Akukho okudlula ukuqala ukufunda incwadi wazi ukuthi konke kuzoqhuma emoyeni. Kulokho kuthula kwe-chicha kwesasasa lengqondo kuyingxenye yenjabulo enkulu esabisayo yomfundi ofisa ukungezwani okulandisayo. EMpumalanga incwadi «Owesifazane owayengekho» kugcwele kulowo mqondo ophindaphindiwe mayelana nobunikazi, mayelana nesazela, mayelana nesikhathi esedlule esifihliwe. Ngendlela ethile kungikhumbuza inoveli engisanda kuyibuyekeza: «Akuyona eyami«. Yize womabili la manoveli egxila ezingqikithini ezahlukahlukene, zigcina zihlangana ngombono wokungezwani ngenxa yeqiniso elifihliwe ngomlingiswa ophambili, kude nabanye abalingiswa ababona ukukhukhuleka kwemicimbi bemangele.
Futhi kungani ungakusho, ezimweni zombili zamanoveli futhi kuyiphuzu elibi lentshisekelo. Okuthile okufana nokuthi "Lowo okulindile, umlingiswa omnene ohlala enhlalakahleni yakho"
UZoe ohlonishwayo nothakazwayo uphila ngokuhamba phezu kwesikhathi esedlule manje esibonakala njengesithunzi esikwazi ukuguqula amaphupho akhe ngezikhathi ezithile. Empilweni yakhe entsha yonke into iyamomotheka kuye, uthando, ukuchuma kwezomnotho kanye nesikhundla senhlalo. Akukho okulula njengokukhohlwa lapho okusha kuvela empilweni ephelele.
Kuphela ... Eqinisweni, kuzofanele ubuyele emuva eminyakeni emihlanu ukuthola ukuthi uZoe wayengubani ngempela. Ngisho angakwazi ukuvusa lezo zinsuku ezimpunga, ze-labyrinthine, isikhathi lapho impilo yakhe ilenga khona ngentambo waze wakwazi ukumqaqa umucu owawuthungela ikusasa lakhe ngeshwa.
Futhi umzuzu wenguquko ufika, wokuzivumelanisa nezidingo zalokho okwedlule okungenakucatshangwa kowesifazane ofana noZoe. Kusukela lapho kuqhubeke, sangena ezingxabanweni ezinkulu ebesizilindile, lelo findo lapho umlingisi ophambili okumele ahambe khona ngokulinganisela kwakhe okubalulekile phakathi komthunzi walokho ayeyikho nalokho ayezenza sengathi wayeyikho.
Kepha ngaphezu kokulingana okungenakwenzeka phakathi kwezimfihlo zakhe nempilo yakhe entsha, okubaluleke ngempela ingozi ezayo ezayo kuZoe, noma kunalokho kunalowo omunye umuntu owayekhona nowashiya ama-akhawunti amaningi asalindile ...
Manje usungathenga incwadi ethi The Woman Who Did Not Exist, incwadi entsha kaKate Moretti, lapha: