Indlu yodongwe nguDolores Reyes.IHarpervia Udongwe , Inoveli yokuqala yintshatsheli kunye nombhali waseArgentina uDolores Reyes, uhlawuliswa njengentsomi yoncwadi. Kodwa inezinto ezininzi ezibonakalayo zohlobo lwe-YA. Umbalisi wayo omncinci obonakalayo onomdla unamandla awodwa awasebenzisayo ukwenza ubuqhawe ngelixa elandela ulwalamano olufanayo. UReyes uthatha ezi zinto ziqhelekileyo azaphule, azibuyisele kwingxelo eyahlukileyo malunga nengozi, ubundlobongela kwabasetyhini nabantwana, kunye nohambo lokuya ebudaleni okwakungumhlaba wabafileyo.
Umlinganiswa ophambili wenoveli yintombazana encinci engazange ibizwe ngegama ehlala ematyotyombeni aseArgentina kunye nomntakwabo, uWalter. Umama we-protagonist usweleke ngogonyamelo, ngokunokwenzeka wabulawa ngutata wakhe, naye oshiya abantwana. Ukuphila ngokufa kunye nokungabikho kukhokelela umbalisi ukuba aqale ukutya umhlaba; Ufumanisa ukuba unakho ukubona abo banxulumene nomhlaba awudlayo, nokuba bafile okanye bayaphila. Amandla akhe ayoyikisa kwaye ahlukanise abaninzi ekuhlaleni; ukuthetha ngamaxhoba nabo bahlelelekileyo kuyingozi kwaye kuyothusa. Udadewabo kayise, umgcini wakhe, umshiya kunye nomntakwabo eyinkedama. Isithandwa sakhe naso siyabaleka. Abanye, nangona kunjalo, baqala ukuza kuye ukufumana abathandekayo babo abalahlekileyo, beshiya iingqayi zomhlaba eyadini yakhe kunye namanqaku kunye nethemba elibuhlungu.
Uninzi lwengxelo luthotho lophando, kunye ne-Eartheater njengohlobo lwe-psychic Encyclopedia Brown. Kodwa apho i-Encyclopedia igcina khona iiteki zakhe ziqinisiwe, i-Eartheater ihlala kumda ophakathi kombono nenyani, kunye nomqobo phakathi kwangaphakathi nangaphandle okuchazwe ludaka olusemilebeni yakhe. Iprozi ishenxisa ngaphandle komthungo ukusuka ekucaceni kwenyani yemihla ngemihla-ukutya, ukuthenga, ukudlala imidlalo yevidiyo nabahlobo-ukuya ekucaceni kobusuku. Ukufa kuhlala kusondele ngokwaneleyo ukuba ungabamba, okanye utye. Ndabona u-Florensia, ogcwele iimpethu njengentliziyo egulayo, iinwele zakhe ziintambo yesigcawu eyayichuba ukhakhayi lwayo.
UWalter lilitye lokuchukumisa elizinzileyo, kodwa kungenjalo amagama angena ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwebali, edlula engqondweni yakhe nangaphandle, okanye phantsi komhlaba. Ukutya umhlaba sisikweko sokuzama ukuhlala phantsi, kunye nokuhlala unxibelelana nabalahlekileyo. Kwangelo xesha, luphawu lobudenge, ukugula ngengqondo kunye ne-PTSD. Umbalisi ubeka izandla zakhe emhlabeni, kodwa iglobe lisaphuma phantsi kwakhe njengoko iminwe yakhe ikrwela kulo.
Ixesha kwinoveli lihamba ngokungalinganiyo kwaye liqala. Umbalisi ekuqaleni kwencwadi ukwishumi elinesibini. Uhamba aye kwishumi elivisayo ngaphandle kwamaxesha athile, kwaye ngaphandle kotshintsho olukhulu kwilizwi lakhe okanye kwi-monologue. Ngenye imini ukwisikolo samabanga aphakathi, kwaye ngequbuliso usela ibhiya kwaye walala nepolisa eliselula elimnandi elimzisela ityala labantu abalahlekileyo. Ingumboniso ophazamisayo wokuba abantwana bakhawuleze kangakanani ukuhlupheka kunye nobundlobongela kufuneka bakhule. Omnye wemifanekiso engalibalekiyo kunye neyona ingaqhelekanga kwinoveli ye-fecund kakhulu kunye nokuvuthwa ngesiquphe, njengoko ukhula ngaphandle kwendlu yombalisi lukhula lungahoywanga. Ucinga ukuba intyatyambo ingaginya isitya sethu njengesityalo esidla inyama, ikhaya lakhe linyamalale lize libe nomhlaza ngonaphakade.
Ukukhawulezisa utshintsho kunye nokukhula kukwenza ukuba ube nembono eyoyikisayo yokubukela umbalisi usuka kwenye indawo ngaphandle kwexesha. Kuyo yonke inoveli, uphupha ngoSeñorita Ana, utitshala owabulawa xa wayesemncinci, ngubani umzimba awayencede ukufumanisa. UAna uhlala iminyaka efanayo njengoko i-Eartheater ikhula, ukuze kube ngathi umbalisi uthwele ukufa kwakhe naye, akatshintshi, njengoko esiya kuyo.
Umxholo webali winoveli unqabile kwaye awuqinisekanga, kwaye isiphelo asiboneleli kangako kwindlela yesisombululo. Umntu omtsha ubonakalisa isenzo sokugqibela, umntu omdala ubuya ngaphandle kwengcaciso enkulu. Iziprofeto ezoyikisayo zizalisekiswa ngesiqingatha kwaye isiqingatha sishiye silenga. Kukho uluvo lokubaleka, kodwa umhlaba ukho kuyo yonke indawo, kwaye ngelixa ungahamba ubundlobongela, kusenokwenzeka ukuba ulinde ngaphambili.
Udongwe ayisoloko ilungelelanisa iimpembelelo zayo zohlobo oluthile kunye neendlela ezongezelelekileyo kunye nezikweko. Kukho isenzo sokulwa ngokulandelelana ukuya esiphelweni ngokukodwa ekubonakala ngathi sigula asiqwalaselwa kwaye asiyindawo. Kwaye kuyo yonke le ncwadi kukho imigqaliselo engaqhelekanga kunye nokukhethwa kwamagama anokuba yingxaki ngokuguqulelwa nguJulia Sanches. Umzekelo, umbalisi ubhekisa kubantu angabathandi njengeidyokhwe. Eli gama libonakala ngathi lithetha into efana nejerk, kodwa ayinantsingiselo ingako okanye isandi esiNgesini. Akucaci ukuba ayiguqulelwanga kwi-slang yoqobo, okanye ukuba iguqulelwe ngokungaqhelekanga, kodwa nokuba yeyiphi na indlela ayibonakali ngathi lukhetho olunempumelelo.
Kodwa ukubeka ecaleni amanyathelo amancinci anje, Udongwe yinoveli encinci elusizi, engaqhelekanga malunga nokwenzakala kunye neendleko zokubandezeleka, kwaye uthetha ngayo, ubundlobongela. Ezandleni zikaReyes, le ntyatyambo intsha izayo iyokucamngca ngokufa, kwaye umhlaba uya kudla bonke abantwana ekugqibeleni.
