Kungekudala, ndenza idinga lokuthanjiswa kwiklabhu yam yezempilo, iziko elinexabiso elinomtsalane, ngasekupheleni kweminyaka engama-70 yasentsomini njengesithethi sayo. Khange ndijonge isini se-massage therapist.
Uthotho lokubulala yinto eyenzeka kubantu abamsulwa eCalifornia kunye namazantsi eMzantsi. Uthotho lokubulala-ihlala ilisiko, ukubulala abantu ababhinqileyo (ngesiqhelo) -isiyonto nje esiyixhalabeleyo eNew York.
Ukusuka apho ndihlala khona kwelona gumbi likhulu nelingachazekiyo eManhattan, eStuyvesant Town, ukuqala kosuku ngalunye kubonakala ngathi kunokubhalwa kumnandi, ngeminyaka ye-1930 iHollywood comedy, into eyalelwe nguFrank Capra.
U-Dostoevsky kucingelwa ukuba uphawule ukuba umntu angajonga indlela ephucuke ngayo uluntu ngokujonga iimeko ezingaphakathi kwintolongo. Kuba asinazo iijele kwi-Upper East Side apho ndihlala khona, ndikhetha ukujonga iivenkile zayo zokubhaka.
