Njani Sabina, "akukho nostalgia embi ngaphezu kokulangazelela into engazange yenzeke, eyenzekayo." Emva komkhusane wokwenyani, iintsomi zenza olo hlobo lwe-epic engathandekiyo eyandisa iinyani okanye izenze zinqabe. Ekugqibeleni sisishwankathelo kumacala omabini ezibakala. Uncwadi lukaCristina luphethe kule meko yokuzalisa yonke into ngaloo mvakalelo yokugqibela yomlingo yento ebiye yahlala kwezinye izikhumba ukuziva ukuba yonke into iyinyani, iyinyani kabuhlungu.
Ixhegokazi elinguLucha liza kubulawa ngumyeni walo phambi kokuba likhwankqiswe yimbonakalo yomzukulwana walo. Imvelaphi ye-rancor eyaqokelelwa kumashumi eminyaka iqala ngentsasa kaJanuwari 2, 1921. ULucha oselula wehlelwa yinqanawa yokuphukelwa yinqanawa. USanta Isabel kumlomo wechweba iArousa, malunga nesiqithi saseSálvora. Ngelixa amadoda ebhiyozela ukufika konyaka omtsha, abafazi bajongana bodwa ukuhlangulwa kwabaphosiweyo ngokuziphosa elwandle ngeedorna zabo.
Babegqalwa njengamaqhawekazi, kodwa amarhe nawo avakala malunga nokuziphatha okungeyonyani, apho ukubawa kunye nokuphangwa kwakuhlala ndawonye. Ngobo busuku uLucha waya elunxwemeni egqoke njengomtshakazi: wadonsa iinwele zakhe ezinde, kwaye wavumela ukudideka kumkhokele phambi kwe-castaway ehamba ze kodwa egqoke umnqwazi ophezulu. Owaye engu? Yimvumi yamaNgesi okanye umtyholi ofakwe emzimbeni? Kwakutheni ukuze uLucha aphele ze njengaye? Okwenzekileyo ngaloo mini kuya kuphawula ubomi bakhe, bentombi yakhe kunye nobomzukulwana wakhe.
Indibaniselwano yenyani yembali yempembelelo enkulu kumhla wayo, kunye nentsomi iyakuvumela UCristina Sanchez-Andrade thatha uhambo olukhethekileyo kwizizukulwana ezithathu zabasetyhini abavela kwindawo encinci yabalobi ezele ngabalinganiswa abakhumbulekayo (abanje nge-enigmatic hippie Stardust, okanye uYesusa obhityileyo).
Kwakhona, umbhali ngobuchule uxuba eyona nto iyinyani kunye ne-surreal delirium, ebiza amavumba achanekileyo amangalisayo. Oku, ubunyani bomlingo baseCunqueiro kunye ne-grotesque ye IValle-Inclán. Isiphumo sinoveli ekhangayo: ukubonakaliswa kwinkumbulo ebandakanya iimfihlo kunye nomona, ityala elihlangeneyo kunye nomnqweno wabasetyhini; umngeni kumfundi, obhalwe ngobuchule bobugcisa kunye neprose ekhethekileyo, ekwazi ukudala umdlalo we-hypnotic ongapheli kude kube kwiphepha lokugqibela.
Ngoku ungathenga inoveli ethi “The Nostalgia of the Amphibian Woman”, nguCristina Sánchez Andrade, Apha:
