Ke wehe mau nei o John banville a hele mai kāna pseudonym Benjamin Black me kēia puke i kahi ʻano synthes me kahi hana, ma lalo o ka pūlima o kona inoa, hāʻawi i kahi heluhelu pālua o ka moʻoʻōlelo a i ʻole ʻano ʻeleʻele. No laila, hōʻuluʻulu ka mea kākau ʻIlani i kēlā laina laina pālua e hoʻokaʻawale i kāna mau mea i hana ai, e hana mua ana, ʻae, ke ʻano noir a no laila koho i ka lepili ʻeleʻele.
He moʻolelo lawehala ia i hoʻoneʻe ʻia i kahi hanana i ʻoi aku a paʻakikī paha i ka wā i hala, i ka laina me ke ʻano hāmama i nā mea kākau hou e like me Cecilia Ekback a me ia. Mālamalama pouli o ka lā aumoe. ʻAʻole hiki ke hōʻole ʻia i ka hana o ka male ʻana i nā kāne ʻeleʻele a me ka mōʻaukala hiki ke hoihoi pū kekahi. Pepehi kanaka ʻia ka lawehala a ʻimi mau ʻia i nā kaiāulu kanaka liʻiliʻi, mai ka Greek Greek a ka American CSI ...
ʻO ka pilikia wale nō me kēia ʻano o ka puke hybrid ka mea e koi ai i kahi hana o nā palapala mōʻaukala i mea e ʻū ʻole ai ka mea i loko o nā anachronism a me nā goof ʻē aʻe. I nā ʻīlio hae o Prague, hoʻonoho ʻo Banville iā mākou i ka pōuliuli o ke kenekulia XNUMX, ma ke alo pono o kahi kenekulia hou i ala mau ai i nā ʻano manaʻo like ʻole a me nā kaʻao. A me ke kiʻi ʻole i loko o ia ma ke ʻano he kumu hoʻopaʻapaʻa, kahi palena manawa kūloko ma waena o nā wā i lawelawe i ka mea kākau e hāʻawi i kahi nī ʻoi aʻe inā hiki.
ʻO Christian Stern ka protagonist pono o kahi kipi i hoʻokumu ʻia i kahi hewa transcendent. ʻAʻole like ia me ka make ʻana o kekahi mai nā plebs ma kahi hakakā ma mua o ke ʻano o ke kino o kahi wahine ʻōpio waiwai. Ua hoʻolālā ʻo Stern e hana i kahi ola hou ma Prague, mahalo nui ʻia lākou a manaʻo ʻo ia hiki i kēia kūlanakauhale millenary ke hoʻokiʻekiʻe iā ia ma ke ʻano he kanaka nui o ka ʻepekema a me ka naʻauao. Akā i ka manawa i kau ʻia ma lalo o ka malu o Rodolfo II, ka mea nāna i koi iā ia no kāna mau hana lalo e pili ana i ka alchemy a me ka wehewehe ʻana o nā meccans kamahaʻo, ʻo ka hihia o ke kino wela o ka wahine ʻōpio i kūʻē iā ia me ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana e hōʻoia i kona waiwai.
Maopopo iā Stern kēia hōʻeha i pepehi i ke kaikamahine me ka ʻāʻī o kona ʻokiʻoki me ka ʻaihue ʻole ʻana i kekahi mea mai kāna mau kiko i kahi kipi kolohe e hoʻoweliweli i kāna kūpaʻa. Akā paʻa i ka palaoa, e hana ʻo ia i nā mea āpau i hiki iā ia ke wehe i ka hihia ma ke kūlanakauhale e like me Prague i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka mea kākau e like me ke aupuni o Rudolph II, i hoʻolilo ʻia i lurid chiaroscuro.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i ka puke The Wolves of Prague, ka puke hou a Benjamin Black, ma aneʻi: