Pehea e ʻO Sabina, "ʻaʻohe nostalgia ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka makemake i ka mea i hana ʻole ʻia." Ma hope o ka pale o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, hana nā kaʻao i kēlā ʻano o ka nostalgic epic e hoʻonui ai i nā ʻoiaʻiʻo a i ʻole e ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi. Aia ma ka hope ka compendium ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. ʻO ka palapala a Cristina ke kuleana i kēia hihia o ka hoʻopiha ʻana i nā mea āpau me kēlā manaʻo hope loa o ka mea i noho ʻia i loko o nā ʻili ʻē aʻe e manaʻo ai he ʻoiaʻiʻo nā mea āpau.
Ua kokoke e pepehi ʻia ka luahine Lucha e kāna kāne ma mua o ka nānā ʻana o kāna moʻopuna. ʻO ke kumu o ka rancor i hōʻiliʻili ʻia i nā makahiki he mau makahiki mai ka hola mua o Ianuali 2, 1921. Ua noho ʻo Lucha ʻōpio i ka moku o ka mokuahi. ʻO Santa Isabel ma ka nuku o ka muliwai o Arousa, e ku pono ana i ka mokupuni o Sálvora. ʻOiai e hoʻolauleʻa ana nā kāne i ka hōʻea ʻana mai o ka makahiki hou, ua kū hoʻokahi ka poʻe wahine i ka hoʻopakele ʻana i ka poʻe i hoʻolei ʻia ma ke kiola ʻana iā lākou iho i ke kai me kā lākou dornas.
Ua manaʻo ʻia lākou he heroine, akā ua lohe pū ʻia nā lono e pili ana i nā ʻano ʻano epic, kahi i noho pū ai ka manaʻo ʻino a me ka hao wale. I kēlā pō ua hele ʻo Lucha i kahakai i ʻaʻahu ʻia e like me ka wahine mare: huki ʻo ia i kona lauoho lōʻihi, a ua ʻae ʻo ia i ka huikau e alakaʻi iā ia i mua o kahi kiola ʻole akā e kau ana i ka pāpale. ʻO wai? He mea mele Pelekania a i ʻole ka diabolo i hoʻokomo ʻia? No ke aha i kapa ʻole ai ʻo Lucha e like me ia? ʻO ka mea i hana ʻia ma ia lā e hōʻailona ai i kona ola, ʻo kāna kaikamahine a me kāna moʻopuna.
ʻO ka hui pū ʻana o kahi moʻolelo ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka hopena nui i kona lā, me ka moʻolelo moʻolelo ʻO Cristina Sanchez-Andrade e hele i kahi huakaʻi kūʻokoʻa ma waena o ʻekolu mau hanauna wahine mai kahi kaiāulu lawaiʻa liʻiliʻi i piha i nā mea poina ʻole (e like me ka enigmatic hippie Stardust, a i ʻole ka prudish Jesusa).
Hoʻohui hou ka mea kākau i ka ʻike maoli maoli me ka delirium surreal, e kāhea ana i nā ʻala kūpono o ka mea nui. ʻO Cela, ka mea kilokilo maoli o Cunqueiro a me ka grotesque o Valle-Inclan. ʻO ka hopena he moʻolelo hoihoi: he noʻonoʻo i ka hoʻomanaʻo e pili ana i nā mea huna a me ka lili, ka hewa hui a me ka makemake wahine; he mea paʻakikī i ka mea heluhelu, i kākau ʻia me ke akamai ʻenehana a me ka prose kūʻokoʻa, hiki ke hana i kahi pāʻani hypnotic ʻaʻole e pau a hiki i ka ʻaoʻao hope.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i ka puke "The nostalgia of the amphibian woman", na Cristina Sánchez Andrade, maanei:
