Akukho lutho oludlula i-hyperbolic ne-macabre kunokucabanga ukubulala uyihlo. Kodwa u-Águeda unjalo. Akuyona indima obekufanele uyidlale. Kumane nje kuyindaba yokuzidla wedwa nokuba nesithukuthezi, ukukhulelwa okuphethwe kabi, isicefe sempilo engabalulekile nesidingo esiyinqaba nesinamandla sokuziphindiselela ngeqiniso lalokho okukhona.
Isici sokuqala sikaRoberto Osa esingahambi ngezindwangu ezifudumele noma imfudumalo. Kwesinye isikhathi inoveli yokuqala ivame ukucasula uhlobo lokuzibamba (ngokusuka kokuhlangenwe nakho kwami nangokuphawula okwenziwe abanye ababhali) .Mhlawumbe yingakho uRoberto enze okuphambene nalokho, indiza eya phambili yokubalekela ukwesaba ikhasi elingenalutho elingenalutho . Futhi kuvele kahle impela, ngokungangabazeki. Umklomelo wenoveli kaFelipe Trigo ukufakazela lokhu.
U-Águeda uneminyaka engamashumi amathathu, unezinyanga eziyisishiyagalombili ekhulelwe futhi uhlala yedwa efulethini elinamabhokisi amakhadibhodi. Ubuso bakhe bese kuphele iminyaka engaboni iso lakhe langakwesobunxele. Unesoka eliseduze neliphelele nobaba angakaze ambone eminyakeni eminingi edlule. Impilo yakhe iyisidina: usebenza ubusuku, ulala kancane, ukhuluma kancane futhi uqukethe intukuthelo yakhe ngangokunokwenzeka. Kepha okwejwayelekile kuzoqhuma kube ucingo.
Owesifazane unquma, ngakho-ke ukumemezela emshweni wokuqala wale noveli, ukuthi uzobulala uyise. Ngeke alinde ukubeletha noma ahlele ukucela usizo, uzokwenza yedwa futhi uzokwenza manje. Indaba yenzeka esikhathini esingaphansi kosuku. Uhambo olukhungathekisayo olusuka eMadrid luya eLa Mancha, kusuka edolobheni elinezitaladi ezigcwele udoti omningi ukuya endaweni eyomile futhi eqotho yethafa, ukufuna okwedlule okugcwele udlame oluzophela ekuhlanganeni phakathi kukababa nendodakazi.
IJografi enobutha ngokuphelele - izindlu ezingenamuntu, amachibi angenalutho, izindlu zezifebe ngamahora aphansi, amathuna asezindaweni zokwakha namatshe, amatshe amaningi - kuyisisekelo sendaba enamandla enezinkulumo zedrama yasemakhaya lapho ubukhulu, ubuhle obuthile western nesizinda esingapheli senhlekelele yakudala. '
Ungathenga incwadi Uzoluma uthuli, inoveli yokuqala kaRoberto Osa, lapha: