Aia kekahi mau mea kākau no lākou ka mea i hana ʻia ma ka honua i kahi cadence ʻokoʻa, kahi lōʻihi lōʻihi ʻokoʻa loa mai ka manawa e hōʻea ai nā manaʻo hoʻopihapiha a me nā ʻike i ka hiki ʻana iā mākou. Julio Llamazares ʻO ia mai kēlā ʻaha o nā mea haʻi moʻolelo i holo pono ai i loko o kahi realism lyrical ke lele aku lākou iā mākou mai ka moʻolelo.
He mau lā ʻē kēia a ke hilinaʻi nei i nā puke a nā mea kākau e like me Llamazares hiki ke lawelawe iā mākou e hoʻokokoke iā mākou i nā mea kokoke e noʻonoʻo hou i kahi kokoke mai nā kumuwaiwai waiwai a manaʻolana hoʻi.
Ma Malaki 2020, mau lā ma mua o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana o Sepania, ua noho ka mea kākau me kona ʻohana ma kahi hale ma Sierra de los Lagares, kokoke i Trujillo, ma Extremadura. Ma laila lākou, e like me nā huapalapala o ka ʻO Decameron, i mālama ʻia no ʻekolu mau mahina ma kahi i hāʻawi iā lākou i ka pūnāwai nani loa a lākou i noho ai.
I loko o kēlā manawa, mālama ʻia ke kūlohelohe mai ke komo ʻana o ke kanaka, a hoʻopiha ʻia me nā kukui, nā waihoʻoluʻu a me nā holoholona hihiu, e like me ka uluhua ʻole o ka ulia pōpilikia. A ʻo ia ke ola, ʻoiai nā mea āpau, hiki ke wāwahi i nā māwae o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, akā he ʻikiʻī paha lākou.
I loko o kēia puke ua hoʻopili nā ʻōlelo ʻelua e haʻi i kahi punawai me he mea lā he mea ʻino a nani ia: ʻo ia o ka prose manaʻo o Julio Llamazares a me nā kiʻi wai evocative o Konrad Laudenbacher, ka hoa a me ka hoanoho o ka mea kākau. I ka manawa hou, e like me nā manawa mau, ʻike ʻia nā hana noʻeau a me nā moʻokalaleo e hāʻawi i ka hōʻoluʻolu a me kahi kilokilo e hoʻāʻo e hōʻoki i ka ʻeha o ka honua. Ola hou ka puna.