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Die 2023 Lapa Jeugromankompetisiewenners se boeke is nou almal op die rakke. Die derde van die naaswenners, almal ewe boeiend, het nou in my hande beland. Annerle Barnard se inskrywing, Sterstof, is gepubliseer onder die titel, Donkerster, en is beslis een wat ek kan aanbeveel. Dit is nou as jy verby die ontstellende eerste hoofstuk kan kom.
Die skrywer deins nie terug van uitdagende onderwerpe nie. Sy hanteer onder andere kwessies soos die jag van geblikte diere, wildstroping en die algemene uitdagings van wildbewaring. Met die insig van iemand wat tieners verstaan, skryf sy oor boeliegedrag, haatpos en die isolering van tieners wat anders is as die gewilde norm. Carli Kirstein is briljant en het ’n passie vir wildbewaring. “Mamma, die enigste kere wat klasmaats my geselskap opsoek, is as hulle my vra om Wiskunde te verduidelik.” (p.31) Haar enigste vriende is haar Duitse, geek-vriendin, Hilda, en Sam, ’n albino. Die marginalisering van mense met albinisme is ’n onderwerp wat nie algemeen in romans voorkom nie en dit raak mens aan die hart. “Eintlik het elke mens ’n storie, en dis wanneer ’n mens iemand se storie hoor, dat jy besef dat jy saggies moet trap.” (p.102)
Benewens die spanning wat sommer gou-gou oploop met stropers wat al hoe nader beweeg aan Wild Cat Sanctuary, waar Carli en haar ouers betrokke is, is daar ook volatiele hartsake betrokke. Carli het byvoorbeeld gedink Wouter is haar sterstof, maar hy blyk toksies te wees. Die student, Werner, loop aanvanklik haar argwaan op die hals, en Stef, die ryk “ouer” man met die Porsche, se optrede hou mens aan die wonder.
Oor die dramatiese afloop van die krisis by Wild Cat Sanctuary gaan ek niks verklap nie. Kry gerus die boek, uitgegee deur Lapa Uitgewers, en beleef dit self.
The hook introducing the plot of Here one moment, has to be one of the best I have ever come across. “Later, not a single person will recall seeing the lady board the flight at Hobart Airport. Nothing about her appearance or demeanour raises a red flag or even an eyebrow.” (p.1) What follows is a unique setting of the scene aboard the aircraft. In stead of sketching the passengers, the author focusses on the qualities of the lady who would later be known as the “Death Lady”. We do not read what she does, rather what she does not do. In doing so, the vast cast of characters is introduced to the reader.
Which raises the point that the book should be read with attention to detail as the story is multi-layered. The introducing of even more characters, apart from the passengers on the flight, is intentional and serves to enhance the mystery surrounding the lady who goes unnoticed, “until she does what she does.” (p.6)
I am not into psychics, fortune telling, foreseeing the future, anything esoteric. The story line centres around exactly those aspects, but what saved it for me was the fact that the author does not sell the idea either way. In fact, there is continual mention of the debate about the legitimacy of paranormal practices.
The presentation was also most effective. Alternatively, the main character reveals her life story in the first person narrative, while that of the rest of the passengers and other characters are told in the third person. This definitely helps to propel the reading of the lengthy novel.
I cannot compare this new book to previous books of Liane Moriarty, as this is my first encounter with the writing of the multimillion-copy selling Australian author. Suffice to say that I remained interested throughout the almost 500 pages and appreciated the clever way in which the questions are eventually all answered.
Here one moment is distributed in South Africa by Penguin Fiction, a division of Penguin Random House South Africa.
Beautiful black and white photos of joints, accompanied by a flowing text that details the history and context of classical wood-working in Japan.