Bayyanar da aka saba John banville kuma sunansa mai suna Benjamin Black ya zo tare da wannan sabon labari zuwa wani nau'in kira tare da aikin da, a ƙarƙashin sa hannun sunan sa, yana ba da karatun sau biyu na almara na tarihi ko nau'in baƙar fata. Don haka, marubucin Irish ya taƙaita wannan layin makirci guda biyu wanda ke raba abubuwan da ya halitta, yana fifita fifikon, i, sashin noir don haka ya zaɓi alamar Black.
Labari ne na laifi wanda aka yi ƙaura zuwa wani yanayi mai ƙarfi ko ƙarancin tsayayyen yanayin da ya gabata, cikin layi tare da buɗe yanayin a cikin marubutan kwanan nan kamar Cecilia Ekback da ita Hasken duhu na tsakar dare. Ba za a iya musanta cewa ɗaukar nauyin auren bakaken fata da na tarihi na iya zama mai ban sha'awa. A koyaushe ana kashe mai laifin kuma ana nemansa koyaushe a cikin kowace al'umma mai ɗan ƙaramin ci gaba, daga Girka ta polis zuwa CSI na Amurka ...
Matsalar kawai tare da wannan nau'in littafin labari shine cewa yana buƙatar aiwatar da takaddun tarihi don kada abu ya yi ruri a cikin anachronisms da sauran kyawawan abubuwa. A cikin kyarketai na Prague, Banville yana sanya mu cikin faɗuwar ƙarni na XNUMX, a daidai kusurwar sabuwar ƙarni wanda bisa al'ada ya farkar da kowane irin imani da tatsuniyoyi. Kuma ba tare da shiga ciki ba a matsayin tushen muhawara, iyakar tazara tsakanin lokaci yana hidimar marubucin don ba da taɓa taɓawa idan zai yiwu.
Christian Stern shine babban mai ba da labari game da wani makirci wanda ya danganci babban laifi. Ba daidai ba ne cewa wani daga cikin kumbura ya mutu a cikin tashin hankali fiye da bayyanar jikin wata budurwa mai kuɗi. Stern ya yi niyyar yin sabuwar rayuwa a Prague, ana ɗaukaka su sosai kuma yana tunanin cewa wannan birni na shekaru dubu zai iya ɗaukaka shi a matsayin babban masanin kimiyya da hikima. Amma da zarar an shigar da shi a ƙarƙashin kulawar Rodolfo II, wanda ya yi iƙirarin shi don ƙarin ayyukansa na ƙarƙashin ƙasa a kusa da alchemy da ƙarin bayani game da makanikai masu ban mamaki, shari'ar har yanzu jikin matashiyar tana fuskantar shi da bincike don tabbatar da ƙimar sa.
Stern a bayyane yake cewa wannan harin da ya kashe yarinyar tare da yanke makogwaron ta ba tare da ya saci komai daga maki ta zuwa wani mugun makirci da ka iya barazana ga mutuncin ta ba. Amma ya makale a cikin gari, zai yi duk abin da zai iya don buɗe shari'ar a cikin birni kamar Prague wanda marubucin ya shirya tare da gwamnatin Rudolph II, wanda aka yiwa lurid chiaroscuro.
Yanzu zaku iya siyan littafin The Wolves of Prague, sabon littafin Benjamin Black, anan: