Ke huki nei i kēlā kūʻokoʻa hoʻokumu āna i hōʻike mau ai ʻO Eduardo Mendoza, wehe ka saga me ka puke i hala «Lawe ke aliʻi»ʻIke i kahi kope hou i kēia hoʻoili e pili ana i ka quixotic Rufo Batalla a me kāna magnetism hiki ʻole ke hoʻokō i nā hanana epic.
A hāʻawi hou kēia mea i kahi loiloi hoihoi o kekahi mau lā pouli e hoʻololi ʻia e ia mai nā huakaʻi pupule ma waena o nā intrahistories i kūlike i ka ulu ʻana o ka mōʻaukala.
Ma muli o ke komo ʻana o Rufo Batalla i kahi huakaʻi i noi ʻia e Prince Tukuulo i Livonia, ua hoʻopau ʻia kekahi o nā kamaʻāina e ka hele ʻana o ka mōʻaukala ma waena o nā naʻi aupuni, nā pohō a me nā paio e paʻa mau nei i ke kenekulia iwakālua, ʻoi aku ka nui ma ʻEulopa i hana hou ʻia mai. ʻO ke Kaua Honua II ma waena o nā playmats hewa mai ke kaua anuanu pau ʻole.
He kāne kūpaʻa ʻo Rufo me kekahi kumu nalowale e hele mai ana mai kēlā inertia hiki ʻole ke ʻike ʻia a mākou e ʻike nei, a laila e hoʻoneʻe iā ia ma ke ʻano he motika i nā ʻike hou.
ʻIke ʻia ʻo Livonia ma ke ʻano he hopena hope loa akā hopena wale ia he pahuhopu lele wale nō. ʻO ka mea maikaʻi paha ke hoʻi i Barcelona, e like me kā Rufo i hoʻolālā ai, e ake ana no ka wehe e hoʻonui ʻia e ka make koke o Franco.
Akā mahalo mau ʻia nā hopohopo o kēia ʻano. No ka mea inā ʻaʻole mākou i hāʻawi i nā manaʻo pupule o Tukuulo ʻaʻole mākou e ʻike i kēlā ao i piha i nā contrad contradicts e kūlia ana i nā hiʻohiʻona o kahi ʻoi aku ka pīhoihoi ʻoiai ke ʻike ʻia nā ʻano hana e neʻe ai.
ʻO ka heluhelu ʻana i nā puke moʻolelo e aʻo ai mākou e pili ana i nā hoʻonohonoho, nā moʻolelo e neʻe like i ka luna o ka lāhui o ka lā. Ke nalowale nei iā mākou iho ma o nā moʻolelo e like me nā mea i noi ʻia e Eduardo Mendoza, ʻike mākou i nā kumu hou, nā essences ma waena o ka absurd a me nā transendend, ke kaulike hoʻokalakupua e hana i nā ʻike hou i hāpai ʻia me kēlā kumuhana kupua hiki ke hoʻopiha i nā mea āpau, a me nā mea hiki ʻole ke hoʻomaopopo ʻia.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i ka puke «The yin and yang business», ka puke hou na Eduardo Mendoza, ma aneʻi: