Njengoba sijwayele (mhlawumbe asijwayele) ukuhlanganisa amanoveli aseNordic nohlobo lwe-noir, akukaze kube buhlungu ukuvakashela ezinye izinhlobo eziningi ezenziwe ngempumelelo nangezibaya ezinhle kunoma yiliphi kulawa mazwe aseScandinavia.
UMarie Bennett uyisibonelo esihle sombhali ophikisana naye manje otshala (okungenani okwesikhashana) ingqikithi ehluke kakhulu. Kusukela edolobheni langakubo, eningizimu yeMalmo yaseSweden, uMarie usiholela ku-1940.
Kulelo dolobha elincane ngalesosikhathi uGeorg noKerstin baphila, kwaze kwafika lobo busika bango-1940 iningi lentsha laqashwa ukuba livikele izwe ebuthweni lamasosha aseSoviet, lapho, ngaphansi kokuvikelwa kodlame olwaqalwa ekuqaleni kweMpi Yezwe Yesibili, elacabanga ukuthi ukuhlasela iFinland kungayinikeza isikhundla esinelungelo futhi nezinsizakusebenza ezinhle zokuziqinisa kulokho obekuzolandela eminyakeni elandelayo.
Impi yathatha izinsuku eziyi-105, iFinland yalahlekelwa yingxenye yezinsizakusebenza zayo kwabaseRussia kanti iSweden yakwazi ukuvikela umngcele wayo. Kepha uGeorg nabanye asebenza nabo ababonanga ukuthi ukunqoba uhhafu njengokwabo. Bajeziswa ngemuva kokwala ukulalela imiyalo yabo yobudlova futhi engenankinga, bachitha isikhathi esiningi emakamu okufukuzwa kuwo.
UGeorg wayengafani nalapho ebuyela eMalmo eminyakeni emithathu kamuva. UKerstin wayebuzwile ubunzima basebusika enyameni yakhe nawo wonke umthwalo kuye. Kepha futhi ushintsho olukhulu lumenze waba ngowesifazane omusha, okhululiwe, ohluke ngokuphelele.
Ukubuyela ezingalweni zikaGeorg kusho ukuyeka injabulo yakhe engokwemvelo. Futhi ukuphela kwaleyo njabulo kumenza azizwe umhlaba uwe ngomhlane.
Iminyaka emithathu yisikhathi eside… Ekupheleni kuka-1943 uKerstin ubona uGeorg ebuya. Uyazi ukuthi ube nesikhathi esibi nokuthi udinga indawo yokukhosela nothando kunanini ngaphambili. Kepha akaseyena lona wesifazane owayezomgona ngokuqinile ngakusasa ngemuva kokushiya ...
Manje usungathenga inoveli Ehhotela eMalmo, Inoveli yokuqala emangazayo kaMarie Bennet, lapha: