Ukungabaza, lowo mthokozisi onokuphikisana okuhlukahlukene, uhlala elungisa amaphethini amasha. Kamuva nje, umdlalo othokozisayo wasekhaya ubonakala ulwela ukwethulwa kwezindaba eziphazamisayo, akukaze kube ngcono kunokusuka endaweni eyingqophamlando yokunikeza ukungabaza ngalabo abaseduze kakhulu nathi.
Kodwa amaphethini athile agcinwa njalo. Ngoba uma umcabango usuvele unezikhombo zawo, ezilayishwe imizwelo ye-atavistic, ukuphendukela kukho kuqinisekisa ukuhambisana kahle kokuqukethwe kanye nokulingisa. Into mayelana nendlu kude nezwe, phakathi kwe-bucolic ne-sinister yinto ephindaphindayo. Kulesi senzakalo lolu daba luzokhomba kakhulu "Shine" of Stephen King kuphela lokho kuphendukele ekugxileni okusha ngisho ne-psychedelic.
Indlu ayigcini nje ngokuba namaphupho amabi nokuhlanya kodwa futhi iguqula yonke into. Akaseyena nje umbhali ophazamisekile ekufuneni kwakhe izindaba ngokungakhathali. Kulendlu, wonke umuntu unqotshwa i-trompe l'oeil yayo emnyama, kuze kube sezingeni lokudliwa yiyo, njengesidalwa esinikezwe ukuhlukahluka kobukhulu lapho imiphefumulo ingavalelwa khona unomphela. Daniel Kehmann Akashobi amagama esihlokweni... mhlawumbe bekukhona inketho, umzuzwana ngaphambi kwephuzu lokungabuyi. Isikhathi nje lapho izwi elingaphakathi, umuzwa wemvelo owawugcizelela isidingo sokuphunyuka ukuze uphile.
Umbhali wesikrini phakathi kwenkinga yokudala neyomshado usanda kufika ―ephelezelwa unkosikazi nendodakazi yakhe― endlini entsha sha esezintabeni. UDecember. Ukubanda okumhlophe okuluhlaza kwezinguzunga zeqhwa, amahlathi afihlwe yinkungu ewugqinsi, ukugeleza komfula kanye nesithembiso sesigodi esijulile nesithule, ekugcineni, isiqalo esisha. Ithuba elisha lokuqeda iskripthi esimelana naye futhi azame ukubuyisana nomkakhe.
Nokho, kukhona okwenzekayo endlini. Kancane kancane ama-contours weqiniso aqala ukufiphala futhi lokho okubonakala kuwukubaleka okumangalisayo kuphenduka imimoya ephazamisayo yokuziphatha engasebenzi kahle. Bekufanele Uhambe ukufundwa okuphoqayo. Indaba ye-claustrophobic lapho okungokoqobo kuhlanganiswe i-surrealism kanye nokwesaba akwethulwa ngokushaqisayo, kodwa njengephupho elibi izingcezu zalo ezingahlangani kahle.
