Inoveli ngezikhathi ezahlukahlukene yokusethula ekuguqukeni kwephupho elijwayelekile laseMelika, ngesitayela sefilimu yaseMelika yobuhle kepha ngesakhiwo esijulile, esimnyama nesinwetshiwe ngesikhathi. Siqala ngokwazi indlela ye- UGoldman waseBaltimore noGoldman abavela emindenini yaseMontclair. IBaltimore ichume ngaphezu kweMontclairs. UMarcus, indodana yaseMontclairs uthanda umzala wakhe uHillel, ubabaza ubabekazi wakhe u-Anita futhi ukhonze umalume wakhe uSaul.
UMarcus uchitha unyaka wonke ebheke phambili ekuhlanganeni nomzala wakhe eBaltimore nganoma yisiphi isikhathi seholide. Ukujabulela lowo muzwa wokuba ngowesibonelo, umndeni ohlonishwayo futhi ocebile uba yisilayidi esinzima kuye.
Ngaphansi kwesandla salowo mndeni omuhle, owanda ngokwamukelwa kukaWoody, umfana onenkinga oguqulwe waba lelo khaya elisha, abafana abathathu bayavumelana kulobobungane baphakade obujwayelekile bentsha. Ngesikhathi seminyaka emihle, abazala bakaGoldman bajabulela isivumelwano sabo esingenakwephulwa, bangabafana abahle abavikelanayo futhi abahlala bethola izizathu ezinhle okunzima ukubhekana nazo.
Ukulahleka kukaScott Neville, umngani omncane ogulayo womndeni wakubo kumemezela yonke inhlekelele elandelayo, "iDrama." Udadewabo womfana ujoyina iqembu leGoldman, uba munye futhi. Kodwa inkinga ukuthi bobathathu abazala bakhe bayamthanda. Ngokwakhe, uGillian, ubaba ka-Alexandra kanye noScott ongasekho, uthola kubazala bakaGoldman ukwesekwa kokubhekana nokushona kwendodana. Benza indodana yabo ekhubazekile ukuthi izizwe iphila, bayikhuthaza ukuthi iphile ngale kwegumbi layo nosizo lwezokwelapha olwamenza yaguqa embhedeni wayo. Bamvumela ukuthi enze leyonto engasile yesimo sabo. Ukuvikela kukaGillian abazala kuholele ekuhlukaniseni nomama owayengaqondi ukuthi laba bantu abathathu bakwaGoldmans babuguqule kanjani impilo kaScott yaba lusizi, yize kwaba nomphumela obulalayo.
Ukuphelela, uthando, impumelelo, ukuncoma, ukuchuma, isifiso, inhlekelele. Izinzwa ezilindela izizathu zeDrama.
Abazala bakaGoldman bayakhula, u-Alexandra uyaqhubeka nokubakhanyisela bonke, kepha usevele ukhethe uMarcus Goldman. Ukukhungatheka kwabanye abazala bobabili kuqala ukuba yisizathu esifihlekile sokungaboni ngaso linye, akukaze kucaciswe. UMarcus uzizwa sengathi ukhaphele iqembu. Futhi uWoody noHillel bazazi ukuthi bangamahloni futhi bayakhashelwa.
Ekolishi, uWoody uqinisekisa ukubaluleka kwakhe njengomdlali oqeqeshiwe kanti uHillel ugqame njengomfundi omuhle kwezomthetho. Ama-Egos aqala ukwakha imiphetho ebunganeni okuthi, naphezu kwalokhu, kuhlale kungaphukeki, noma ngabe kuyisimo semiphefumulo yabo kuphela, okudakwe yizimo. Abazala bakaGoldman baqala impi yomshoshaphansi ngenkathi uMarcus, umbhali osafufusa, ezama ukuthola indawo yakhe phakathi kwabo.
Ukufika kwabazala baseNyuvesi yaseGoldman kubonisa iphuzu lawo wonke umuntu. Abazali baseBaltimore banenkinga yesidleke esingenalutho. Ubaba, uSaul Goldman, unomona ngoGillian, obonakala sengathi uthathe igunya lobuzali labafana ngenxa yesimo sabo esiphakeme senhlalo nezomnotho kanye nokuxhumana kwabo.
Isamba esinjalo se-egos kanye nezifiso eziholela kuDrama, ngendlela ebingalindelekile, yethulwe ngokuxubha kulokho okuzayo nokwenzeka kusukela endulo kuze kube manje, iDrama ezothatha yonke into iye phambili kuze kufike kumaBaltimore Goldmans.
Ekugcineni, UMarcus Goldman, umbhali, kanye no-Alexandra, yibo kuphela abasindile eqenjini lalabo bafana abanamaphupho nabajabule ngokwedlulele. Yena, uMarcus, uyazi ukuthi kufanele aguqule umlando wabazala bakhe nowabamnyama baseBaltimore kokumhlophe ukuze asuse izithunzi zabo bese enza kanjalo alulame u-Alexandra; futhi ngaleyo ndlela mhlawumbe, uvule ikusasa ngaphandle kwecala. Yilokho okuphukile futhi okulangazelela injabulo, kufanele kube ne-sublimation yokuyishiya esikhathini esedlule, idinga ukulungiswa kokugcina.
Lesi yisakhiwo sencwadi ngokulandelana kwazo, yize kunjalo UJoel dicker ayikuvezi ngale ndlela. Njengoba enza ku- "Iqiniso Mayelana neHarry Quebert Affair", ukufika nokuhamba phakathi kwezimo zamanje nezesikhathi esidlule kuba yinto edingekayo njalo ukugcina ubuqili obuthandekayo obungachaza isipho sokungabaza, ukudangala kanye nethemba elithile. OkwakungukuBaltimore Goldman yimfihlakalo eqhuba yonke le ncwadi, kanye nesikhathi samanje sikaMarcus Goldman onesizungu okudingeka sazi ukuthi uzophuma yini esikhathini esedlule futhi athole indlela yokubuyisa u-Alexandra.
Ngendlela, ungasondeli ngisho nase- ingxenye yesibili "Iqiniso ngecala likaHarry Quebert"Kulowo msebenzi, kusele igama lomlingiswa oyinhloko nomsebenzi wakhe njengombhali kuphela.
Manje usungathenga iBaltimore Book, enye yamanoveli amahle kakhulu kaJoël Dicker, lapha:
