Kutonhora kunokwanisa kuomesa nguva munzvimbo yakaita seIceland, yakatoumbwa nehunhu hwayo sechitsuwa chakamiswa muNorth Atlantic, yakaenzana pakati peEurope neAmerica. Yave iri tsaona yakasarudzika yenzvimbo kurondedzera zvakajairwa kune dzimwe nyika iyo inofunga zvekunze, kutonhora asi kusinganzwisisike, zvese zvinogona kuitika munzvimbo iyoyo yezhizha yechiedza chisingadzime uye nguva yechando yakanyura murima.
Vamwe vezvino vanyori vechiIcelandic vakadai Arnaldur Indriðason vanotora mukana wemamiriro acho kurebesa iyo Scandinavia noir se "pedyo" yekunyora ikozvino. Asi panyaya ye Jon Kalman Stefansson zvinyorwa zverondedzero zvinoita sezviri kuzununguka mune zvitsva. Nokuti kune zvakawanda zvemashiripiti mukusiyana pakati pechando uye chinhambwe kubva kunyika uye kushuva kwevanhu kunoita nzira yayo kuburikidza nechando. Uye zvinogara zvichinakidza kuwana zvakadzama kuti chokwadi chakagadzirwa kuita chinyorwa chezvinyorwa, chinyorwa chine overtones yechokwadi chinounza idiosyncrasies yenzvimbo dziri kure pedyo.
Yakagadzirwa kubva kupfupi brashistrokes, Chiedza chezhizha, uye ipapo usiku inoratidzira neimwe nzira uye inokwezva nharaunda diki iri kumahombekombe eIcelandic kure nemheremhere yepasi, asi yakakomberedzwa nehunhu hunoisa mutinhimira chaiwo uye kunzwa pavari. Ikoko, uko kwaizoita sekuti mazuva anodzokororwa uye nguva yechando yose inogona kupfupikiswa mune postcard, ruchiva, zvishuvo zvakavanzika, mufaro uye kusurukirwa kunobatanidza mazuva neusiku, kuitira kuti zuva rega rega rigare pamwe chete neanoshamisa.
Nekuseka uye kunyorova kwezvikanganiso zvevanhu, Stefánsson anozvinyudza munhevedzano yedichotomies inotaridza hupenyu hwedu: zvazvino zvichipesana netsika, zvisinganzwisisike kupesana neane musoro, uye ramangwana rinopesana nemukana.
Iwe unogona ikozvino kutenga iyo novel «Chiedza chezhizha, uye ipapo usiku«, naJon Kalman Stefansson, pano:
