Kukhona amanoveli ezothando nezothando. Futhi yize kubonakala kufana, umehluko ubonakala ngokujula kwesakhiwo. Angifuni ukuphazamisa amanoveli walolu hlobo azinikele ekusitsheleni impilo nomsebenzi wabathandi ababili lapho bebhekene nothando olungenakwenzeka (ngenxa yezinkulungwane zezimo), eziningi zazo zingukuzijabulisa okuphelele. Kepha kunjalo yini ngalokhu incwadi Ingadi kaSonoko kubaluleke kakhulu.
Okokuqala, isigaba. Ukufunda le noveli entsha kaDavid Crespo ukuhamba uye eJapan, ekujuleni kwamasiko ayo, engxenyeni engaphakathi impela yezwe, lapho kwakhiwa khona leyo idiosyncrasy ethile esekwe kunhlonipho namasiko maqondana nokuhlalisana.
Okwesibili, indaba uqobo lwayo. UKaoru ungumfana okhethekile. Uzinikele ekuthengiseni izicathulo eKyoto, omunye umuntu ompunga ubonakala kithi njengomlingisi ongalindelekile wendaba. Kepha kancane kancane singena emphefumulweni wakhe we-hermetic wama-twist angenakuqondakala, lapho azama ukufihla khona ubuhlungu besikhathi esedlule. UKaoru uphenduka umuntu omuhle ngokumangazayo, okokuqala ngenxa yamandla akhe e-eccentric, kepha futhi ngenxa yombono wakhe wezwe okufanele liphenduke nsuku zonke ngenqubo efanayo ephelele.
UKaoru uthola isimemo esingenakuphikiswa ngelinye ilanga. USonoko ufuna ukuhamba naye. Futhi akakwazi ukwenqaba, yize kuqhekeke ubuqiniso obucatshangwa umqondo, okuthile kumtshela ukuthi kumele azinikele kulolo vukelo ebusweni benqubo yakhe.
Njengoba esondela kuSonoko, sithola izizathu zikaKarou zokuthi uvaliwe futhi ube munye njengaye. Kepha eJapan iqiniso mayelana nesiphetho sabantu lilandelwa ngentambo ebomvu, intambo eboshwe ngezinye izikhathi, ebonakala ngathi iyavaleka kuwe, ebophayo futhi ikukhulule, ekuphambanisayo futhi ebonakala ikubophela kokwedlule , nokuthi ekugcineni uthola okunye okweqile, okuphela ezinyaweni zomunye umuntu, owabelana ngentambo yakho ngaso sonke isikhathi, kuze kube ngumzuzu owazi ngawo.
Kungenzeka kakhulu ukuthi uKarou uthole omunye umkhawulo wentambo yakhe ebomvu. Futhi akukho okuzofana.
Ungathenga incwadi Ingadi kaSonoko, inoveli yakamuva kaDavid Crespo, lapha:
Ngiyabonga kakhulu ngokubuyekezwa kwakho Mnu. Herranz! Ngiyajabula ukwazi ukuthi uyithandile inoveli yami.