U-Clarissa Goenawan uyinani elisha lemibhalo yohlobo lwabantu abamnyama elibonisa ukuthi ukunwetshwa kwalolu hlobo kuyisimo somhlaba wonke. Ukusuka e-Indonesia kuye emhlabeni wonke, lo mbhali osemusha usimema ezimweni ezintsha lapho sithola khona uhlangothi olumnyama lwezinto ezigcina ziholela kumanoveli obugebengu. Kusukela kumaqiniso esigaba sabezindaba noma izindaba zethelevishini ezandayo.
Umbuzo uwukwengeza kulokho okwenzeka hhayi njalo emhlabeni wangempela, ukuqamba indaba yomuntu ngakolunye uhlangothi lwemizwa yobubi obusizungezile.
Kulo mcimbi, uClarissa usethula kuRen Ishida edolobheni laseJapan elingajwayelekile elakhelwe umcimbi ngumbhali: Akakawa.
Kulapho uRen ezohamba khona ezimisele ngokucwilisa iqiniso likadadewabo uKeiko, osanda kugwazwa washona. Yini ekuthole lapho usuka e-Tokyo? Yini eyayingabangela lo mphumela omubi?
I-Akakawa iyidolobha elinomthunzi lapho wonke umuntu ebonakala ehamba njengemiphefumulo egcwele icala. Imvula, umuzwa wokungabaza kwesikhashana, umehluko ophambene nalokho ayehlala eyikho. Indawo yokugcina eyindida eya kuyo uKeiko esuka edolobheni eliphila njengeTokyo, lelo dolobha elikhulu ayebonakala ejabule kulo.
Ngoba konke uRen ayekwazi ngodadewabo yilokho, ukuthi wayebonakala ejabule. Ngokuhamba kweminyaka, ukuhlukana phakathi kwalokhu okubili kwaveza lowo mgodi wakwalasha owatholakala ngokungabi bikho okuqondile. KuRen, udadewabo wayehlale eyintombazane ..., ngaphezu kwanoma yini ngoba kwakungekho ukuphila okuningi phakathi kwalaba ababili kamuva.
Yingakho isidingo sakhe sokwazi sidlulela ngale kombulali nokuziphindiselela. Uhambo oluya e-Akakawa lungenxa yesidingo sakhe sokuphinde axhumane nodade owayehlukaniswe naye ngokuphelele.
Elandela izinyathelo ezifanayo nezakhe, uRen Ishida uzofuna indawo yokuhlala efanayo, indlu lapho ashiyelwa khona igumbi ukuze athole ukunakekelwa okuthile kwesihlobo. Uzophinde athathe isikhundla esifanayo nesobuthisha.
Kwesinye isikhathi sithola ubungqabavu phakathi kokuphelelwa ithemba. Umlingiswa ka-Rio, owesifazane osemusha onhlanhlathayo ozoshayela u-Ren emizweni ephithizelayo, uzovusa ingxenye yakhe ebaluleke kakhulu. Kodwa igebe liyavela ngokushesha nje lapho eseyedwa, elinde udade ongeke aphinde abuye.
Ukuhlangana kabusha nesikhathi esedlule, umbono walokho ababehlala ndawonye…. Kancane kancane ukwakhiwa kabusha kokuphila kwabo okufushane ndawonye kuzoba yindlela yokuxazulula icala lokufa kwakhe.
Phakathi kwabalingiswa abakhohlakele ababonakala befihla iqiniso ngenhloso enonya, u-Ren uzozulazula phakathi kokuthatheka okuzobandakanya ukuhlolisisa esikhathini sakhe esidlule kanye nokuvela kokuhlakanipha kwalezo zinkumbulo, zalawo mazwi nokugona, kwamaphupho amvakashelayo kabusha, anikeze imikhondo ecacile. kuRen okwaziyo ukuzichaza ngokufunda amaphupho akhe.
Manje usungathenga inoveli ethi Rain Bird, eyokuqala kaClarissa Goenawan, lapha. Ngesaphulelo esincane sokufinyelela okuvela kule bhulogi, esihlale saziswa: