Kusuka enkabeni yeLiechtenstein kuza umbhali obuyela ngqo enkabeni yayo yonke leyo noir namuhla ehlanganisa konke. Ngamadayi akhe ephoyisa elihle, U-Armin ohri uyakwazi ukusisa kuleso sikhathi esimnyama sekhulu leshumi nesishiyagalolunye lapho isigebengu sangena khona kule noveli, sibonga Edgar Allan Poe phakathi kwabanye.
Ngakho-ke u-Ohri ugcina ngokwakha izindaba phakathi kwesabekayo somphefumulo kanye nokwesaba kwalolo hlangothi olumnyama; Phakathi kokumnyama okubucayi nokuncishiswa okudala kwezindaba zabaseshi. Inhlanganisela okuthi kuyena yinjabulo emsulwa sibonga ngaphezu kwakho konke lowo protagonist oyisishoshovu, okuthi yena, uJulius Bentheim wakhe, asihole ngentambo kukho konke ukuphenya kwakhe njengomuntu oyintandokazi enhle.
Umsebenzi owenziwe kanzima njengomphenyi ngendlela engalindelekile, amacala ahlanganisa yonke into kusuka kulolo hlangothi olungalindelekile lwesigebengu esikwazi ukwenza noma yimuphi umsebenzi ogxile enzondweni noma ekuziphindiseleni kumalungu omndeni, kuziphathimandla noma yini, ngoba ukufuna ukubulala kungaba ...
Amanoveli aphezulu anconyiwe ka-Armin Öhri
Umnyuziyamu Omnyama
EBerlin ngo-1865 kwabulawa ngesihluku owesifazane. UJulius Bentheim, umfundi osemncane ofundela ezomthetho okuthi, ngenxa yethalente lakhe njengomdwebi wamapulani, athole imali ngokudweba izigcawu zobugebengu, usebenzisana nophenyo. Bonke ubufakazi bukhomba ekubeni necala likaprofesa we-eccentric wefilosofi uBotho Goltz, kuqala ngokuvuma kwakhe amaqiniso.
Kodwa-ke, lapho ekugcineni lowo osolwa ngokubulala evele enkantolo, uzobukisa ngobuqili obunjalo bukaMachiavellian - asikho isikhali sokubulala, asikho isisusa futhi amaphoyisa enze ngisho nobunye bobufakazi ngokungazi ukuthi bunyamalale? ukuthi sizogcina sizibuza ukuthi ngabe uGoltz uzobukhokhela yini ubugebengu bakhe obuhlazisayo noma uzokwazi ukuthethelela ubumsulwa bakhe kuwo wonke umuntu.
Lena inoveli enhle kakhulu yabaseshi lapho sizwa ama-echoes weBalzac ohamba phambili, uDickens, uZola, futhi lokho kudala uhlobo lwesibuko lapho kubonakala khona iBerlin yekhulu leshumi nesishiyagalolunye kakhulu nesimo somuntu. "I-kriminalroman" enobuciko umlobi wayo anikezwa yona umklomelo we-European Union for Literature, isitolimende sokuqala sayo esenzelwe ukuba ngomunye wemigqa yamaphoyisa yesikhathi sethu.
IKhabinethi Yezisebenzi
Isihloko esigama laso namuhla lizwakala lixakile, libabazekayo futhi liyinganekwane. Kodwa kulelokhulu le-19 lathatha enye incazelo. Ngenxa yokuthi lowo kusebenzelana nemimoya, i-esoteric, namuhla ehlala iyingabaza ezinhlelweni zethelevishini noma zomsakazo ebusuku kakhulu, yake yathathwa njengendlela engenzeka kwamanye amazwe noma izilinganiso ezisanikeza incazelo ezintweni ezithile ezingaqondakali ...
IPrussia, uNyaka Omusha 1865. UBaron von Falkenhayn uhlele umgubho omkhulu enqabeni yakhe yezwe. Kuba neseshini yokuhlala okuhanjelwe abantu abayishumi nantathu futhi okuzoba nokufa. Ukwesaba kuthumba isifunda kusukela ngabo lobo busuku, lapho usokhemisi wendawo echotshozwa yilokho okuchazwa njengomsindo ononya wezinselo zamahhashi.
Ngokuphikisana nombono womphakathi, umfundi osemncane ofundela umthetho, u-Albrecht Krosick uthatha izinyathelo bese ethatha isinqumo sokuthola "iKhabinethi Yama-Occultists", nayo ezoba namalungu ayishumi nantathu ngamabomu. Kodwa ukushona kwabantu akupheli, kanti umngani wakhe omkhulu uJulius Bentheim, ongumdwebi wamakhathuni wamaphoyisa nomphenyi oyizimfundamakhwela - "The Dark Muse" -, kuzofanele abhekane, ngaphezu kwaleli cala, nezipoki zakhe.
