Abu game da labaran karya (al'amarin da muka riga muka gani a ciki wannan littafin kwanan nan by David Alandete) wani batu ne wanda a zahiri ya fito daga nesa. Kodayake a baya, an ƙirƙira ƙarya na son kai ta hanyar mai da hankali a fannonin siyasa da hukumomin leƙen asiri da sauran ayyuka ke motsawa a kowane ɓangaren labulen ƙarfe.
Na sani a Mario Vargas Llosa wannan ya sa wannan sabon labari cewa matasan tsakanin tarihi da tarihin tarihi don ƙarshe su more mafi girman ruwan 'ya'yan abin da ya faru.
Mun yi tattaki zuwa Guatemala a 1954. Ƙasar da ke rayuwa a ƙarshen kwanakin ta na juyin juya halin da aka kafa shekaru goma wanda, aƙalla, ya kawo dimokuraɗiyya a ƙasar.
Amma a cikin shekarun mafi muni na yakin sanyi, babu abin da zai iya daɗewa a Tsakiya da Kudancin Amurka wanda a koyaushe Amurka ke gyara abubuwan da ke faruwa na makirci.
Kamar yadda Yankees ke da ikon ɗaukar kuskuren kai tsaye na Spain a cikin nutsewar jirgin ruwan Maine wanda ya ƙaddamar da yaƙin Cuba tsakanin ƙasashen biyu, yana da sauƙin yin hasashe game da gaskiya game da makircin da Vargas Llosa ya tsara wannan labarin tare da daidaituwa mai ban sha'awa tsakanin abubuwan da suka faru na gaske, bayyana kalamai da aikin haruffan almara.
Daga karshe, Carlos Castillo Armas ne ya aiwatar da juyin mulkin. Amma babu shakka taya murna ce ta Amurka wacce ta albarkaci matakin don kawar da jarabawar ikon kwaminisanci a yankin.
Daga baya kowa zai girbi 'ya'yansa. Amurka za ta sami riba mai tsoka yayin da Castillo Armas ya murƙushe kowane irin tawaye ta hanyar daidaita adalcin ƙasar don aunawa. Kodayake gaskiyar ita ce bai dade a kan mulki ba saboda bayan shekaru uku ya ƙare da kashe shi.
Don haka Guatemala wani yanayi ne mai ban sha'awa ga duk sabon abin da Vargas Llosa yake so ya gaya mana daga kusurwoyi da gutsuttsuran rayuwa waɗanda suka zama mosaic na ƙarshe. Tare da haruffa koyaushe a gefen rayuwa, tare da fatan mutane sun rikice tare da akidu, tare da tuhuma da fuskantar kullun.
Babban labari game da mawuyacin kwanakin Guatemala mafi damuwa, godiya, sama da duka, don kiyayewa da sarrafa CIA akan ƙasar kuma, ta ƙara, akan rayuwar Guatemala da yawa.
Yanzu zaku iya siyan littafin Hard Times, sabon littafin da Mario Vargas Llosa ya buga, anan: