Esikweletini sayo esingapheli kuze kube sekhulwini lama-XNUMX. Isikhathi esigcwele izindaba ezinhle njengoba sihamba ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, I-Modian usiholela esakhiweni esidalwe kabusha kulowo mbono we-nostalgic we-ephemeral. Emcabangweni wophawu olungenzeka, esingakwazi, noma cha, ukuhamba kwethu emhlabeni. Ngoba sonke singaba yizihloko zophenyo ngezimpilo zethu. Noma lokho kusobala okungenani mayelana ne-Noëlle Lefebvre eguqulelwe ekubeni isisekelo esibalulekile.
Lokho uNoëlle ayekwazi ukukwenza noma ayengakwazi ukukwenza. Izizathu zokumthola, ngomzuzu wokuqala lapho uJean, umlingiswa wethu oyinhloko, ethola khona umsebenzi wokuhlanganisa iphazili yakhe, zingase ziphele njengoba into ebalulekile kumane kunguye, ukudlula kwakhe emhlabeni, ikusasa lakhe phakathi kwempumelelo noma ukwehluleka. Isiphetho esingaqondakali uJean azama ukusilandela ngomfutho omkhulu njengoba isikhathi sakhe sicindezela. Ukuthi nje ezinye izindawo eziya kuzo zibonakala zibhalwe ngoyinki ongabonakali, ngalowo-inki omuhle lapho umuntu ekwazi ukudlulisa amehlo ngaphandle kokuchitha isikhathi lapho egxuma phakathi kwendima nendima.
Oqeqeshwa umphenyi ogama lakhe linguJean Eyben uthunywe yi-ejensi yakwaHutte, ayisebenzelayo, ukulandela umkhondo wowesifazane. Lona wesifazane ubizwa ngokuthi uNoëlle Lefebvre, futhi umphenyi osemusha uyamlandela kodwa angaphumeleli. Ngemva kweminyaka engu-XNUMX, uziphendulela lelo cala futhi uyaqhubeka nophenyo.
Kulezo zikhathi ezimbili, u-Eyben uyahamba ayofuna isipoki. Uhamba emigwaqweni abehamba kuyo, azame ukuthola incwadi, athole i-ajenda, akhulume nabantu abamaziyo, ahogele eduze kwakhe mhlawumbe impilo ematasatasa yemizwa. Futhi okuvelayo kuyizinkomba ezingacacile, okunanela okwedlule: i-Chrysler convertible, i-Sancho ethile, ihlobo, ichibi, umlingisi osafufusa... Izithunzi, amazwibela enkumbulo, izinkumbulo ezihlanekezelwa isikhathi noma zicime. Ubani uNoëlle Lefrebvre, owesifazane obalekayo, owesifazane ongasekho? Futhi ubani uJean Eyben, indoda elandela ezinyathelweni zakhe, indoda ephila ngokuhlushwa ukungabikho kwayo?
Siyakwamukela futhi endaweni ye-Modiano, leso simo esenziwe ngamagama lapho umbhali ehlola i-labyrinth yenkumbulo, lapho imibuzo ivame ukuholela ezinkingeni ezintsha. Inoveli ehehayo, ubuhle obumsulwa bokubhala kwengcweti, ethi, incwadi nencwadi, icwengisise isitayela sayo, yengeze ama-nuances endaweni yonke indawo yayo eyiParis njengendawo yangempela nenganekwane ngesikhathi esifanayo, nakuba lapha ihlanganiswe neRoma, idolobha. lapho kuzohwamuka khona...
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