Emsebenzini wakhe Amasosha aseSalami, UJavier Cercas ukubeka kucace ukuthi ngale kweqembu eliwinayo, kuhlale kunokwehluleka ezinhlangothini zombili zomncintiswano.
Empini Yombango kungaba nendida yokulahlekelwa amalungu omndeni abekwe kulezo zinhloso eziphikisanayo ezamukela ifulegi njengokuphikisana okunonya.
Ngakho-ke, ukuzimisela kwabaphumelele ekugcineni, labo abaphethe ukubamba ifulegi phambi kwayo yonke into nawo wonke umuntu, labo abaphakamisa izindinganiso zobuqhawe ezidluliselwa kubantu njengezindaba eziyindumezulu bacina befihla usizi olujulile lomuntu nolokuziphatha.
UManuel Mena ungumlingisi wesingeniso kunokuba abe ngumlingiswa ophambili wale noveli, ukuxhumana nomanduleli wakhe uSoldados de Salamina. Uqala ukufunda ucabanga ngokuthola umlando wakhe, kepha imininingwane yamakhono ale nsizwa yezempi, eqinile ngokuphelele ngokwenzeka ngaphambili, iyafiphala ukuze ingene esigabeni somculo wekhwaya lapho kusaba khona ukungaqondi nobuhlungu, ukuhlupheka kwalabo Abaqonda ifulege nezwe njengesikhumba negazi lalabo bantu abasha, cishe izingane ezidubulana ngokufutheka komqondo owamukelwe.
Manje usungathenga i-The monarch of the shadow, inoveli yakamuva kaJavier Cercas, lapha:
