Hānau ʻia nā moemoeā a me nā mele mai ka lyricism like e kau ana ma luna o ka mea maoli me kāna manaʻo hoʻololi. I nā wahi ʻelua palena mākou i ka unconsciousness hoʻokahi i piha me ka manaʻo e pili ana i kā mākou pili loa. Hāpai kā mākou ukana koʻikoʻi i ka hala ʻana o kā mākou manawa i kēlā utopia i mea e kaohi i ko mākou hopena.
ʻO ka mea nui, haʻi mai kēia puke iā mākou e pili ana i kēia mau mea āpau mai kahi ʻano disruptive, i ke kiʻekiʻe o kahi Gregorio Samsa i hoʻouka ʻia e kāna moemoeā o "Metamorphosis" wale me ka moʻolelo lōʻihi a, noʻu iho, ʻoi aku ka nui o ke koʻikoʻi.
ʻIke ʻo Gilbert i ke kumu o ka moeʻuhane i kāna kumu hope loa no ke kū ʻana i kēlā huli o ka huila āna i manaʻo ai e like me nā manawa ke ʻai ʻia ʻoe e ka hana maʻamau.
Hoʻohui ʻia me ke ʻano huzy o kona ala hou ʻana mai kahi moemoeā ikaika, hopu ʻo Gilbert i kahi mokulele a haʻalele iā Iapana. I kahi ʻano o ka huakaʻi hoʻomaka i nā pane hohonu loa, ma Iapana ua hui ʻo ia me Yosa, kahi pepehi kanaka e hōʻike ana i kāna hoʻolālā e haʻalele i kēia hanana.
Koe ʻole ka moʻolelo, e like me ka mea i hoʻolaha ʻia, hāʻawi i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka heluhelu ʻana i kēlā me kēia mea heluhelu i hiki ke unuhi ʻia i loko o kahi ʻano pōkole o kahi wahi haiku. I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, maopopo iaʻu ua loaʻa i kēlā me kēia o mākou kahi ʻano ʻokoʻa ke heluhelu a makemake e ʻimi i kahi hiʻohiʻona e like me kēia:
«Ka ua pua
ʻImi lapuwale kahi manu koraka
kona pūnana »
ʻO ke kuhi, me ke kumu o kēlā lele o kēlā me kēia ʻano i kahi honua Komohana, i ka mea ʻē a mākou e hoʻokau nei i ka mana, hana mākou i kahi huakaʻi kūikawā loa ma nā ʻaoʻao o kēia puke. ʻO ka manaʻo o ke kūleʻa ʻole i hōʻike ʻia ma Gilbert, kāna hoʻohālikelike ʻana me ka inaina i kahi kaiapuni kahi e hauʻoli ai a hiki i nā mea āpau ...
A ʻo Yosa, me kāna hoʻolālā suicidal, ua loaʻa ʻo Gilbert i loko ona i ke kāne neʻe nāna e kala no kāna mau hewa, kāna mau hemahema. Hele pū lākou ma nā wahi o kēlā enegmatic Japan, e like me ka haiku mau, ʻike ʻole ʻia e nā moeʻuhane e ʻoi aku ka pīhoihoi no kahi Gilbert e ʻike nei i ka mea āna i hele ai ma laila.
ʻO kahi puke ʻokoʻa ʻē aʻe, i kāna ʻōlelo kikoʻī, me ka piha o nā ʻano impluberant implicit, kuhikuhi i ke ola ma ke ʻano he haikus a mākou e maopopo ʻole ai akā hiki iā mākou ke lawe mau i ka wai momona o kēlā me kēia hana.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i ka puke The Islands of the Pines, kahi puke hoihoi na Marion Poschmann, ma aneʻi: