Ngubani omnye ongakhange akhuphe iinyembezi kunye neziganeko zikaMarco ekhangela umama wakhe. Ngeli xesha ubudala be-protagonist, uLobo, bebeya kumzisa kufutshane ne-Holden Caulfield (ewe, intombazana edumileyo Isalinger). Into ke kukuba inani likamama libuye lajikwa lijongiswe ezantsi ukuze libe ngudade uLobo amphosileyo. Nokuba kunganjani na, uLobo, umlinganiswa ophambili, wenza esona sigqibo sinzima sokutsala umsonto wobuzalwana onika intsingiselo yokudlula kwakhe kweli lizwe.
Siyazi ukuba indlela ethathwe nguLobo ilungile. Kwaye sinokucinga nokwenza okufanayo naye. Kodwa kwelinye icala umhlaba uzimisele ukuba iintlanganiso azenzeki, kunye nokuzimisela kwemithetho kunye neemeko ezinokuguqula iMarco ibe yiHolden Caulfield.
Amaxesha ngamaxesha sihlala sinamachaphaza amancinci amancinci, ayinyani okanye asemfanekisweni, acinezela kwimixholo yawo emifutshane yobuhedeni elityalwa ngakumbi ngabantu abakhohlakeleyo. Ukusuka Inkosana encinci phezulu Inkwenkwe enxibe iipyjama ezinemigca okanye eli bali litsha. Ukuphumla okuncinci, isiqabu esivela kwelinye iprozi elihlala emhlabeni wokwenyani.
U-Lobo uneminyaka elishumi elinesixhenxe ubudala kwaye utshintshelwa kwiveni yamapolisa basiwa kwintolongo yabantwana ngenxa yokuba enze ingozi yezithuthi: uthathe imoto kanina waqhuba iiyure ezininzi engenayo iphepha-mvume lokudibana no Paloma, udade wabo omdala, kuleya Kubonwa ngaphezulu kweminyaka elishumi. Uthe xa esondela apho aya khona, uLobo woyika, wehla kwisitrato esikwelinye icala wadibana nenye imoto, kwenzakala abantu ababini.
Iakhawunti yeemvakalelo yale projekthi yokuhlangana kwakhona inika ithuba lokuphinda ubhale yonke imbali yosapho, izithintelo ezidlulileyo ukusuka kwesinye isizukulwana ziye kwesinye kwaye, ekugqibeleni, ithuba lokuhlawulelwa nothando.
Ungayithenga inoveli "Izulu eluphahleni", nguNathacha Appanah, apha:
