Xa umbhali omtsha ethanda Virginia Yenziwe ithelekiswa ne UPatricia Highsmith uxanduva lujinga njengekrele likaDamocles lilindele ukugxekwa ngokubanzi kwabafundi ukugqiba ukugweba umcimbi. Ukuqinisekisa uthelekiso oluchanekileyo, njengoko umbono ubonisa njengoko lo msebenzi usasazeka, ucingela ukuba kufunyenwe ithuba elifanelekileyo.
Ngaphezu kwayo nantoni na ngenxa yokuba uhlobo lwamapolisa (okwangoku lutyiwa singxolo esalatha ngakumbi kwiingxelo zolwaphulo-mthetho eziphuma kuzo), lusoloko lunenqaku lenkcazelo enkulu apho umbhali wosuku ekhomba kwiindawo eziphakamileyo. Imiba enokuthi ihambe ukusuka kwisimemo ukuya ekutsalweni kwangaxeshanye njengendlela yokuya kubalinganisi abasuka emacaleni angalindelekanga.
Umntu akanakuze azi ukuba uphi umbulali, imfihlelo, ukufunyanwa kwezinto zokwenyani ezifihliweyo eziphantsi kobomi bemihla ngemihla njengezityhilelo zokugqibela eziqhekeka kwi-twist yobuchule. Yonke into inokuqalisa ngokungenamkhethe, kwaye iphantse ibengcono ngolo hlobo ukuze umcimbi uqhawuke njengolwandle lweemeko ezithi ziqale zaphule inyani kwaye emva koko zihambe ne-hangover yazo ezo zishiyekileyo zizakufunyanwa kwakhona ukuze kufunyanwe ukophuka kwenqanawa okumangalisayo apho yonke into ingena ngayo ekugqibeleni.
Inoveli yamva nje kaGeorge Matshi yimpumelelo enkulu. Akukho mntu unebhongo ngaphezu komfazi wakhe ozinikeleyo, uNksz March, okhokela ubomi obulawulwa ngokugqithisileyo kwi-Upper East Side. Ngenye intsasa, ngelixa eza kuthenga isonka somnquma kwindawo yakhe yokubhaka ayithandayo, umncedisi wevenkile uthi umlingisi ophambili wencwadi entsha kaGeorge ubonakala ephefumlelwe nguye. La mazwi angaqhelekanga amenza aqiniseke ukuba wazi yonk’ into ngomyeni wakhe—nangesiqu sakhe. Ngaloo ndlela iqala uhambo olubonisa i-hallucinatory kunye ne-hallucinatory olunokuthi luveze ukubulala kunye neemfihlo ezingcwatywe ixesha elide.
Ungayithenga ngoku inoveli “La Señora Matshi”, nguVirginia Feito, Apha:
