Uma umbhali omusha ethanda Virginia Kwenziwe iqhathaniswa ne UPatricia Highsmith umthwalo ulenga njengenkemba kaDamocles elindele ukugxekwa okuvamile kwabafundi ukuze bagcine begwebe udaba. Ukuqinisekisa ukuqhathanisa okulungile, njengoba umbono ukhomba njengoba lo msebenzi ubhebhetheka, kuphakamisa ukutholwa okuhle kakhulu.
Ngaphezu kwanoma yini ngoba uhlobo lwamaphoyisa (okwamanje oludliwe umsindo okhomba kakhulu ukulandisa kobugebengu), luhlale lunephuzu lengqikithi elandisayo enkulu lapho umbhali wosuku ekhomba phezulu kakhulu. Izici ezingasuka kusimemo ziye emalini ebanjwa ngesikhathi esifanayo njengendlela yokusondela kuma-protagonists kusukela emaphethelweni angasoleki.
Umuntu akazi ukuthi ukuphi umbulali, imfihlo, ukutholakala kwamaqiniso afihliwe angaphansi kwempilo yansuku zonke njengezambulo zokugcina ezephula i-twist ehlakaniphile. Yonke into ingaqala ngokungahleliwe, futhi icishe ibe ngcono ngaleyo ndlela ukuze udaba luphuke njengalolo lwandle lwezimo oluqala ukugqashuka okungokoqobo bese luhamba ne-hangover yalo lezo zinsalela okufanele zibuyiswe ukuze kutholwe ukuphahlazeka komkhumbi okumangalisayo okugcina kufanelana nakho konke.
Inoveli yakamuva kaGeorge March iyimpumelelo enkulu. Akekho ozigqaja ngakho kunomkakhe ozinikele, uNkk March, ophila impilo elawulwa ngendlela exakile e-Upper East Side. Ngolunye usuku ekuseni, lapho ezothenga isinkwa somnqumo ebhikawozi ayintandokazi yakhe, umsizi wesitolo ugomela ngokuthi umlingiswa oyinhloko wencwadi entsha kaGeorge ubonakala egqugquzelwe nguye. Lokhu kukhuluma ngokunganaki kumenza aqiniseke ukuthi wazi konke ngomyeni wakhe—nangaye. Kuqala kanjalo-ke uhambo olukhohlisayo nolwemibono olungase lwembule ukubulala nezimfihlo ezingcwatshwe isikhathi eside kakhulu.
Manje usungathenga inoveli ethi “La Señora March”, kaVirginia Feito, lapha:
