La inoveli emnyama ingahlanganiswa nenqwaba yama-condiments. Ukusesha okunothile okungagwemeki kakhulu ohlotsheni oluphezulu kwamashalofu athengiswa kakhulu kunoma yisiphi isitolo sezincwadi. Ngoba, ake sibhekane nakho, sithanda ukufunda izigigaba phakathi kwezinxushunxushu; izimo ezihlasimulisayo ngendlela yokubambeka lapho ububi, usizi nokulangazelela ukuchuma kuthethelela noma yikuphi ukungenelela kwabalingiswa bayo.
Okuthile okufana nalokhu kukhomba le noveli ethi "Ukudideka kwe-unicorn" nokusho lokho UTom sharpe owasifundisa ukuhlanganisa amahlaya ne-noir ukuze sigcine siqamba amasethi angakaze ethulwe. Ngoba izifiso zomuntu zinokuningi kwakho kokubili okweqisayo phakathi kokuhlekisa, okwesabekayo kanye ne-surreal, kanye nenhlekelele eyenziwe inhlekisa.
Ayikho into engcono kulokhu njengokwandisa ukugxila kuzinhlamvu ezimbalwa eziluka i-spider web lapho abafundi bevaleleke khona. Umlingo walawo ma-microcosms adluliselwe emhlabeni omnyama-kumhlophe wezincwadi okwazi ukusilingisa ngezinhlobonhlobo zezinhlamvu ekufuneni lokho kukhula ngazo zonke izindleko. Umsebenzi uPaco Muñoz Botas aziletha kuwo ngokunemba kokuhlinzwa.
Kunjalo, phakathi kwabo bonke abantu abaningi ngomsindo, noma ukuqhuma okulawulwayo kwesakhiwo esihlanganiswe kahle, sijabulela amaphrofayili anamanzi afana naka-Álvaro ngokwezinga elikhulu. Kuye sithola inkolelo-ze yomuntu owinile ongenasici lapho ebhekene nokubonakala okufunwa isithunzi sakhe ezilawulweni zebhange elihlonishwayo. Kuphela nje ukuthi akekho umuntu ofanayo kusukela ngaphakathi ngaphandle, ngisho kancane lolu hlobo lwabantu oluthweswe ubuhle obusobala kodwa abalethwe ethunzini lezinhlangano zabo ezingasoli lutho...
Wonke umuntu olungile uhlala ethola izitha zakhe emisebenzini yezinganekwane nangokoqobo. Ukudluliselwa kuka-Álvaro ohlangothini lwakhe UMnu Hyde kungabiza kakhulu. Ekuhlukunyezweni nasekuzameni ukwehlisa, esikubona kuhamba phezu kuka-Álvaro ngomsebenzi nomusa we-Knepougel ephazamisayo, sijabulela lokho kunambitheka kokuncipha kwezithixo zamanga zemakethe yamasheya i-Olympus, izimali kanye nobubi obungachazeki.
Phakathi kwezinhlelo nokuhlangana okungenakucatshangelwa okungenakucatshangwa nezehlakalo zazo ezingalindelekile, indaba iqhubeka namaphunga alelo jiko angafika noma nini ukusishiya sinkemile. Kulokhu, ukubukeka okuhle kukaBlanchet kwenza itulo liqale ekucabangeni okusha. Futhi wukuthi ebudlelwaneni babantu akekho unxantathu oqinisiwe. Othandweni noma ebugebengwini...
Inoveli efanele ukunambitha, ukuma kulawo ma-nuances ama-truffles engangikhombe kuwo ekuqaleni. Asikwazi ukuphuthelwa noma yimiphi imininingwane njengoba intuthuko iba nzima, njenganoma iyiphi inoveli enhle yokungabaza. Indawo ephakathi kweMadrid ecebe kakhulu, lapho izithakazelo nezithakazelo zabamnyama kakhulu zimila khona, igcina ngokusayina isethulo esiphelele sentuthuko ethokozisayo.