Amakhaza ayakwazi ukuqanda isikhathi endaweni efana ne-Iceland, eseyakhiwe yimvelo yayo njengesiqhingi esilengiswe eNyakatho ye-Atlantic, endaweni elinganayo phakathi kweYurophu neMelika. Okube yingozi eyingqayizivele yendawo ukulandisa okujwayelekile okukhethekile emhlabeni wonke okucabangela okungavamile, okubandayo kodwa okungavamile, yonke into engenzeka kuleyo ndawo yehlobo lokukhanya okungenakucimeka kanye nobusika obungena ebumnyameni.
Abanye ababhali bamanje base-Icelandic njenge I-Arnaldur Indriðason basebenzisa lesi simo ukuze bandise leyo noir yaseScandinavia njengendlela "eseduze" yombhalo. Kodwa endabeni ye UJon Kalman Stefansson ingqikithi yokulandisa ibonakala inyakaza emisinga emisha. Ngoba kunomlingo omningi umehluko phakathi kwamakhaza kanye nebanga elivela emhlabeni kanye nentshiseko yomuntu eyenza indlela yayo eqhweni. Futhi kuhlale kuthakazelisa ukuthola ngokujula okukhulu ukuthi iqiniso lenziwa isethulo sombhalo, inoveli enezimbotshana zokuqiniseka esondeza i-idiosyncrasies yezindawo ezikude.
Yakhiwe ngamabhulashi amafushane, Ukukhanya kwehlobo, bese kuba sebusuku kuveza ngendlela engavamile nehehayo umphakathi omncane osogwini lwase-Icelandic kude nesiyaluyalu somhlaba, kodwa uzungezwe imvelo ebeka isigqi nokuzwela okukhethekile kuwo. Lapho, lapho kubonakala sengathi izinsuku ziphindaphindiwe futhi ubusika bonke bungafingqwa ekhadini leposi, inkanuko, ukulangazelela okuyimfihlo, injabulo nesizungu kuxhumanisa izinsuku nobusuku, ukuze nsuku zonke kuhambisane nokungavamile.
Ngamahlaya nobubele bokushiyeka kwabantu, uStefánsson ugxila ochungechungeni lwezinkulumo-mpikiswano eziphawula izimpilo zethu: isimanjemanje ngokumelene nesiko, okungaqondakali kuqhathaniswa nokunengqondo, kanye nesiphetho ngokumelene nethuba.
Manje usungathenga inoveli «Ukukhanya kwehlobo, bese kuba sebusuku«, nguJon Kalman Stefansson, lapha:
