Aia nā ʻāina e like me Pokukala a ʻIlani paha, e like me ka lawe ʻana i ka lepili melankoli i kekahi o kā lākou ʻano hana noʻeau. Mai ke mele i ka palapala, ua pulu nā mea āpau i kēlā ʻaʻala o ka decadence a me ka ʻiʻini.
En Betela puke E hoʻi i Birchwood, John banville ke hana nui nei i ka hōʻike ʻana iā ʻIlani i hoʻouka ʻia e kēlā homeland ʻano o kēia mokupuni nui. ʻO Gabriel Godkin kona protagonist, kahi ʻano o ka ego ego o ka mea kākau i hoʻi i kēlā Birchwood iventado e hōʻike ana i ka cosmos o nā stereotypes Irish.
ʻIke ʻo Gabriel i ka hale kahiko kahi i ulu ai ʻo ia i mea paʻakikī ʻole, pale i nā huapalapala e noho ana e ʻike ʻia me ka ʻino like ʻole o kahi manawa aloha ʻole o ka manawa. Ma ke ʻano, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kēlā ʻano metaphor ma waena o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo i loaʻa a me ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana o kahi wā hauʻoli i ka wā āu e hoʻi ai i nā wahi o nā manawa ʻē aʻe. Hiki ke hoʻohālikelike i ka haʻalulu manaʻo i kēlā maʻi maʻi a ka mea kākau i huki ai.
Eia nō naʻe, neʻe aku ka pā pōʻino o ka moʻolelo me kahi kiko o ka hoʻomākeʻaka, ka waikawa me ke kānalua ʻole, akā ʻo ka hoʻomākeʻaka i ka hopena o ka lā, kahi e hoʻohana ai e lanakila i ka pōʻino o nā poho a me ka nostalgia.
Hāʻawi ʻia i ke kūlana weliweli o kēlā manawa o kona wā kamaliʻi, ua hoʻopau ʻo Gabriel i kahi keaka, me ka manaʻo e loaʻa i kona kaikuahine māhoe, ka mea āna i nalo ai. A ʻo ia ka manawa e hoʻohana ai ka mea kākau i ka manawa kūpono e hōʻike i ka hohonu o ʻIlalani, i hoʻopaʻi ʻia e ka kaumaha ma kāna ʻāpana kaiāulu. A ʻo ia ia manawa ke ʻike mākou i ka nui o nā mea e noho ana i kēlā mau wahi hoʻopaʻi. ʻO nā kiʻi Grotesque me nā ʻano ʻē ʻē, i hāʻawi ʻia me kā John Banville mana wehewehe kikoʻī, waiho i ko lākou māka, ma waena o ka eccentricity ʻoi loa a me kahi vitalism i hōʻole ʻole ʻia e hoʻokuʻi iā lākou e ola i mua o ka honua e hōʻole ana i nā mea āpau.
I loko o kēia puke, ʻo ʻIlani kahi helu o nā hoʻomanaʻo o ka hauʻoli e pāheʻe e like me nā kahe ma waena o nā hanana āpau i hāpai ʻia, e waiho ana i kā lākou ala i kahi patina e homogenize i nā helehelena a me nā hale, nā mea a me nā ʻuhane i sepia.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i ka puke E hoʻi i Birchwood, ka puke hou na ka mea kākau nui ʻo John Banville, ma aneʻi: