I kekahi manawa ua ʻaʻa wau e kākau i ka ʻaoʻao ʻelua o The Picture of Dorian Gray, na ʻO Oscar Wilde. Malia paha i kekahi lā e hoʻouka wau i ka hopena i kēia blog. ʻOiaʻiʻo, palena palena iaʻu me ke akahai i ke alo o ka nani o ka hana ...
Ma ka hihia o John banville, ka mea akamai i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i hiki ke loaʻa nā moʻolelo e paʻi ma lalo o kona inoa a i ʻole ma lalo o ka inoa pseudonym Benjamin Black, ua paipai iā Mrs. Osmond e hana i kahi loiloi hou o "Portrait of a Lady", ka puke nui o ʻO Henry James.
A ʻoiai, i kāna hihia ka hopena, pehea e hiki ai ke ʻole, ʻoluʻolu piha. ʻO Isabel Osmond ka Isabel Archer i heluhelu a hoʻololi ʻia e ka loea ʻIlani.
He mea kupaianaha nā kūlike ʻole ma waena o nā mea protagonist ʻelua ma hope, e pili ana i nā kūlana a lākou e alo ai, kēlā ʻano haʻalele ʻana, ʻino a me ka ʻawaʻawa e hiki ai ke hoʻāla i kekahi mau kāne i ʻike ua kāwili ʻia lākou i kahi moe e ka ipo ma ka hana.
Mai Roma a hiki i Ladana, hele ʻo Isabel Osmond i ka huakaʻi i kēia manawa ma mua o ka hoʻopunipuni ʻia e Gilbert Osmond. Hiki i ke kiʻi hou ʻana i ka ʻōpio ke hoʻomaka i ka melankoli o ka mea hiki ʻole i ka manaʻo o ke retrogression e ʻike he mea hoʻomakeʻaka i kāna hiki ʻole ke hana.
I kēia manawa, ke waiho nei ka manaʻo o ka hoʻopaʻi kūpono ma waena o ka huhū a me kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona o ka hauʻoli i loaʻa mai ke kūʻokoʻa i kau mua ʻia a ua lanakila hope loa no ke kumu maikaʻi loa.
Ke koi ʻia ʻo Isabel e hoʻi i Roma, e hoʻomau ʻo Gilbert iā ia me ke kūlohelohe o kekahi mea i hana i kahi slip wale nō i hoʻoponopono maʻalahi ʻia. A ma laila mākou e ʻike ai inā i kona wā i pakele ai i Ladana Isabel ua hiki ke hoʻololi hou iā ia iho, e ʻike i ka ikaika e hoʻokau i kāna waiwai, e lele ana ma luna o nā mea āpau a Gilbert e hōʻike nei: ka hilinaʻi ʻole, ka aloha aloha a me ka hoʻowahāwahā piha ʻole i kekahi wahine.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i kēia puke ʻo Mrs. Osmond, ka puke hou na John Banville, ma aneʻi: