Kusinthasintha kwa Elia Barcelo amapanga zolemba zakale za ntchito yake yonse. Pansi pa wolemba womwewo timapeza malingaliro osiyanasiyana omwe akuwonetsa kuthekera kwakukulu. Kuyambira pachiyambi chake mu zopeka zasayansi mpaka kusintha kwake pakati pa zopeka zakale, mtundu wa noir, kukayikira kapena zenizeni zamatsenga. Zamatsenga m'njira yakuti zikumbukiro zosangalatsa za luso la wolemba zimawoneka kuti zimazunza chiwembucho nthawi zina.
Ndipo njira yolumikizira zonse pamodzi, momwe nkhani zawo zimakhalira mosakayika kuti ndi zake, zimachokera pakumangika komwe kumangowonetsedwa nthawi zonse kuchokera pa chiwembu chomwecho ndikumaliza ndi kapangidwe kamene mutu uliwonse umaponyera mbewa yotsatira.
Mu "El echo de la piel" timadzipeza tokha (monga nthawi zina m'mabuku aposachedwa a Barceló ndi olemba ena monga Joel dickerNdege ziwirizo zimayenda mofananira kuyambira nthawi zosiyanasiyana. Kusiyanitsa nthawi kumalumikizana kwamatsenga nthawi zina, kuyembekezera mfundo yomaliza yomwe ingalumikizane kwanthawi zonse ndi zochitika zam'mbuyomu. Ndi kukoma kwamalo ndi miyoyo yolembedwa kuti ipereke tanthauzo lopanda tanthauzo kuzonse zomwe zimachitika.
Sandra amavomereza lingaliro la Don Luis kuti alembe mbiri ya amayi ake. Ofelia Arráez adakhazikitsa malo onse ozungulira nsapato zazimayi ndipo tsopano Sandra, wosankhidwa kukhala wolemba mbiri, mwina osati mwangozi ayi, akuyamba mwachidwi ulendowu kupita kale lomwe ndikumapeto kwa moyo. Palibe china koma nthawi yosangalatsa ya Ophelia wamkulu.
Kuyambira pachiyambi, Sandra amatha kulingalira kuti Ophelia wamkulu amayenera kulimbana molimba mtima pamavuto. Mkhalidwe wake ngati mkazi ungafune kuyesetsa kwambiri kuti akhale chomwe anali. Koma kupyola pamalingaliro achikazi omwe adayikidwa m'miyambo yomwe ingakhazikitse mbiriyi, Sandra amalowa m'malo owala komanso mthunzi wamasiku a Ofelia. Masiku omwe akupezanso kuwala kwatsopano pakati pazithunzi, zikalata, maumboni ndi zotulukapo zosokoneza zomwe zikuwonetsa kukhalapo kwina kulikonse komwe pamapeto pake kumalemba zowona za Ofelia, zosadziwika.
Ndi mwa kuthekera kosagwirizana pakati pa akale ndi amakono kwa anthu awiri akutali momwe Elia Barceló amagwiritsira ntchito luso lake lofotokozera, kulamulira zinthu zonse mokomera chiwembucho. Chifukwa zinthu zimadutsa pasadakhale poyerekeza zomwe zidachitikira Ofelia ndi zomwe zikuchitika ndi Sandra.
Chowonadi chakale chimakhala chobisika nthawi zonse pakati pazomwe zidalembedwa ndi zomwe zimakumbukiridwa ndi iwo omwe angathe kupereka umboni. Koma nthawi zina mapulani a nthawi amawoneka ngati akuvomerezana kuti apange njira yatsopano. Kutha kwa nthawi kumakhala ngati chinthu chomwe Sandra amatha kuwona zonse ndi zowona zomwe sizimangokhudza nkhani yophunzira yomwe ingatseke mbiri ya Ofelia, komanso ikuwoneka ngati chinthu chofunikira pamoyo wake.
Kuzindikira Ophelia weniweni pakati pakukula kwa mitundu yotsutsana ndikuchulukirapo pakutsutsana komwe kumakhalapo m'zinthu zonse zamoyo, kuphatikiza za Sandra. Ndipo zinsinsi zazikulu za mkazi wanzeru zikutsegulidwa kwathunthu kwa Sandra adapanga wofufuza wodalirika kuti athe kupeza zenizeni zosiyana kwambiri ndi zomwe zimadziwika.
Tsopano mutha kugula buku la El eco de la piel, buku latsopano la Elia Barceló, apa: