Inganekwane ingabhalwa ngezindaba ezinzima kakhulu zomphefumulo, mayelana nakho konke lokho kungqubuzana okuqukethwe ubukhona bethu, mayelana nomuzwa wecala nokuzisola, mayelana nomuzwa wokwehlulwa mayelana nesikhathi esiphunyukayo. Kodwa kufanele wazi ukuthi ukwenze kanjani.
Iqiniso liwukuthi, kulokhu, uhlobo lwendaba lusiza kakhulu ekudambiseni umthwalo ongaphezu kwemvelo wendaba. I-brushstroke yendaba emfushane iyakwazi ukudlulisa izincazelo eziningi kunezinkulu zomsebenzi obanzi. Kodwa kufanele wazi ukuthi ukwenze kanjani
UDenis Johnson uyazi ukuthi kwenziwa kanjani. Futhi le ncwadi inikeza isibonelo esihle sayo.
Ezindabeni ezinhlanu ezakha le ncwadi sihlola imiklamo yempilo ehluke kakhulu, kodwa ehlala igcwele imizwelo ejulile esondela ekupheleni. Abalingiswa ababhekene nalokhu abayikho ngokumamatheka okumboziwe babhekane nenhlekelele, ukudangala kuphenduke leyo njabulo egcwele yokudabuka. Ngoba abanayo enye indlela.
Kulaba abalingiswa abahlanu kuhlale kukhona inhlansi yobuhle obugcwele empilweni. Ikakhulukazi empicabadala yayo enkulu yokugcina. Ngaphandle kwalokho abahle kakhulu bebeyocwiliswa ebumnyameni obudabukisayo bokucabanga obenze babhekana nokwesaba kwabo noma banqwabelanisa ukuhlukumezeka okudala; noma ukuthi ibafaka kwalasha wobuze bempilo edliwe, lapho sonke isikhathi esedlule imemezela ubuphakade besikhathi njengesiqubulo esingamanga esibonakala namuhla ezinsukwini zayo zokugcina ...
Ngemva kokuthanda kakhulu noma ukuzonda ngaphandle kokuchibiyela okungenzeka; Ngemuva kwempumelelo enkulu noma amaphutha amabi kakhulu, laba balingisi abanandaba nesesekeli sezimo zabo, ngoba i-nostalgia iyafana. Futhi kufanele kuphela bembule i-farce futhi bahleke ubuhlanya beqhinga lesikhathi elenza ize noma ikuphi ukunqoba noma okufihla noma yiliphi iphutha elingenzeka.
Ukufa kwamhlupha umbhali ngesikhathi ezifaka kulezi zindaba. Isenzo sezincwadi zokuvalelisa ngamabomu. Izinhlamvu ezinhlanu okungenzeka kube eyodwa. Ngoba ekugcineni siphila izimpilo eziningi, izimo ezahlukene, izimo ezahlukene futhi kufanele sikuvalelise kukho konke lokhu.
Manje usungathenga incwadi ethi The Mermaid's Favour, kaDenis Johnson, lapha. Ngesaphulelo esincane sokufinyelela okuvela kule bhulogi, esihlale saziswa: