ʻO ka Wild West, ma ke ʻano he synecdoche o ka homeland ʻAmelika i ka hoʻokumu ʻana, hoʻonui i kona manaʻo, kāna idiosyncrasies a me kona ʻano i kahi ʻāina nunui āpau o nā sensitivities a me nā manaʻo pili e pili ana i nā mea āpau. ʻAʻole hiki i kekahi mea heterogeneous ke kānalua ʻia e hana ʻia i kahi ʻāina e like me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i kēia lā.
ʻAʻole kēia ka moʻolelo o ka hana ʻana akā ka wehewehe ʻana o ka lanakila o ke kumu o ka hana ʻia ʻana ... He ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole ia he kūkulu maʻalahi a he mea paha e haʻaheo ai i kāna, i kekahi manawa, ka hana Machiavellian. Akā ʻo ke kuhi ke mālama i ka ʻoi loa. A ME ʻoʻopu Ua pāʻani ʻo ia iā Stephen Crane hiki ke hoʻouna iā mākou i kāna moʻolelo me ka ʻike kūpono loa e pili ana i nā loli i kuhikuhi i kahi mea nui.
ʻO kahi huakaʻi kupaianaha i loko o nā makahiki i hala aku ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa mai ka lilo ʻana i ka ʻāina ʻo Billy the Kid a me Buffalo Bill i lilo i mana honua nui.
I loko o kēia moʻolelo moʻokalaleo paʻa o Stephen Crane (1871-1900), hana hou ʻo Paul Auster i ke ola hoihoi a me ka ikaika hana o ka mea kākau ʻōpio, ka mea kākau moʻolelo a me ka haku mele nāna i kākau. ʻO ka hōʻailona ʻulaʻula o ka wiwo ʻole i 1895. Noho wale ʻo Crane i 29 mau makahiki, akā i loko o kēlā manawa pōkole o ka manawa ua mahi ʻo ia i ka puke, nā moʻolelo pōkole, nā mele a me kahi mea kākau moʻolelo adventurous nāna i uhi nā hakakā e like me ke Kaua Kuba. Ua launa ʻo ia me Joseph Conrad lāua ʻo Henry James, nā mea i hoʻomaikaʻi i kāna kākau ʻana, a me kāna hana ua hoʻololi ʻo ia i nā leka ʻAmelika a mau loa.
Ma kēia mau ʻaoʻao, hāʻawi pū ʻo Auster i puka aniani i ke ola ma Nu Ioka a me Ladana i ka hopena o ke kenekulia XNUMX. ʻO nā makahiki Crane kahi manawa kūpono ʻole hoʻi kahi e hoʻomākaukau ai ka ʻāina e haʻalele iā ʻAmelika o ka Wild West ma hope e lilo i mana kapitalista e noho aliʻi ma luna o ka honua i ka XNUMX kenekulia; kahi manawa o ka pōmaikaʻi e hūnā i kahi hala i hala ʻole ʻia i māka ʻia e ke kālepa kauā ʻApelika a me ka luku nui ʻana o nā ʻōiwi ʻĀina, a ke kū nei i nā neʻe kaiāulu mua a me nā koi a nā ʻuniona.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i kēia manawa "The Immortal Flame of Stephen Crane", na Paul Auster, ma aneʻi: