Hoʻomaopopo wau ʻO Ruiz Zafon. Hana ʻia iaʻu i kēlā me kēia manawa ke ʻike wau i kahi puke e kuhikuhi ana i ka ʻaoʻao esoteric o nā puke, i nā ʻōlelo huna, i kēlā ʻala o ka naʻauao i ʻākoakoa ma nā papa pau ʻole, malia paha i nā ilina hou o nā puke ...
A maikaʻi nō, no laila, pēlā. ʻO ka manaʻo nui o ka mea kākau Catalan ka mea iā ia ... Akā i kēia manawa aia a Alfonso del Rio Lawe hou ia i ke ʻano o kāna mau mea pohihihi a Bilbao i hana ai e ana e like me Ruiz Zafón's Barcelona.
Mai ke kapikala o Biscay i nā hanana like ʻole o ʻEulopa, a me nā manawa ʻokoʻa. ʻO kēia kahi e ulana ai kahi mea pohihihi manaʻo e alakaʻi a hoʻopunipuni iā mākou e like me ka hoʻopunipuni a kahi mea hoʻopuka maikaʻi.
ʻO Bilbao a me Oxford, 1933. ʻO Gabriel de la Sota, ka mea kākau a me ke polopeka ma ke Kulanui o Oxford, ʻo ia ka hoʻoilina o kekahi o nā waiwai nui loa o Biscay, ka mea nona ka hui kila nui. Akā ua ʻike kahi kanaka pouli i kahi huna pouli mai kona wā i hala a makemake ʻo ia e hana i kekahi mea e poho ai. ʻO CS Lewis lāua ʻo JRR Tolkien, ko ʻolua mau hoaaloha maikaʻi, e noho pū me ʻoe me ka palena ʻole i hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hana i kahi moʻolelo maikaʻi loa i kākau ʻia.
Ladana, 1961. ʻO Mark Wallace, ka makuakāne o kahi kaikamahine he ʻumi ona makahiki a loaʻa kahi makana kūikawā nui loa, he loio Pelekane kaulana ia e kokoke ana e haʻalele. I kekahi lā ua kipa ʻia ʻo ia e ka mea kākau ʻo Úrsula de la Sota, nāna i aʻo iā ia e noiʻi i kona ʻohana i hala a me nā hoʻoilina: ua hōʻike hou ka nūpepa kūwaho i ka nalowale paha o kā Gabriel de la Sota waiwai i 1933 a me nā kī o ka ʻike ma hea ʻo ia e loaʻa ai i kāna puke moʻolelo hou loa.
ʻO kahi moʻolelo e hele ana ma waena o Oxford a me Bilbao ma mua o kanakolu mau makahiki a pili i nā mea a pau e pili ana i kahi mea pohihihi i kanu ʻia. A ʻo nā mea hiki ke wehewehe i ka ʻōlelo huna ma hope o nā ʻaoʻao o ka hana nui a ka mea kākau kaulana e hiki ke hōʻike iā ia.
ʻO kahi moʻolelo e pili ana i ka maikaʻi a me ka hewa, e pili ana i ke aloha o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo a me nā palapala, e pili ana i ka ikaika o ka aloha aloha maoli, e pili pū ana me ka hoʻokolokolo ʻole.
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