Ngubani omunye oke wadedela ukukhala ngokuzijabulisa kukaMarco efuna umama wakhe. Ngalesi sikhathi iminyaka ye-protagonist, uLobo, yayizomsondeza eduze ne-Holden Caulfield (yebo, intombazane eyaziwayo eyaziwayo salinger). Futhi into ukuthi isibalo sikamama sibuye sibhekiswe phansi sibe ngudade uLobo amkhumbulayo. Noma kunjalo, uLobo, umlingiswa ophambili, wenza isinqumo esinzima kunazo zonke ukudonsa umucu wobuzalwane onikeza incazelo ethe xaxa ngokudlula kwakhe kulo mhlaba.
Siyazi ukuthi indlela ethathwe uLobo ilungile. Futhi singaze sicabange ukuthi nathi sizokwenza okufanayo naye. Kepha ngakolunye uhlangothi umhlaba unqume ukuthi ukuhlangana kungenzeki, ngokuzimisela kwemithetho okushintshanayo nezimo ezingaguqula iMarco ibe yiHolden Caulfield.
Ngezikhathi ezithile sigcwele amanoveli amancane amakhulu, angokoqobo noma afanekiswayo, acindezela ezicini zawo ezimfushane zobuqaba ezikhohlwayo ngokuqhubekayo ngabantu abanobudlova. Kusuka ku- Inkosana encane up Umfana ugqoke izingubo zokulala ezinemishwe noma le ndaba entsha. Ukuphumula okuncane, ukukhululeka kokunye okukulo okuhlala emhlabeni wangempela.
U-Lobo uneminyaka eyishumi nesikhombisa ubudala futhi udluliselwa evenini yamaphoyisa ayiswe ejele labantwana ngoba enze ingozi yomgwaqo: uthathe imoto kanina wayishayela amahora amaningi ngaphandle kwemvume yokuhlangana noPaloma, udadewabo omdala, uye kulona ngibonwe iminyaka engaphezu kweyishumi. Ngesikhathi esondela lapho eya khona, uLobo wethukile, wehla ngomgwaqo obheke ngakolunye uhlangothi washayisana nenye imoto, kwalimala abantu ababili.
I-akhawunti engokomzwelo yale phrojekthi yokuhlangana iphakamisa ukubhala kabusha wonke umlando womndeni, ukuhlukumezeka okudlulile kusuka kwesinye isizukulwane kuya kwesinye futhi, ekugcineni, nethuba lokuhlengwa nothando.
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