Wawukubona kuza. Kule noveli sithola ukuthi ikusasa liyisiphrofetho esizigcwalisayo. Abenzi bembubhiso ababehlose ukuhlasela abasempumalanga bazoba ngabaprofethi abasha.
Amabutho aseMpumalanga athatha izithombe kwakungamaphutha nje kuphela. Eminyakeni eyalandela, esikhathini esizayo se-dystopi, amaJapan asevele ekhombisa ubutha obucacile bendlela yokucekela phansi phakathi kwempucuko yaseNtshonalanga.
Ingabe kungukuthi noma ngemuva kwezenzo ezinobudlova kungaba khona esinye isisusa?
Lowo owayengumhloli futhi esebenza ngo-octogenarian uTakeshi Sakamura uzothatha izintambo zaleli cala. Ngesandla sakhe sihamba emigwaqweni yaseBarna City futhi sithola isikhohlakali esidonsa izintambo zenhlangano yezivakashi evukela lapho ifuna ukuthatha izintambo zamandla akhona. Okuthile okuzwakala kusabeka ekuqaleni kepha kungahle kungabi kubi kakhulu ngenxa yesimo esidabukisayo senhlalo.
I-parody ehlekisayo, ukuqhubeka kwenoveli yakhe yokuqala noSakamura ongaziwa njenge-protagonist. Ngandlela thile, ukubhalwa kokuzichaza ngokwakho UPablo Tusset ungikhumbuza isitayela se Ukuhlanganiswa kwama-ceciuos.
Kulungile ukuthi ukuhlelwa kwesikhathi esizayo kubonakala ngathi kuhamba kude nale nkomba, kepha kuningi u-Ignatius lapho nalapha ...
Ikhathuni njengethuluzi elibucayi kanye namahlaya acishe abe yi-surreal njengesibuko esihlanekezela iqiniso eselivele likhubazekile empilweni yethu yansuku zonke.
Izinhlamvu ze-Eccentric nezilungiselelo ezibonakala sengathi zisondele kuwe. Futhi ekugcineni ugcina uhleka. Ikakhulukazi sibonga ubuhlakani bombhali ukuze udwebe ukufana okusondele kokungaphezulu kakhulu.
I-parody yenoveli enamandla yobugebengu nokubhuqa, amahlaya e-asidi ukuvusa ukugxekwa ezweni eligcwele ukoma.
Futhi yebo, kunamathuba amaningi okuthi ekugcineni i-villain iphumelele. Kepha… kwenza mehluko muni? Ulahlekile noma kunjalo.
Manje usungathenga iSakamura nezivakashi ngaphandle kweKarma, incwadi yakamuva kaPablo Tusset, lapha: