Iphelile trilogy yamandulo, iAragonese ULuis Zueco Usimema kolunye uhambo oluchulumancisayo emva kwenkulungwane, xa umatshini wokushicilela waqala ukubumba umhlaba omtsha. Ulwazi lwalugcinwe kumathala eencwadi anqwenelekayo kwaye ulwazi oluqokelelwe kwimiqulu ekhulayo yanikezela ngamandla, ulwazi olunelungelo lwaloo mihla yakuqala ejonge kwihlabathi elitsha.
Ngomanyano ogqibeleleyo wobungqongqo bembali kunye nokuthandabuza, uLuis Zueco uthatha umfundi aye kwixesha apho igama eliprintiweyo linokuba sesona sixhobo siyingozi.
Lonke uhambo olukhulu luqala ezincwadini. Kwakukho ixesha apho iincwadi zazinokufumanisa umhlaba omtsha, zishukumise ezona mfundiso zingcwele kwaye zitshintshe ikhosi yezembali.
Le noveli luhambo oluya kwiminyaka elandelayo ukuveliswa koshicilelo, xa umrhwebi wencwadi ethatha ikopi eyimfihlakalo eyebiweyo kwelona thala likhulu laseNtshona, elenziwe eSeville ngunyana kaChristopher Columbus.
Unyaka we-1517. UThomas omncinci uwela i-Renaissance yase-Europe esabayo abaleke kwixesha lakhe elidlulileyo. Le minyaka ilandelayo emva kokufunyanwa kweMelika kunye nokuyilwa komatshini wokushicilela, ixesha leenguqu ezinzulu ezikhokelele ukuphela kwamaXesha Aphakathi. Umnqweno awuvayo ngeLizwe elitsha, ovunwe kufundo lwakhe oluninzi, uya kumsa eSpain, apho aya kuqala khona ukusebenza nomrhwebi wencwadi.
Umsebenzi wokufumana ikopi esongelwe kwi-halo engaqondakaliyo umsa eSeville, isixeko esichumileyo esisebenza njengesiqhagamshelo kurhwebo nee-Indies kwaye izindlu, ngaphakathi kweendonga zayo, elona thala leencwadi libalulekileyo eNtshona, elenziwe ngunyana UCristóbal Colón kwaye wabiza iColombina. Kuya kuba kanye apho uThomas afumanisa ukuba kukho umntu obile incwadi ayifunayo kwaye, ngasizathu sithile, unomdla omkhulu wokuba kungabikho mntu uyifumanayo.
Kwakukho ixesha apho iincwadi zazivumela ukufumanisa imihlaba emitsha, zishukumisa ezona mfundiso zingcwele kwaye zitshintsha ikhosi yezembali. U-Luis Zueco usifaka kusiqalo se-bibliophilia kwaye usithathe, kumanyano olugqibeleleyo lwembali kunye necebo elikhawulezayo, ukuya kwixesha apho igama eliprintiweyo linokuba sesona sixhobo siyingozi.
Ungayithenga inoveli uEl mercader de Libros, nguLuis Zueco, apha: