IHavana kwakuyidolobha lapho kwakungabonakali lutho olushintsha khona, ngaphandle kwabantu abafika bengena enkambweni yokuphila yemvelo. Idolobha eligxiliwe ngezinaliti zesikhathi, njengokungathi liqondiswe ku-honeyed cadence womculo walo wendabuko. Futhi lapho uJuan Del Monte wahamba njengenhlanzi emanzini, namakhonsathi akhe angunaphakade e-Buena Vista cafe.
UDon Fuego, oqanjwe ikhono lakhe lokuvula amakhasimende ngezwi lakhe elimnandi nelingathi sína, uthola ngolunye usuku ukuthi leli dolobha ngokuzumayo libonakala lizimisele ngokushintsha, ukuyeka ukufana njalo, ukuyeka ukugcina isikhathi sibhajwe phakathi kwezindlu zabo zekoloniyali, amasela alo ama-canteens nezimoto zawo zekhulu lamashumi amabili.
Konke kwenzeka kancane eHavana, ngisho nosizi nokuphelelwa yithemba. UDon Fuego ushiywe ezitaladini, engenamathuba amasha okucula ngaphandle kwabangane bakhe abasha osizini.
Kuze kuhlangane uMayensi. UDon Fuego uyazi ukuthi usemdala, kunanini ngaphambili njengoba esenqatshiwe emgwaqweni. Kepha uMayensi uyintombazanyana emvusa ebuthongweni bakhe obudalwa yizimo. Intombazane ifuna ithuba futhi ifuna ukuyisiza. UJuan del Monte uzwa umlilo wakhe uzalwa kabusha ...
Kodwa iMayensi inemiphetho yayo ethile, ikhefu lapho igcina khona izimfihlo zobuntu bayo obuzulazulayo. Yena noDon Fuego bazosihola emigwaqweni enamagobongo eHavana, phakathi kokukhanya kweCaribbean namathunzi aseCuba oshintshweni. Indaba yamaphupho nokulangazelela, okwehlukile phakathi komuzwa womculo obalulekile kanye nezithunzi zezinye izakhamizi ezicwilisa ukudabuka kwazo ngaphansi kwamanzi aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka olwandle.
Ungathenga incwadi UNkulunkulu akahlali eHavana, inoveli entsha yombhali wase-Algeria enombono mbumbulu u-Yasmina Khadra, lapha:
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