Kuphetha ngayo trilogy yangenkathi ephakathi, ama-Aragonese ULuis Zueco Usimema kolunye uhambo olujabulisayo eminyakeni eyikhulu kamuva, lapho umshini wokunyathelisa uqala ukwakha umhlaba omusha. Ulwazi lwalufakwa emitatsheni yolwazi efiselekayo futhi ulwazi oluqoqwe kumqulu okhulayo lunikeza amandla, ulwazi oluyilungelo lwalezo zinsuku zokuqala ezazibheke ezweni elisha.
Ngokuhlangana okuphelele komlando nobugagu bomlando, uLuis Zueco uthatha umfundi aye esikhathini lapho igama eliphrintiwe lingaba yisikhali esiyingozi kakhulu.
Lonke uhambo oluhle luqala ezincwadini. Kwakukhona isikhathi lapho izincwadi zazingathola khona imihlaba emisha, zinyakazise izimfundiso ezingcwele kakhulu futhi zishintshe inkambo yomlando.
Le noveli uhambo oluya eminyakeni elandelayo ukusungulwa komshini wokuphrinta, lapho umthengisi wencwadi eqala ukucinga ikhophi engaqondakali eyebiwe kumtapo wezincwadi omkhulu kunayo yonke eNtshonalanga, eyenziwe eSeville yindodana kaChristopher Columbus.
Unyaka we-1517. UThomas osemncane uwela i-Renaissance yaseYurophu etholakalayo ebalekela okwedlule. Le yiminyaka eyalandela ukutholakala kweMelika nokusungulwa komshini wokuphrinta, isikhathi sezinguquko ezinkulu eziholele ekutheni ukuphela kweNkathi Ephakathi. Ilukuluku azizwa ngalo ngeNew World, elizuzwe ekufundweni kwakhe okuningi, lizomyisa eSpain, lapho ezoqala khona ukusebenza nomthengisi wezincwadi.
Umsebenzi wokuthola ikhophi esongwe nge-halo engaqondakali umholela eSeville, idolobha elichumayo elisebenza njengesixhumanisi kwezohwebo ne-Indies nokuthi ezindlini zalo, umtapo wolwazi obaluleke kakhulu eNtshonalanga, owenziwe indodana ka UCristóbal Colón futhi wabiza iColombina. Kuzoba lapho lapho uThomas athola khona ukuthi othile untshontshe incwadi ayifunayo futhi, ngasizathu simbe, ufisa kakhulu ukuthi kungatholwa muntu.
Kwakukhona isikhathi lapho izincwadi zazivumela ukuthola imihlaba emisha, kunyakazisa imfundiso engcwele kakhulu futhi kuguqulwe inkambo yomlando. U-Luis Zueco usifaka entathakusa ye-bibliophilia futhi asithathe, ngokuhlangana okuphelele komlando wokuqina nokuqina, kuze kube yisikhathi lapho igama eliphrintiwe lingaba yisikhali esiyingozi kakhulu.
Manje usungathenga inoveli u-El mercader de Libros, kaLuis Zueco, lapha: