Me kēlā kiko o androgyny moʻokalaleo, lawelawe ka ambivalence o kekahi mau inoa iā Amélie Nothomb e hoʻokumu i nā paradox existentialist i kāhiko ʻia me kēlā hiʻohiʻona nani a kahi e neʻe nei me ka ʻoluʻolu o kēia mea kākau.
A no laila mākou e nānā nei i ke aloha o Claude a me Dominique a me nā hua o ke kaikamahine e loaʻa ʻole i loko o kona makuakāne ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia e nā poʻe āpau he mau mākua.
Ma muli o ko Claude manaʻo e koi ʻia e nā makemake ʻē aʻe i ʻoi aku ma mua o ka nui ʻole o ka makua, kahi hopena ʻae ʻole ʻia o kāna kumu hānau. ʻO Man, nona, ke hāpai nei i ka hoʻoilina o ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā laha, o ka hoʻolōʻihi ʻana i ka hana. A ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke hoʻonele i ka manawa ma minutiae e like me ka nani o ka makua.
Ua ulu ʻo Épicène, ke kaikamahine, me kēlā hemahema nona ka mea paʻakikī e lanakila, e hoʻoulu ana i ka ʻeha kūloko a me kahi ʻāpana o ka ʻili i waho. A ʻo nā mea e hoʻoneʻe iā ia he manaʻo hoʻopaʻi me ka honua, ka inaina kū ʻole.
I nā aloalo ʻaʻohe mea hou e mihi ai ma mua o ka noho ʻana o ke aloha i ka poʻe i koe. ʻO ka hopena kēia o ke kanaka, e mahalo hou aku i ka nalo, ka mea ʻole, ke kāʻili ʻia. No laila i ka paukū melancholic o ʻEpìcene e ʻike ai mākou i ke kanaka i hoʻopili ʻia i kēlā make ʻana o ka mea hiki ʻole.
Hāʻawi ke kuhi iā ia i ka nano metaphorical ʻoi loa o ka mea kupaianaha, kēlā hiʻohiʻona a me ka transcendental point o nā hōʻailona. A loaʻa ʻo Nothomb i ke ala e kūlike me ka moemoeā me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, i kēlā ʻano ʻē a i ka manawa like e hāʻawi mai ai iā mākou i nā heluhelu me nā tausani ʻono.
ʻImi ʻo Nothomb me kāna sagacity maʻamau i nā pilina makuakāne a me nā huhū o ke aloha aloha ʻole. A hana ʻo ia pēlā ma ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi ʻano kaʻao moʻo ʻole o kēia wā, kahi kaʻao loko ʻino, i haʻi ʻia me ka conciseness, kikoʻī a me ka ikaika.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i ka puke "The Epicene Names", na Amélie Nothomb, ma aneʻi: