Uma muva nje bengikhuluma ngencwadi Izinganekwane zeNordic, kaNeil Gaiman, nephuzu layo elihlangene lezinganekwane nezincwadi, kulokhu kuyithuba lencwadi ethi The Wolf’s Smile, incwadi eqanjiwe ngokuphelele ekhuluma ngesinye sezinkathi zomlando ezingavamile kakhulu enyakatho yeYurophu.
Yikhulu le-XNUMX e-Iceland elethwe emithethweni eyisisekelo kakhulu yokuphilisana futhi engaphansi kwesigqi sebhayoloji esihluke kakhulu kwese-Europe yonke, nokushona kwalo okuhlala izinyanga nezinkathi zayo ezingapheli zokukhanya kwemvelo.
Okwethulwa kithi kule ncwadi kuzwakala ngokwesimiso kufana neyokugcina efundwe nguCecilia Ekbäck, Ukukhanya okumnyama kwelanga laphakathi kwamabili. Okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka okukhona okubandayo njengesilungiselelo esifanelekile sesiqephu sohlobo olumnyama, lokho kuphela emakhulwini ambalwa eminyaka kamuva esimweni esishiwo ngenhla.
Iphuzu liwukuthi kulelo khulu le-XNUMX, ngemva kwezinsuku nezinsuku zobumnyama, u-Kirián no-Gunnar banqotshwa ukusikisela futhi baphuma bayobulala isipoki esasihlupha idolobhana. Beqiniseka ngeqiniso laleyo ndaba yobubi obuhamba phakathi kwamapulazi, abafana abanqikazi nakancane ukuqeda lokho kuba khona okuyinqaba.
Umuntu ofile ekugcineni waba yinyama negazi. U-Kirián no-Gunnar babeyizisulu zozungu lokubenza babe ababulali abanonya. Ngethemba lokuba nenhlanhla yokuthi ngelinye ilanga basebenzise ukuziphindiselela kwabo, laba bangane ababili babhekene nesijeziso somthetho wezihloko ezincishisiwe kanye neziqinisekiso ezincane. Ukuphila kwakhe kungaba yingxenye yembuyiselo yobubi obubangelwe, engxabanweni yegazi enobudlova okunxeshezelwa ngayo elinye igazi.
Ngaphansi kombono wokuqala wenoveli yomlando sithola leli phuzu elingenakuphikwa lenoveli yobugebengu ebandakanya inhlanganisela yobuciko. Ukwazi ukuthi babengaphila kanjani kuleyo minyaka emazweni anobungane kangaka futhi bethola ukuthi kuzokwenzekani kuKirián noGunnar kwenza indaba eguquguqukayo nelinganiselayo, enamasiko athile emvelo enkathi yomlando kodwa njalo ihola izehlakalo ezilandiswayo ngendlela esheshayo. .
Ungathenga incwadi Ukumamatheka kwempisi, inoveli entsha ka-Tim Leach, nansi: