Ngisanda kubuyekeza inoveli Okwezinkomo nabesilisa ngumlobi waseBrazil u-Ana Paula Maia. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi ngemuva nje kwalokho ngema kwenye into entsha ngomunye umbhali waseBrazil. Kulokhu nguNélida Piñon, naye incwadi I-epic yenhliziyo.
Kuyiqiniso ukuthi ukuqashelwa kwamanye amazwe kufana kakhulu nokwesibili, kodwa futhi kuyiqiniso ukuthi kukho kokubili umuntu angathola ukuthokoza kolimi nezingxoxo e-Amazonia, uhlobo lokuxhumana kwezindawo nezolimi.
Mhlawumbe UNélida Piñon kubhekiswe ku-Ana Paula. UNélida umakadebona, umbhali ohlakaniphile futhi ohlonishwayo oneminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi ayisishiyagalombili uma eqhathaniswa nombhali osemncane osuka ku-1977. Kepha kunjalo, lokhu kungukuhumusha kwamahhala, umphumela wokuhlangana okulula kwemibono ...
Kodwa kuzoba njalo ngoba ngaphandle kokungabaza uNélida ungumpetha walokho akwenzayo. Kusukela emsebenzini wokubhala phansi, uhlale ekwazi ukuphakamisa izingqinamba ezijwayelekile, ngokokuziphatha, ngokwepolitiki nangokomphakathi. Ukukhukhuleka komphakathi yisihloko esithi ubuhle.
Ingqophamlando yenhliziyo iqala endaweni eseduze kakhulu kaNélida, kusuka eRio de Janeiro yakhe, evela eLatin America, kusuka emasikweni amadala nemikhuba emisha, kusuka ezinkampanini ezingekho emthethweni kanye nokushiya emsebenzini kanye nokukhohlwa izindinganiso ezinhle ebengafakwa kuzo okwedlule amanani amasha amanje, indawo yokuhlala, umgibeli, ongenamqondo.
Inoveli ehlaziya, isethulo esizindla ngokuzilibazisa. Injabulo yokubuyisa umcabango njengesibonakaliso esibalulekile hhayi nje into ethile ngezikhathi ezithile, cishe njalo ebonakalayo, yezentengiso. Futhi lapho kulele khona ingqophamlando yenhliziyo, ekwazi ukuzwa ngokunqamuka kwenhliziyo, noma ngomfutho ongalawuleki weqiniso ebusweni benkohliso engaka. Ngaphandle kokungabaza inoveli ethokozisayo nokufundwa okwakhayo ngalezi zikhathi.
Ungathenga incwadi I-epic yenhliziyo, ngumbhali waseBrazil uNélida Piñon, owina umklomelo we-Prince of Asturias Award ngo-2005, lapha: