Wawuyibona isiza. Kule noveli sifumanisa ukuba ikamva sisiprofeto esizimeleyo. Abatshabalalisi abajolise ekuhlaseleni abasempuma baya kuba ngabaprofeti abatsha.
Imikhosi yaseMpuma ethatha iifoto yayililungelo nje lokuhlola. Kwiminyaka kamva, kwikamva le-dystopi, amaJapan sele ebonakalisile ubundlobongela obucacileyo ngendlela yokonakaliswa phakathi kwempucuko yaseNtshona.
Ngaba kungenxa yokuba okanye emva kwezenzo zobundlobongela kungakho enye inkuthazo?
Umhloli wangaphambili kunye no-octogenarian Takeshi Sakamura bazakuthatha izintambo zetyala. Ngesandla sakhe sihamba kwizitalato zeBarna City kwaye sifumana umguvela otsala imitya yentshukumo yabakhenkethi afuna ukubamba iintambo zamagunya akhoyo. Into evakala yoyikisa ekuqaleni kodwa isenokungabi mbi kakhulu xa kujongwa imeko yokudakumba edanisayo.
I-parody ehlekisayo, ukuqhubeka kwinoveli yakhe yokuqala kunye no-Sakamura ongaqhelekanga njenge-protagonist. Ngandlela thile, ukubhalwa kokuzichaza UPablo Tusset undikhumbuza isimbo se Ukudityaniswa kweececiuos.
Kulungile ukuba useto lwekamva lubonakala ngathi lusuka kude kwesi sikhombisi, kodwa kuninzi u-Ignatius apho kwaye apha ...
Ikhathuni njengesixhobo esibalulekileyo kunye nokuhlekisa phantse kwesurreal njengesipili esigqwethayo sento esele ikhubazekile kubomi bethu bemihla ngemihla.
Iimpawu ezinobumba kunye nezicwangciso ezibonakala ngathi zisondele kuwe. Kwaye ekugqibeleni ugqibela ngokuhleka. Ngokukodwa enkosi kubukrelekrele bombhali ukuze uzobe ukufana kunye nokuvalwa kweyona nto ibalaseleyo.
Ipharodi yenoveli yolwaphulo-mthetho olunamandla kunye nokuhlekisa, uburharha be-asidi ukuvusa ukugxeka kwihlabathi elinesitatshi.
Ewe, kunokwenzeka ngakumbi ukuba umguvela ophumeleleyo aphumelele. Kodwa ... wenza mahluko mni? Ulahlekile kunjalo.
Ngoku ungathenga iSakamura kunye nabakhenkethi ngaphandle kweKarma, incwadi yamva nje kaPablo Tusset, apha: