Kūʻē i nā mea e hana nei i kēia mau lā ma Sepania me nā ʻike palapala "nui", ma Palani kahi anuu e like me ka ʻO ka makana ʻo Goncourt lawelawe iā ia e ʻike i kēlā puke nui e nalo ai kekahi. ʻO kekahi laʻana e lilo ia ʻO Eric Vuillard a kāna "Ke kauoha o ka lā".
A ʻo kēia kahi e hoʻomau mau ai ka hilinaʻi o ka poʻe Goncourts i ka makapō e ʻike pono ai lākou i ka heluhelu ʻana e hoʻolaulea iā lākou me ka maikaʻi a i ʻole ke kumu ma mua o nā mea kūʻai aku maikaʻi loa o ka heluhelu maʻalahi, wikiwiki, ʻoluʻolu a maʻalahi hoʻi.
ʻAʻole ʻo Jean-Paul Dubois kahi mea kākau ʻike ʻole ma Palani. Akā i ka ʻike ʻana i kēia puke, koho koke ʻia ka makana no ka hana ma ʻō aku o ka inoa. ʻO kahi hana i hana ʻia ma hope o ka nui o nā puke ʻē aʻe i nalowale i kekahi manawa i ka ostracism, ʻo ka pouli e hoʻopau ana i ka ʻimi ʻana i ka ʻuhane o ka mea haʻi moʻolelo i hoʻoholo e hoʻomau i ka haʻi ʻana i ke ola.
Ke lawelawe nei ʻo Paul Hansen i kahi ʻōlelo i ka hale paʻahao ma Montreal no ʻelua mau makahiki. Māhele ʻo ia i kahi keʻena me Horton, kahi ʻānela mai Hell i hoʻopaʻa ʻia no ka pepehi kanaka.
E hoʻi kāua: Na Hansen i mālama i ka Excelsior, kahi hale noho kahi e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ai i kāna mau taleni ma ke ʻano he kahu hale, kiaʻi, a lima lima, a he aha hou aʻe, hana ʻo ia i nā ʻuhane a hōʻoluʻolu i ka poʻe ʻehaʻeha.
Ke kōkua ʻole ʻo ia i nā hoalauna o ka Excelsior a i ʻole ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā hana mālama i nā pono hana, hoʻolilo ʻo ia i manawa me Winona, kāna hoapili, i ka mokulele a lāua e piʻi pū ai i ka lani a lele ma luna o nā ao. Akā ʻaʻole lōʻihi nā mea e loli. Hiki mai kahi luna hou ma Excelsior a, me ia, hakakā. A hiki i ka hiki ʻole ke hiki.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i ka puke "ʻAʻole nā kāne āpau e noho i ka honua ma ke ʻano like", na Jean-Paul Dubois, ma aneʻi: