Olunye lweentsiba ezimangalisayo ngoku Amélie Nothomb. Incwadana yakhe yangaphambili epapashwe eSpain, Ulwaphulo-mthetho luka-Count Neville Kusithathile kwinoveli eyodwa yomcuphi kunye noyilo olusetiweyo, xa uTim Burton eyifumanisa, iya kugqiba ijike ibe yifilimu, kunye nemveliso yakhe engaphambili.
Kodwa emsebenzini wakhe osele uhambile, u-Amélie ujikeleze inkoliso yemisinga apho agqibe khona ukongeza i-shades phakathi kwento emnandi kunye nekhoyo, kunye nokukhanya okungaxakekiyo lo mxube wokuthambekela ekucingelwa ukuba ukude kwinqanaba lokuyila uhlala ufezekisa.
KwiRiquete el del copete sidibana noDéodat noTrémière, imiphefumlo emibini esencinci ebizelwe ukuzithoba kumxube wabo, njengoBuhle bePerrault kunye neRhamncwa (Ibali elaziwa ngcono eSpain kunegama ngokwalo ekubhekiswa kulo.
Kungenxa yokuba isuntswana lolo, lokudlulisela ibali ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, ukuguqula intsomi iye kulungelelwaniso lwayo kweli xesha lethu lingaphezulu kakhulu kunesilumkiso kunye nememori yemilingo yamabali akudala.
UDéodat sisilwanyana kwaye uTremière Buhle. Lowo, owayesele ezelwe ngobubi bakhe kwaye yena, wangcwaliswa ngeyona nto inomdla kakhulu. Kwaye zombini zohlukene, ziqelelene, ziphawulwe yimiphefumlo engakwaziyo ukungena kwilizwe elibonakalayo nelimi kuzo zombini iziphelo ...
Kwaye kwaba bantu babini umbhali ubhekisa kumxholo osoloko unomdla wokuqheleka kunye nokunqaba, kokuqaqamba okumandla emaphethelweni enzonzobila kunye nokuqheleka okuphakathi okuchukumisa umoya ngelixa ungawuthobeli umphefumlo ngokwawo.
Umzuzu apho ubunyani behlabathi buqhuma ngamandla, kunye notyekelo lokwenza iilebheli ngokulula, emfanekisweni nakwindlela yokwala yobuhle okanye ukuhlonelwa, sele bubuntwana kwaye ingakumbi ukufikisa.
NgoDéodat noTrémière siyakuphila olo tshintsho lungenakwenzeka, ukuba umlingo wabo bazaziyo bahlukile kwaye ngubani, nzulu ezantsi, onokufikelela emngciphekweni wokuzibaxa okugqithisileyo, ulonwabo lwenene.
Ngoku ungathenga inoveli ethi Riquete el del copete, incwadi entsha ngo Amélie Nothomb, Apha: