“Funda ukuthatha ikhefu”, “Zizwe ukhululekile ukubonga abanye”, “Ungahlali isikhathi eside endaweni okhululeke kuyo”, “Bhala yonke into” — lawa kanye namanye amakhono angu-48 awusizo, asatshalaliswa ngokwemibandela unyaka wonke (isonto elilodwa ukwazi ikhono elilodwa), isisekelo sohlelo lombhali lomqeqeshi wezempilo kahle oneminyaka engama-20 yesipiliyoni uBrett Blumenthal.
Usevele wasebenzisa indlela yakhe “yezinyathelo ezincane”, izinguquko kancane kancane, ezinhlelweni zokugcina ukuqina komzimba nokwenza imikhuba yokudla enempilo. Lapha sikhuluma ngokufinyelela inhlalakahle, mayelana nezinguquko ezinhle esimweni sengqondo nengokomoya. Umbhali uthembisa ukuthi ngonyaka uzoba ngcono ekubhekaneni nokucindezeleka, uzokwazi ukukhumbula ulwazi kalula futhi uzizwe unelisekile ngokuphila. Ungafunda imikhuba ngejubane lakho, kodwa umbhali uphikelela ekusebenziseni zonke izinguquko ezingama-52: zisebenza ngokuhlangene kuphela.
UMann, u-Ivanov noFerber, 336 p.