Olunye lwezimpaphe zamanje ezimangalisa kakhulu Amélie Nothomb. Inoveli yakhe yangaphambilini eyashicilelwa eSpain, Icala lika-Count Neville Kusithathe sayisa ebhukwini elilodwa labaseshi elinomklamo owethiwe, lapho uTim Burton eyithola, izogcina isiphenduke ifilimu, kanye nomkhiqizo wakhe wangaphambilini.
Kepha emsebenzini wakhe osuvele uzala, u-Amélie uzulazule kunemisinga eminingi agcina ngayo engeza izithunzi phakathi kokuhle nokukhona, ngalokhu kukhanya okuyindida ukuthi le ngxube yamathrendi okuthiwa ikude kakhulu nesikali sokudala ifinyelela njalo.
E-Riquete el del pompano sihlangana noDéodat noTrémière, imiphefumulo emibili emincane ebizelwe ukuzithoba ekuxubeni kwabo, njengoPerrault's Beauty and the Beast (Indaba eyaziwa kangcono eSpain kunesihloko uqobo okukhulunywe ngaso kulokhu kulungiswa).
Ngoba kuncane kwalokho, kokudlulisela le ndaba kuze kube manje, ukuguqula inganekwane iye ekulinganeni kwayo esikhathini sethu samanje ihlazeke kakhulu kunenkumbulo encibilikayo nemilingo yezinganekwane zakudala.
UDéodat uyisilo kanti uTremière unguNobuhle. Yena, owayevele ezelwe ngobubi bakhe futhi yena, wangcweliswa ngobuhle obuthakazelisa kakhulu. Futhi nokho zombili ziqhelelene, ziqhelelene kakhulu, ziphawulwe yimiphefumulo engakwazi ukungena ezweni elibonakalayo ezivela kuzo zombili izinhlangothi ...
Futhi kusuka kulezi zinhlamvu ezimbili umbhali ukhuluma ngesihloko esihlala sithakazelisa ngokujwayelekile nokungajwayelekile, sokwethembeka okukhulu onqenqemeni lwakwalasha kanye nokujwayela okuphakathi okuheha umoya ngenkathi ungawunaki umphefumulo uqobo.
Isikhathi lapho iqiniso lomhlaba liqhuma khona ngamandla, ngokuthambekela kwalo ekubhaleni okulula, emfanekisweni nasekulahlweni ngobuhle noma ekukhulekeleni, sekuvele kungubuntwana futhi ikakhulu ubusha.
NgoDéodat noTrémière sizophila lolo shintsho olungenakwenzeka, ukuthi umlingo walabo abazazi ngokwehlukile futhi ngubani, ekujuleni kwenhliziyo, ongasondela engozini yokweqisa okuhehayo, injabulo yangempela kakhulu.
Manje usungathenga inoveli ethi Riquete el del copete, incwadi entsha ka Amélie Nothomb, lapha: