Ubudlelwano bethu nokufa busiholela ohlotsheni lokuhlangana okubulalayo lapho ngamunye eqala ukubala phansi ngendlela engcono kakhulu. Ukufa kungukuphikisana kokugcina, futhi UJostein Gaarder uyazi. I-protagonist yale ndaba entsha yombhali omkhulu usemzuzwini othile wokusondela ekungabazeni okujulile ngokufa, lokho esikugwemayo nosuku lwethu usuku nosuku.
UJakop uhlala yedwa futhi isizungu siyisandulela sokufa. Mhlawumbe yingakho uJakob ephikelela ngokuxosha abantu abangaziwa abangasekho. UJakop uqala ukuhambela amakhaya emingcwabo ukuze axoshe ontanga angakaze ahlanganyele nabo lutho, abese enweba nakwabanye abeza nokuzovalelisa.
Kepha okungahambisani noJakop ukuthi, yize esekhulile, kungahlala kunendawo yokwamukelwa empilweni, noma ngabe uzama kangakanani ukujwayela ukuvalelisa.
Indaba efingqiwe: Isazi esineminyaka engamashumi ayisithupha ubudala, esizimele futhi esinentshisekelo e-Indo-European eMnyangweni Wezilimi e-University of Oslo, eJakop siphila impilo enesizungu. Njengoba engenazo izingane noma izihlobo eziseduze, ugcina kuphela ubudlelwano nowayengunkosikazi wakhe kanye nomngani wakhe uPelle. Kepha ukuhola impilo encane kangaka yomphakathi kubonakala kungabalulekile kuye, ngoba umsebenzi oyingqayizivele uhlala ezinsukwini zakhe zonke futhi, ngokwengeza, ubukhona bakhe bonke: uya emingcwabeni yabantu angabazi, uxubana izihlobo futhi ukhumbula kubo ama-anecdotes abathandeka kakhulu ebudlelwaneni bakhe obungamanga nomuntu oshonile, izindaba ezincane, ngokungaphumeleli, ezithinta ngokujulile labo abakhona. Kuze kube usuku olulodwa, komunye wemingcwabo, uJakop uhlangana no-Agnes ...
Ngamandla akhe angenakuqhathaniswa okusondela ekujuleni nasekujuleni kakhulu ngokukhanya okusobala, umbhali we Umhlaba kaSofia isinikeza inoveli engalibaleki enkabeni yayo, empeleni, umuntu nemibuzo yakhe yaphakade mayelana nencazelo yendawo yonke.
Manje usungathenga inoveli Indoda ephethe onodolinguJostein Gaarder, iphepha elibhalwe phansi, lapha:
