Angeke ukusho lokho Umlando wami omnyama, ingxenye yesibili ye- Njengamanzi woShokolediMakube yinoveli yokujaha, isithelo sempumelelo yenoveli eyedlule. Cishe iminyaka engama-20 yehlukanisa zombili iziphakamiso zokulandisa. Ukuqhubeka okucashunwe eminyakeni edlule, ukuhunyushwa kabusha kwamadrayivu abaluleke kakhulu kusuka ekuthuleni kokuvuthwa kombhali ULaura Esquivel.
Eqinisweni, le noveli ivuleke kakhulu. Iyaqhubeka nokuba nephuzu lokumangalelwa kwabesifazane, kepha ngasikhathi sinye ibuye iphumelele ekugxekweni kwezenhlalo, kulokho kuzimela okwedlulele okugqugquzela kuphela isithombe, ukubukeka, izwe elingenamomotheka wepulasitiki.
Okucacayo wukuthi inothi elijwayelekile phakathi kwalezi zindaba ezimbili uthando. Ezweni elibheke ekukhulekeleni kokuziphatha nangokomzwelo, uthando kuphela olungaba umugqa wokuphila, noma ngabe ludlula kanjani, noma lungahle lube njani. Thanda ukuthi okuthile kuzohlala. Uma ungafuni ukuba ngomunye walezo zithunzi ezizulazula emhlabeni, ithemba lakho kuphela ukukwazi ukuthanda. Zinikeze imbangela, njengoba kwenzeka kule noveli.
Amazwibela: Umlando wami omnyama ukuqhubeka kwe Njengamanzi woShokoledi, kungukuvikela inkululeko yabantu besifazane, futhi kuyindlela engcono kakhulu yokulwa nobubi bezinsuku zethu: ukukhipha, ukukhuluphala ngokweqile kanye nokuthenga okungenalutho. UMaría, ongumlutha wokudla, uhlushwa ukuphela kokungafanele komshado wakhe, phakathi nenqwaba yokuthukwa ngokobuhlanga nangokobulili.
U-Undone, uthola idayari kaTita kuLucia, ugogo wakhe osekunesikhathi engekho. Njengoba ungena kuwo, uzothola izimfihlo zomndeni ezingalindelekile, ikhono lomoya womuntu lokundizela phezulu ngenxa ye-alchemy eguqula izithako zemvelo zibe wukudla nomuzwa wokuba ngowakho ongakaze ube nawo. Izwi likaMaría, oqhameni lozalo olufanayo nolwabesifazane baseDe la Garza, lizoqhubeka nokuluka isaga somndeni.
I-protagonist kufanele inqobe imigodi yemifula, ngenkathi izethemba yona. Le nqubo izomholela ekwakheni ukuxhumana okungenakuqhekeka noTita nabo bonke okhokho bakhe, ngaleyo ndlela kufinyelele ekubuyisaneni komzimba nengqondo. Ukuzalwa kabusha empilweni.
Kepha inkinga yangempela iyoba lapho uMaria ezwa futhi imizwa ejulile: uthando. Umlando wami omnyama Kuyinoveli engeke ishiye noma ngubani engenandaba, indumezulu yezizukulwane eziningana zabesifazane abakhululekile nabanothando abasifundisa ukunqoba ubunzima.
Manje usungathenga inoveli ethi My Black Past, incwadi entsha kaLaura Esquivel, lapha: