulula nobumsulwa bobuntwana namandla amakhulu wedrama njengombhangqwana ongacabangeki. Leyo cocktail esenze sonke saba ngabantu, sazwela ngokwengeziwe ngombono wokubhala wazo zonke ezinye izinto. Ukufundwa okuyigugu, okunye kwalabo abakha lokho kucabanga kobuhle obudingekayo, besintu sine qua non, lo mhlaba ungaqhubeka uphenduke.
Kepha iphuzu ukuthi, uBoyne kuningi abengasitshela khona. Futhi yize ukumbozwa kwengane enkulu ehlanganisa konke, kuvela ukuthi lokhu kuzwela okukhethekile kombhali kuyaqhubeka nokuvundisa ezindabeni ezinhle ...
Inganekwane eshaqisayo yamandla, inkohlakalo, amanga, ukuzikhohlisa nokuhlukumeza iSonto LamaKatolika, ngumbhali ohlonishwayo Umfana ogqoke izingubo zokulala ezinemigqa.
I-Ireland, ngo-1970. Ngemuva kwenhlekelele yomndeni nangenxa yentshiseko engazelelwe yenkolo kamama wakhe owayedabukile, u-Odran Yates uphoqeleka ukuba azimise abe ngumfundisi, ngakho-ke, eneminyaka engu-17 ubudala, ungena esikoleni sobufundisi saseClonliffe amukela ubizo abanye abamkhethele lona.
Eminyakeni engamashumi amane kamuva, ukuzinikela kuka-Odran kuqhekeziwe yizambulo eziqeda ukholo lwabantu base-Ireland ekuhlanjalazweni ngokocansi. Abaningi babapristi ayekanye nabo bagcina beboshiwe, futhi kwabhidlika impilo yamakholwa amancane.
Lapho umcimbi womndeni uvula amanxeba esikhathi esedlule, u-Odran uphoqeleka ukuba abhekane namademoni akhishwe ngaphakathi eSontweni futhi avume ukubandakanyeka kwakhe kuleyo micimbi.
Manje usungathenga incwadi "Imikhondo Yokuthula", kaJohn Boyne, lapha: