Maupassant aiva mudzidzi waGustave Flaubert uye nyaya dzake dzaizivikanwa nekushandiswa kweshoko uye kubudirira, zvisingaiti denouements (zvibereko). Zvizhinji zvinoitika panguva yeFrance-Prussian War ye1870s, ichitsanangura kusava nebasa kwehondo uye vanhu vasina mhosva avo, vakabatwa muzviitiko kunze kwekutonga kwavo, vanochinjwa nekusingaperi nezvakaitika kwavari. Akanyora nyaya pfupi mazana matatu, zvinyorwa zvitanhatu, mabhuku matatu ekufambisa, uye vhoriyamu imwe yendima. Nyaya yake yekutanga yakaburitswa, "Boule de Suif" ("Ball of Suet", 1880), inowanzoonekwa seyakagadzirwa zvikuru. Mubvunzo: Maupassant akanyora mabhuku mangani?
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