ʻO wai e hoʻomanaʻo ʻole iā Manolito Gafotas mai Nani maikaʻi ʻo Elvira? ʻAʻole ia he mea ia e lilo i kaila e pili ana i nā keiki protagonists i nā puke no nā mea āpau.
He nīnau nō ia ʻo Elvira lāua ʻo Now Elisa, me ko lāua cacophonic kokoke i nā inoa, e ʻike i kēlā keiki nāna e hoʻohālike pū me mākou a pau mai ka haʻakei pololei, naivety a me ka hihiʻo o ka honua «aliʻi wahine»Kūleʻa hou kēlā i ka paia o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻoi loa e hoʻāla i kēlā ʻano hilahila e pili pū ana hoʻi i nā ʻano o ka hōʻeha iki me nā mea heluhelu mākua e ka nostalgia.
I ka wā ma mua ʻo lākou ka ʻO Tom Sawyer, ʻO Huckleberry Finn u Wili ʻo Oliver. Eia a i kēia manawa he kaikamahine i kapa ʻia ʻo Marina nāna e alakaʻi iā mākou i loko o ka hanana o ke ola i ʻike ʻia mai ka wā kamaliʻi e hoʻopili ana me ka manaʻo he keiki mākou a nā ihoiho i hoʻolei ʻia e nā pā ikaika o ka manawa. Akā ʻo nā keiki ma ka hopena o ka lā e ʻiʻini i kekahi manawa e lawe i nā tailwinds e hoʻonohonoho hou iā mākou iho ma ka poʻo o kēlā mau moku ʻuhane.
ʻEiwa ona makahiki. ʻO Marina kona inoa, akā ma ke kula kāhea lākou iā ia ʻo Vozdevieja. ʻO kēia kauwela ma Seville, ka mua ma hope o ka 92 Expo, lōʻihi loa a maloʻo loa ʻaʻole maopopo iā ia inā e uē a ʻakaʻaka paha. Inā makemake ʻoe e loli nā mea āpau a i ʻole like nā mea āpau. No ka mea pāʻani mau ʻo ia me nā pēpē Chabel akā ua nānā ʻo ia i nā makasina mākua.
Ma muli o ka maʻi ʻana o kona makuahine a ua kuhi ʻo ia iā ia iho i kahi hale huna hale e hoʻopuni ʻia e nā keiki makua ʻole. No ka mea ke koi nei kēlā me kēia, me kona makuakāne, i ka nalowale. Ma muli o kāna hoapili ʻo kona kupunawahine, ka mea nāna i kuke iā ia, kāhili i kona lauoho, a ʻokiʻoki i kona mau kui e like me ka moʻo huelo ʻawa, haʻi iā ia e pili ana i kona aloha iā Felipe González, e ʻōlelo malū, hōʻike i kona kuʻekuʻe wāwae hou, humuhumu i nā kapa pua nona.
A laila hele ʻo ia i waho a hoʻopilikia kēlā mau lole iā ia e like me ka mea i hana ʻia me ka pepa one. A akā pōloli mau ʻo Marina: no ke ola, a no nā steak palaoa. ʻO kahi leo kūikawā, palupalu, mele a hilarious. ʻO kahi puke mua i poina ʻole e like me ka manawa mua e hiki mai kahi mea nui iā ʻoe.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i kēia manawa i ka puke Vozdevieja, kahi puke na Elisa Victoria, ma aneʻi: