Njengamaqhinga amabi kakhulu, ukudlula emhlabeni kuhlwanyela impilo ngokungaqiniseki okuphazamisayo nezithunzi eziphazamisayo. Okukhulukazi uma kwenzeka endodakazini eneminyaka emithathu ubudala. Ngoba kunezelwa icala elinzima elikwazi ukukushwabadela.
Encwadini yenoveli entsha ngu Javier Castillo sisondela kuleso sinvivir sinamathele kumasekhondi ahamba kancane futhi amnyama kakhulu. Kulokhu kufinyelela isikhathi eside okungayelaphi iota. Ngoba kwamanye amanoveli akamuva anesiphakamiso sokuqala esifanayo njenge- «angisona isilo", Carmen Chaparro, indaba inyakaza esiphithiphithini sokucinga ngewashi. Kepha kule noveli entsha yeCastillo, udaba luya esikhathini esizayo, ngesitayela se-a UJoel dicker master of flash back, bobabili bazimisele ukusijabulisa nge-trompe l'oeil yesikhathi esedlule, yamanje neyesikhathi esizayo.
Akukho okuphazamisayo njengokuthola ukuthi kanjani ekuphelelweni yithemba okwathatha iminyaka kungahluma ithemba elincane. Kuphela ukuthi uKiera, olahlekile eneminyaka emithathu ubudala, akusabonakali njengeyintombazane efanayo eminyakeni emihlanu kamuva.
Ukufika kobufakazi obungangabazeki bokuba khona kwayo ngemuva kwesikhathi eside kumangaza wonke umuntu, ngisho nabazali abadidekile abathemba ukuthi bazokwazi ukulahla iphupho elide kangaka lemiphumela engalindelekile.
Kwesinye isikhathi ukugxila kwangaphandle okufana nokuka-Miren Triggs kungaba imbangela yophenyo. Ngoba uKiera uyaphila, ngaphandle kokungabaza. Inkinga iwukuthola ukuthi ukuphi nokuthola ukuthi imuphi umqondo ononya okwazi ukuzibonakalisa kubazali bakhe ngalobo buhlaza obubandayo, isikhathi eside kamuva, kangangokuthi uyaqhubeka nokuhlala kulo mhlaba, kodwa ukuthi mhlawumbe akaseyena owabo...
Ngakho-ke uMiren Triggs, umfundi wezobuntatheli eColumbia University, ukhangwa yileli cala futhi uqala uphenyo olufanayo olumholela ekuchazeni izici zesikhathi sakhe esedlule abekholelwa ukuthi zikhohliwe, nokuyindaba yakhe uqobo, kanye nekaKiera, kugcwele okungaziwa.
Uma izindlela zeNkosi zingaqondakali, izindlela ze-labyrinthine zobubi nesihogo zingagcina zikwenza ulahlekelwe yingqondo ohambweni lwe-dantesque oluya eqinisweni.
Manje usungathenga inoveli Intombazane yeqhwa, incwadi entsha Javier Castillo, lapha:
