Umbhali osemusha uhlala enesibindi ngama-cocktails angalindelekile ngaphandle kokwesaba i-hangover. Ngoba ukuqala ukubhala noma ukuhamba ngokuthatha umsebenzi yilokho anakho, ukuthi ngezikhathi ezithile, uma ama-wickers elungile, ugcina ekhulisa umsebenzi omkhulu ngaphandle kokunaka. Ngoba UJulia Phillips kuzokumangaza impela ukuthola ukuthi kule noveli yakhe u-noir noir wayifaka phakathi ukubakhona iboshwe kahle (mhlawumbe kusuka ekuthuthukisweni okuphelele kakhulu). Umphumela omuhle muhle futhi ujule ngendlela eerily.
Futhi yebo, kwakubukeka kukuhle njengoba kungenzeka ukuthi kwakuyi-churro. Izigidi zemisebenzi zilala ubuthongo babalungileyo kumadilowa wababhali abasafufusa noma ababalisi bezindaba abaqala phansi. Ngoba inhlansi yenzeka kakhulu ngezikhathi ezithile futhi, lapho umsebenzi kaJulia uhlanganiswa, lapho-ke kuzofanele sicabange ukuthi ukwazile ukulawula lobo buhlakani ukuze umsebenzi ubekwe ethubeni elingavamile ukuphindwa. Okwamanje asijabulele umsebenzi, njengoba ngithi, round.
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Ngentambama enokuthula ka-Agasti, u-Aliona noSofia, odade abaneminyaka eyishumi nanye nesishiyagalombili ubudala, badlala ngasolwandle. Njengoba beya ekhaya, umuntu abangamazi ucela ukubashayela ngemoto yakhe. Bona, ngokuzethemba ngaphambi komusa wesihambi, bayamukela. Amantombazane ethuka kuphela lapho ebona ukuthi ashiya umugqa obekufanele awuthathe. Lapho u-Aliona ekhipha umakhalekhukhwini wakhe bese le ndoda ilihlwitha ezandleni zakhe, odade bayaqonda ukuthi basengozini. Iphupho elibi selisanda kuqala.
Ngakho kuqala Akukho, njenge-a black okwenzeka phakathi nenkathi yonyaka esifundeni esineqhwa futhi esikude saseKamchatka, kepha kungekudala kuziveza njengokunye okuningi. Akungabazeki ukuthi kunemfihlakalo okufanele ixazululwe: yiliphi ikusasa elingaqinisekile elilindele odade baseGolosovskaya? Kepha, ngaphezu kwakho konke, inoveli - ehlelwe ezahlukweni eziyishumi nantathu ezigxile kubalingiswa besifazane abaningi, bonke abaxhumene nokuthunjwa kwamantombazane - ngobuciko bathwebula umthelela umcimbi omubi ozoba nawo ezimpilweni zabesifazane baseKamchatka futhi ukhipha izinhlobo ezahlukene zodlame ababhekana nazo.
Izisulu zokungazinzi nokungakwazi ukuzisiza, banomuzwa wokuthi umhlaba abanyathela kuwo unganyamalala nganoma yisiphi isikhathi, futhi bayazibuza ukuthi impilo izothathani kubo ngokulandelayo. Kubhekwe ngabagxeki baseMelika enye yeziphazamiso ezifanele kakhulu zemibhalo ezikhathini zakamuva, uJulia Phillips ubhale inoveli eshaqisayo ethi, ngenxa yesitayela sayo esimnkentshayo, esisangulukisayo nezinkondlo, nozwelo olukhulu kubalingiswa bayo, lume njengendaba yokulutha izindaba okusolayo, ukulahlwa okucindezela kakhulu kanye ne-existential drift kuyahlangana.
Manje usungathenga inoveli ethi "The Disappearance", kaJulia Phillips, lapha:
