Umbono wasekuqaleni, owenziwe ngosiba olufanele, ungaguqula incwadi ibe yinhlanhla yokubhala, uhlobo lokumiselwa kusengaphambili ukunikela ngomsebenzi omnandi, ojabulisayo, ogcwele amahlaya. Kepha ngasikhathi sinye, le ncwadi igcwele imibono ethokozisayo ngempilo, uthando nazo zonke lezozinto ezincane esizifunayo ezimpilweni zethu zansuku zonke. UMarie-Sabine Roger, uyakuthola.
Yize ngenhlanhla lokho kwe-protagonist yale ndaba, uMortimer Di Funto. Umfana, isiphetho sakhe siqagelwa ngisho nasegameni lakhe elibi. UMortimer wayebhale kuzakhi zakhe zofuzo ukuthi kufanele afe eneminyaka engama-36, njengabo bonke okhokho bakhe.
Eminyakeni yakhe emithathu nangaphezulu elindile, uMortimer Di Funto wenze okuncane ngempilo yakhe. Ukulinda lokho kuphelile kuye kwamletha kuye, ngaphandle kokunye ukugqugquzela. Awukho umndeni, akukho thando olukhulu noma izinkanuko.
Futhi usuku lwakhe lokuzalwa lufika, futhi kungenzeki lutho, ngakusasa kusantwela ngaphandle kokufa sekumile kuye. Ukuphela kwesiqalekiso? Impilo yonke ichithekile? Kungaba khona ihlaya elingaphezulu?
UMortimer, obone nje impilo yakhe idlula, ngokuzumayo uzithola enomdwebo wempilo yamahhala, futhi kancane kancane uyaphikelela ekwenzeni okuthile okuhle ngakho. Ulahlekelwe yisikhathi esiyigugu angaphinde abuye, kepha ekujuleni kwenhliziyo, ukuqala ngosuku ngemuva kokuzalwa kwakhe kwe-36th, angahle aphile kunanoma ngubani omunye umuntu. Ukuqala impilo entsha kuye kuba yinani elimphakamisela ngaphezu kwezinye izimpilo ezishelelayo, ezingaphansi kakhulu kwansuku zonke njengenqubo ebulalayo.
Ngaphandle kokungabaza, lo ngumsebenzi onomthamo omkhulu wamahlaya kepha onensalela ebalulekile yamandla amahle. Umqondo, ophawulwa kaningi, ngokutholwa kokubaluleke ngempela usiholela ekuhlanganyeleni noMortimer endleleni yokuthola kabusha okubalulekile, ngaphandle kokuziphatha noma ukufundiswa, noma ukuzisiza, kuphela ngamahlaya, mhlawumbe kanye nothando, izinto esizishiyile.
Ungathenga incwadi Usuku lokuzalwa, inoveli yakamuva kaMarie-Sabine Roger, lapha: