Ukusuka kwinkungu efumileyo yaseBaztán ukuya kwiNkanyamba uKatrina eNew Orleans. Izivunguvungu ezincinci okanye ezinkulu ezibonakala zizisa, phakathi kwamafu azo amnyama, olunye uhlobo lwemagnethi yombane yobubi. Imvula ibangelwa kukuzola kwayo okufileyo, izaqhwithi ezinkulu zinyuka njengemimoya eqale yasebeza phakathi kweentaka ezothukileyo ukuze ekugqibeleni ivuthuze ngokuphambana kwazo okuqhelekileyo. Ezinye izaqhwithi ziyeza ngoku, ziqhuma ngumsindo kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo.
Ukufana nezo ziguquguquki ezingazinzanga kunye nezingalindelekanga zezaphuli-mthetho ezikwaziyo nantoni na. Intsebenziswano phakathi kweemeko kunye neengqondo. Umtsalane phakathi kwe-telluric kunye ne-psychopathic ebonakala ngaphandle Dolores Redondo njengebali elifihliweyo eliguquguqukayo. Nje ukuba siqonde oku, inoveli yakhe entsha, siya kunika ingxelo ngoluvo lwethu...
Phakathi konyaka we-1968 nowe-1969, umbulali owayeza kubhaptizwa liphephandaba njengeBhayibhile uJohn wabulala abafazi abathathu eGlasgow. Zange wachazwa kwaye ityala lisavuliwe nanamhlanje. Kule noveli, ebutsheni beminyaka yee-XNUMX, umcuphi wamapolisa aseSkotlani uNowa Scott Sherrington waya kuJohn Biblia, kodwa ukusilela kwentliziyo ngomzuzu wokugqibela kumthintela ekubanjweni. Ngaphandle kwempilo yakhe enkenenkene, kunye neengcebiso zonyango kunye nokwala kwabaphathi bakhe ukuqhubeka nokusukela umbulali, uNowa ulandela i-hunch eya kumkhokelela eBilbao. Kwiintsuku nje ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuba unogumbe wokwenene utshayela esixekweni.
Dolores Redondo Uzichaza "njengombhali wezaqhwithi" kwaye ngale noveli intsha, esekwe kwiziganeko zokwenyani, usithatha esisa kwindyikityha yezaqhwithi zenkulungwane edlulileyo ngelixa ebonisa ixesha eligcweleyo kwezopolitiko nezentlalo. Kukunikela imbeko kwinkcubeko yomsebenzi ogcwele i-nostalgia ngexesha apho unomathotholo wayeyenye yeefestile ezimbalwa ezivuleleke kwihlabathi kwaye, ngaphezu kwako konke, kumculo. Kwaye ikwayingoma yobudlelwane bamaqela emigulukudu kunye namabali othando azalwa ngokuzingela.
Umsebenzi omangalisayo kunye nabalinganiswa abasithatha kwinkohlakalo eyoyikisayo ukuba sithembele emntwini.
Ngoku ungabhukisha inoveli ethi "Ukulinda unogumbe", ngo Dolores Redondo, Apha:
