Ngaba ukubulala kungathetheleleka? Endaweni yoko, imalunga nokujonga uhlobo lwamalungelo endalo, nokuba ukude kangakanani na ngexesha, elinokuthethelela ukubulala omnye umntu.
Okwangoku sibhenela kwinto yokuba intiyo nokuziphindezela asizizo iimvakalelo ezinokuthi zikhokelele ekuziphatheni okwamkelekileyo ekuziphatheni, kodwa ngaxa lithile, phantsi komthetho oyintloko wombutho othile osisiseko, bekufanele ukuba kunjalo, zibuyisele ngobomi bakho ukuba babenakho ukudala umonakalo ... Ungquzulwano, yonke impixano, ngoku iziko. Ubulungisa busebenzisa umthetho, imigaqo kwimeko nganye. Kodwa ubulungisa buphantsi. Kwaye kuya kubakho abo bangasoze babone ukuba nabuphi na ubulungisa bamadoda ngokudibeneyo banokubahlawula ngomonakalo owenziwe.
Andivusi mpikiswano ngenxa yale ncwadi yoqobo ukususela ngo-1996. UMargaret Atwood, Ngubani owaziyo ukujika ubungqina bokwenyani ibe ngumfuziselo wolungelelwaniso olungenakwenzeka phakathi kobulungisa bokwenyani nokuziphatha.
UGrace Marks, xa wayenethenda eneminyaka eli-16 ubudala, ugwetyelwe ubomi entolongweni. Unyaka ngu-1843 kwaye iJaji esemthethweni sele ixhobile ngokwaneleyo ukuba ifumane isohlwayo sokuvalelwa kukaGrace ubomi.
Kodwa wayesele ethathe ubulungisa bakhe. Lowo intliziyo yakhe yayimxelela. Mhlawumbi ungumbulali obonakalayo, ongenaburhalarhume, ochaphazeleka sisifo sengqondo ...
Kuphela yiminyaka kamva, uGqirha Simon Jordan waya kuGrace ukuze afumane iimpendulo. Intombazana inokufumana uxolelo. Yiloo nto ezinye ii-loobys ezintsha eziye kuyo, ukususa ileyibhile yokohlwaywa okungapheliyo kwintombazana ukuze bayinike ithuba lesibini.
Yonke into iya kuxhomekeka kwinto anokufuna ukuthetha ngayo. Ndiyaxolisa. Ukusuka ebusweni bakhe phambi kwehlabathi njengomfazi oqolileyo kwaye kude needemon ezinokumthwala ...
Kodwa into uSimon Jordan aqala ukuyifumana ijika yonke into ijonge ezantsi. Mhlawumbi uGrace akanakuze athethe inyani. Mhlawumbi wayixela kwaye abafuni kuyimamela ... Inyaniso ephazamisayo iya kuhamba ngendlela yokulamla kukaGqirha Simon Jordan. Kwaye iziseko zoluntu ziya kunyikima sisandi senyikima yesazela.
Ungayithenga inoveli ngoku Alias NcebaIncwadi enkulu kaMargaret Atwood, apha: