ʻAʻohe mea ʻeha ke hoʻohaʻahaʻa iā ʻoe iho i kahi moʻolelo hou o ka ʻAmelika ʻO Donna leon a me kona hooikaika curator Guido Brunetti, kekahi i loko o ka mea a ka mea kākau moʻolelo huli i kona aloha no ka Italy o kona wa opiopio.
A ke ʻōlelo nei wau ʻaʻole ʻeha loa ia no ka mea ʻo ia ala hiki iā mākou ke hoʻōla i ka ʻōlinolino kahiko o ke kūlanakauhale e like me Venice e hele ʻole nei i loko o kāna mau manawa maikaʻi loa. I ka oiaio o ia ma waena o nā waikahe, a e ole bode pono no ke ola o ke kulanakauhale, a me ka ola crisesʻeleu ma ka'ākau, Italy eia nae he ākea ma ke ao nei, Venice manao oi melancholic ma mua o ka manawa a pau.
Akā, Hey, paha no keia kumu, i kēia mau lā na ka mea, aole e hana ino i kaʻai i heluhelu me ka oi aku pinepine '. A i kēlā ʻano o nā hoʻolālā e hoʻokele iā mākou i nā hiʻohiʻona koʻikoʻi o ka puke moʻomeheu maʻemaʻe maʻemaʻe ...
«Mai o ka noho ana i ka hāhai i kona lā hope bedridden, Benedetta Toso, maʻi me ka maʻi 'aʻai i ka makahiki o ka poe pono he kanakolu-ewalu, manao e kamailio i Brunetti e pili ana ia aole makemake ole, e lawe pū ia i ka lua kupapaʻu i kekahi mea.
Nāwaliwali, a ma luna o ka verge o ka make, i ka wahine māhunehune hooponopono iho i ke i kekahi minute o ke lucidity a sketch kekahi kanaka hopuna e implicate kana kane, Vittorio Fadalto, i nei make i loko o ke kalepa ae la lakou ulia, a me ke kālā loaa illegally a me ka mea, i loko o No, o kona Pepehi kanaka maoli ka make. "Pepehi kanaka lākou iā ia," i haʻi aku ʻo ia i ke komisina. Eia naʻe, ma mua hou 'ike hiki ke loaa, i ka wahine exhales kona hope hanu.
He aha ke kālā kūpono ʻole e pili ana i kāna ʻōlelo? Owai mau "mea," ka mea a Toso e hoopii ana me ka pepehi i kana kane? ʻO ke kaula maikaʻi o ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana e alakaʻi i ka mea mālama i kahi hana a ke kāne, ʻo Spattuto Acqua, kahi ʻoihana pilikino i hoʻopiʻi ʻia me ka nānā ʻana i ka maikaʻi o ka wai ma Venice.
Ma laila, ʻaʻole e alo wale ʻo Brunetti i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo e pili ana inā Pepehi kanaka ʻia ʻaʻole paha ʻo Fadalto, akā kahi hihia kīpē ma waena o nā limahana me ka manaʻo e hūnā i nā ninini haumia i loko o ka wai, i hiki ke loaʻa nā hopena weliweli i ke olakino o nā Venetians. ».
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i ka puke «Me ka wai a puni ka ʻāʻī», ka puke na Donna Leon, ma aneʻi: