E kiʻi i kēia poʻo inoa, haʻalele ka mea kākau i nā mea āpau a Alicia e hana ai e kiʻi i kēlā ʻāina. Akā Elena Medell pono ʻo ia e huehu i nā mea āpau ma mua o Wonderland. no ka mea, hoʻoheheʻe ka ʻāina, ka mea nane, i squalor a ʻaʻole hiki iā Alicia ke komo i kēlā wahi.
Ma mua i ʻike ʻia iaʻu mahalo i kekahi hana pū ʻana me Maria hesse, kahaha nā mea kākau i kēia manawa me kahi moʻolelo mana, me ka ʻole o nā kapu. ʻO kahi puke me kēlā mele aloha ʻole o kahi ʻōpio haʻi moʻolelo i manaʻoʻiʻo i ka haʻi ʻana iā ʻoe, inā ʻaʻole me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, me ke ʻano he backdrop. Aia ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o kekahi mea a me nā mea ʻē aʻe i kahi puʻupuʻu o nā sensations a me nā evocations mai ka melankoli a i ka euphoria me ka ʻole o waena.
He aha ke kaumaha o ka ʻohana i ko mākou ola, a he aha ke kaumaha o ke kālā i ko mākou ola? He aha ka hana ke hoʻoholo ka makuahine ʻaʻole e mālama i kāna kaikamahine, a he aha ka mea e hoʻoholo ke kaikamahine e mālama ʻole i kona makuahine?
E ʻokoʻa paha mākou inā hānau ʻia mākou ma kahi ʻē, i kekahi manawa ʻē aʻe, i kahi kino ʻē aʻe? I loko o kēia puke ʻelua mau wahine: ʻo María, ka mea i ka hopena o ke kanaono mau makahiki i haʻalele i kona ola ma ke kūlanakauhale hema e hana ma Madrid, a ʻo Alicia, i hānau ʻia ma mua o kanakolu mau makahiki ma hope aku a ua hoʻomau hou i kāna huakaʻi no nā kumu like ʻole. ʻIke mākou i ka mea e hoʻokaʻawale ai iā lākou, akā… He aha ka mea e hoʻohui ai iā lākou? He aha kā lākou, he aha ka mea i nalowale?
He puke moʻolelo ʻo Wonder. Kahi puke e pili ana i ka nele o ke kālā: e pili ana i ke ʻano o ke kālā i loaʻa ʻole iā mākou e wehewehe ai iā mākou. He puke nō ia e pili ana i ka mālama, nā kuleana a me nā mea i manaʻo ʻia; e pili ana i ka precariousness e pane ʻole i ka pilikia akā i ka papa, a e pili ana i ka mea - he aha nā leo, ma lalo o nā ʻano - e haʻi i nā moʻolelo e ʻae iā mākou e ʻike i ko mākou kumu a me ko mākou wā i hala.
Nā mea kupaianaha uhi ʻo ia i nā makahiki i hala aku nei o ka mōʻaukala Sepania: mai ka hopena o ka dictatorhip a hiki i ka hānai wahine, haʻi ʻia mai ke kaona o kahi kūlanakauhale nui a i nā leo - a i nā kino - o ka poʻe hiki ʻole ke hōʻike no ka mea pono lākou e hana.
En Nā mea kupaianaha, i kona ʻano ponoʻī i kahi puke aʻo, aia pū kekahi nā pālahalaha, nā laina lohi o ka lawe lehulehu, nā lālani i nā kī me nā pā i kāpīpī ʻia me ka aila. A eia hou: ka nele o ke kālā. ʻO ia ka mea e pili ana i kēia puke pīhoihoi, ka mea i hoʻowalewale i kekahi o nā mea hoʻolaha o ka honua ma mua o ka paʻi ʻia ʻana a ke unuhi ʻia nei i ka ʻōlelo Kelemania, English, Greek a me Dutch.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i ka puke «Las maravillas», na Elena Medel, ma aneʻi: