Ngisanda kubuyekeza inoveli UNkulunkulu akahlali eHavanangu-Yasmina Khadra. Namuhla ngiletha kule ndawo incwadi ephethe ama-analogies athile naleyo esivele ikhonjisiwe, okungenani ngokwesimo se-subjective prism. ULeonardo Padura Kusinikeza nombono ohlukile wenhlokodolobha yaseCuba. Ngomlingiswa wakhe uMario Conde (noma yikuphi okufana nalokho okwenzeka eSpain kungokuqondaniseka okumsulwa), sihamba ngeHavana emthunzini phakathi kokukhanya okukhulu kweCaribbean.
Kodwa-ke isizinda sezindaba sehluka kakhulu. Kulokhu sihamba esakhiweni sohlobo olumnyama, ngalokhu kungafani kwemvelo kwendawo yeparadesi. Futhi-ke yonke le ndaba ihamba kahle kakhulu phakathi kwendodana yaseCuba kanye nama-cantinas. Kuwo wonke amadolobha kuhlale kunendawo engaphansi komhlaba ehamba phakathi kwamagiya ajulile kakhulu omuzi uqobo.
UMario Conde uzodabula kulowo mhlaba ongaphansi komhlaba, eyofuna umsebenzi wobuciko wasendulo webiwe. Kepha imicimbi iyamphuthuma ...
Ngesikhathi esifanayo lapho sizama ukuthola ukuthi kwenzekani ezungeze leyo ntombi emnyama eyebiwe, sizethula emicimbini yobukhulu uqobo. Isuke kanjani eSpain iye eCuba? Phakathi kwesakhiwo esimnyama ukulandisa okuthakazelisayo kwe-adventure kuvula ngokuthinta okungokomlando kweMpi Yombango yaseSpain, yabadingisiwe, kanye nesikhathi esedlule, seminyaka eminingi kangaka, amakhulu eminyaka, lapho ukudweba kudlula kuzo zonke izinhlobo zezimo…
Ngakho-ke, lapho sifunda le ncwadi, sizijabulela kabili lezo zingqinamba ezixhunywe nokulawula, kube sengathi okwamanje nokwedlule bekuyizibonakaliso zamanje nezesikhathi esidlule zomhlaba ofanayo, okucatshangwa ukuthi ubukhona bayo obungenamqondo yintombi emnyama.
Manje usungathenga inoveli Ukubonakala kwesikhathi, incwadi entsha kaLeonardo Padura, lapha: