Ukugxila kwale noveli ngu Amélie Nothomb, ikhava yayo, amazwibela ayo, yangikhumbuza ngesimo seHitchcock yokuqala. Lokho kuthintwa kwe-esoteric okudlule empilweni yamazwe amaningi ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-XNUMX. Futhi iqiniso ukuthi bekungekho okungahambi kahle ngokuhumusha kwami ekuqaleni kokubona.
U-Count Neville, uthwale kanzima ngokwehla kwesimo sakhe sezezimaliKepha eqinile entandweni yakhe yokulondoloza ukubukeka kobukhazikhazi nobukhazikhazi bobukhosi, uhlangabezana nenkinga enkulu lapho indodakazi yakhe encane inyamalala.
Ukuhlangana ngenhlanhla kuphela kwentsha enomlingo owasindisa le ntokazi ekufeni yi-hypothermia maphakathi nehlathi. Isimo sesivele silindele okuthile okungaqondakali, ngoba le ntokazi ibonakele izisonge, sengathi ihlukanisiwe, icasulwe okuthile esingakwazi njengamanje ...
UMnuz Henri Neville ulungiselela ukuyolanda indodakazi yakhe, kepha phambilini umboni ubemnikeza isibikezelo samahhala esimguqula abe ngumbulali wesikhathi esizayo ngesikhathi sephathi azoyigubha endlini yakhe. Umbono wokuqala ukuhlobanisa lokhu kubulala okuzayo nomuntu ophazamise, owephule indodakazi yokubala, futhi umfundi angahle abe neqiniso, iqiniso ukuthi ngale ndlela elula, ngesethingi engekho ngaphandle kwephupho, ubanjwa yilokho ukwenzeka.
Iphuzu eliyimfihlakalo, amaconsi athile okwesaba nomsebenzi omuhle wepeni okhombisa amaphrofayli ezinhlamvu nezisusa ezingaba khona zobubi ekukhanyeni okuncane, okuhlobisa izigcawu kuze kufike lapho kunencazelo khona ukunambitheka hhayi umthwalo, okuthile kubalulekile kunoveli eyenzelwe ukugcina izingqinamba.
Lapho usuku lwephathi yeNgadi lufika, isikhumbuzo esivamile enqabeni yaseNeville, ukufundwa kwethulwa ohambweni lokuxakeka, kufuna ukufinyelela kuleso sikhathi lapho ukubikezela kungagcwaliseka noma kungafezeki, kudinga ukwazi izizathu zokuthi kungenzeka ukubulala, kuyilapho iqoqo labalingiswa lizulazula ngendlela engaqondakali esakhiweni, ngohlobo lobuhle obubi kakhulu besigaba esiphakeme.
Ungathenga incwadi Ubugebengu buka-Earl waseNeville, inoveli yakamuva ngu Amélie Nothomb, lapha:
Amazwana angu-1 ku-"The crime of Count Neville, by Amélie Nothomb»