Ngokuqina okukhulu nangamandla amakhulu ulandisa ngokujulile cUkuxakaniseka kothando kuhlobene nobudlelwano obumangazayo nobucashile phakathi kukamama nendodakazi njengoba kungekho noyedwa osetshelile kuze kube manje.
Ucingo lubonisa ukuqala kohambo: intokazi le ekhuluma le ndaba iyaphuma iyohlangabeza umalume wayo u-Emilio, ongumbaleki kwenye indawo emngceleni ophakathi kwe-Uruguay neBrazil. Ngaphandle kobudlelwano obumnyama obubahlanganisayo, u-Emilio kwakuwukuphela kwendlu ayengayithola lapho ubuntwana bakhe buphazamiseka ngaphakathi endlini ehlala abantu, emaphethelweni edolobha laseBuenos Aires.
Indodakazi yomsebenzi wangaphambili wezobunhloli nomama obanjwe phakathi kokuphunyuka necala lesikhathi esedlule, ukuhlangana kwakhe no-Emilio kuzosho uhambo olubuyela emuva ekuqaleni komlando womndeni. Esizwa ngumshintshi wemali kanye ne-mae umbanda, kufanele adalule isizathu sangempela sokusesha kwakhe.
Lapho uthuthukela kulo mhlaba wemingcele, ulimi nabantu bazoxubana futhi badideke kubunikazi njengoba kusondele ngendlela exakile. Inoveli yokuqalisa enqamula imigwaqo eyomile yomngcele nezindawo ezisemadolobheni zamabhange amabili eRío de la Plata, ukuphenya ngemikhawulo yobudlelwano babantu, lapho uthando, unya nokulala nesihlobo kuqala futhi kuphele.
Akukho ukuzitika kule noveli yokuqala kaLuciana De Mello othe ngesibindi esikhulu nangamandla amakhulu alandisa ngobunzima obuyinkimbinkimbi bobudlelwano bothando obususelwa ebudlelwaneni obumangazayo nobucashile phakathi kukamama nendodakazi njengoba kungekho muntu owake wamtshela ngaphambilini.
Manje usungathenga inoveli ethi «Mandinga de amor», kaLuciana de Mello, lapha: