Kwesinye isikhathi ngake ngaba nesibindi sokubhala ingxenye yesibili ye- The Picture of Dorian Gray, ngo Oscar Wilde. Mhlawumbe ngolunye usuku ngizolayisha umphumela kule bhulogi. Vele, ukuthobeka kungikhawulela ngokwanele lapho ubhekene nomsebenzi wokuzikhandla ...
Endabeni UJohn banville, ubuhlakani obungcwelisiwe obukwazi ukuthola izindaba ezizoshicilelwa ngaphansi kwegama lakhe noma ngaphansi kwegama elingelona iqiniso uBenjamin Black, ukhuthaze uNkk. Osmond ukuthi enze isibuyekezo esibuyekeziwe se "Portrait of a Lady", inoveli enkulu ka UHenry James.
Futhi-ke, esimweni sakhe umphumela, kungenzeka kanjani ukuthi ube ngenye indlela, wenelisa ngokuphelele. U-Isabel Osmond ngu-Isabel Archer ofundwe futhi waguqulwa ubuhlakani base-Ireland.
Ukuqondana kwezinto phakathi kwalaba baphikisi ababili kuyaphawuleka ngemuva, maqondana nezimo ababhekene nazo, lolo hlobo lokushiywa, naphezu komunyu ongavusa noma imuphi umbhangqwana owaziyo ukuthi ufakwe embhedeni ngumthandi osemsebenzini.
Ukusuka eRoma kuya eLondon, u-Isabel Osmond usendleleni eya kulo mzuzu ngaphambi kokukhohliswa nguGilbert Osmond. Ukubuyisa ubusha kungasho ukuqala ukufutheka okungenakwenzeka ekuzweleni okubuyela emuva okubonakala kungenangqondo ekwenzeni izinto ezibonakalayo okungenakwenzeka.
Khonamanjalo, umuzwa wokuziphindisela odingekayo ubuye ubonakale phakathi kokukhungatheka nokuthinta okuthile kwenjabulo etholwe enkululekweni eyabekwa ekuqaleni futhi ekugcineni yanqotshwa ngenhloso enhle.
Lapho u-Isabel ephoqeleka ukuba abuyele eRoma, uGilbert uzoqhubeka nokumlinda ngokukhululeka komuntu owenza isiliphu esilungiswe kalula. Yilapho esizothola khona ukuthi ngesikhathi ebalekela eLondon u-Isabel ukwazile ukuziguqula kabusha, wathola amandla okuphoqelela ukubaluleka kwakhe, endiza ngaphezu kwakho konke okumelwe nguGilbert: ukungathembeki, ukuziphatha okubi nokunganaki ngokuphelele noma yimuphi umuntu wesifazane.
Manje usungathenga inoveli uNkk Osmond, incwadi entsha kaJohn Banville, lapha: