Ngalelo phuzu le-androgyny yokubhala, ukungafani kwamanye amagama kuyasebenza Amélie Nothomb ukusungula indida yokuba khona kwababekhona okuhlotshiswe ngaleyo ndlela ethandekayo lapho lo mbhali ehamba khona kamnandi.
Ngakho-ke sibheka uthando lukaClaude noDominique kanye nesithelo sentombazane engeke ithole kuyise umuntu wonke umuntu athi abazali bangabo.
Ngoba uClaude uzizwa eshukunyiswa ezinye izidingo ezinkulu kunezinto ezingasho lutho zobuzali, kuphela umphumela ongamukeleki wenhloso yakhe yokuzala. Umuntu, ngaye, uthwala ifa lokwandisa izinhlobo, zokwelula umsebenzi. Futhi akakwazi ukuchitha isikhathi ku-minutiae njengobuzali bomzali.
U-picène, intombazane, ukhula ngokuntuleka kwakhe okunzima ukunqoba, okudala izinhlungu zangaphakathi kanye noqweqwe lwesikhumba ngaphandle. Futhi konke okumnyakazisayo umqondo wokuziphindisela nomhlaba, wenzondo engagxiliwe.
Lapho engekho khona kuhlala kunokuzisola okuningi kunokuthi uthando luhlala kulabo abasalayo. Kuyisiphetho somuntu, ukwazisa kakhulu okulahlekile, okungekho, okuhlwithiwe. Ngakho-ke endimeni ecindezelayo ye-ìpìcene sizothola umuntu okhuthalele lokho kulahlwa okungenakwenzeka.
Umbuzo bekungukuthi ngiwunikeze ukuthinta okufanekisa kakhulu kwamandla amahle, lelo phuzu lokufanekisa nelingaphezu kwemiqondo lezimpawu. Futhi uNothomb uthola indlela yokufanisa ifantasy neqiniso, kulokho okuxakile futhi ngasikhathi sinye i-hybrid ethokozisayo okuthi nanamuhla isinikeze ukufundwa okunambitheka okuyinkulungwane.
UNothomb uhlola ngobunono bakhe obujwayelekile ubudlelwane obuyinkimbinkimbi bobaba nengane kanye nentukuthelo yothando olungathandeki. Futhi wenza lokhu ngokwakha uhlobo lwenganekwane ehlanekezelwe yangaleso sikhathi, inganekwane enonya, elandiswa ngobufushane, ngokunemba nangamandla.
Manje usungathenga inoveli ethi "The Epicene Names", ngo Amélie Nothomb, lapha: