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ʻO Raymond Thornton Chandler
Holo i kāna kamaliʻi a me ka wā ʻōpio ma ʻEnelani kahi āna i hana ai ma ke ʻano he mea kākau moʻolelo. Lawelawe ma ka Ke Kaua Mua Mua a i ka pau ʻana o ka hakakā ua hoʻi ʻo ia i United States a noho i Kaleponi. Hoʻomaka e kākau moʻolelo no ka mea kaulana makalahala makamae kāne ʻeleʻele (ka mea i kapa ʻia pāpaʻi) iā ia i 45 mau makahiki.
ʻO ka moeʻuhane mau loa (1939) kāna puke hou kahi i hōʻike ai ʻo ia i ka waikawa, impetuous akā sentimental hoʻi ʻO Philip Marlowe, nāna i hōkū i 7 o lākou a me 2 mau moʻolelo. A mai laila mai ua kaulahao ʻo ia i nā poʻo inoa kūleʻa, kekahi o lākou lawe ʻia i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, no ka mea, he kākau kākau ʻo ia i nā makahiki 40.
Nā huaʻōlelo a me nā ʻāpana
Ka Lede o ka Lake
ʻO ka moeʻuhane mau loa
- Ma ka hola ʻumikūmākahi paha o ke kakahiaka, i ka waena o ʻOkakopa. ʻAʻole mālamalama ka lā a i ka mōakāka o nā kuahiwi i maopopo ua ua. Ke komo nei wau i koʻu kapa ʻeleʻele uliuli me kahi pālule polū ʻeleʻele, nākiʻi a me kahi hainaka kala mai loko mai o ka ʻeke, nā kāmaʻa ʻeleʻele a me nā kākini huluhulu o ke ʻano like i ʻokiʻoki ʻia me ka ʻulaʻula uliuli. Maʻemaʻe ʻo ia, maʻemaʻe, kahi ʻia a ʻohiʻohi ʻia, a ʻaʻohe oʻu manaʻo inā hōʻike ʻo ia. ʻO ia nā mea āpau e lilo i mākaʻikaʻi pilikino. E kipa ana wau i ʻehā miliona kālā.
- He kanakolukūmākolu oʻu mau makahiki, ua hele au i ke kulanui no kekahi manawa a ʻike wau i ka ʻōlelo Pelekania inā noi mai kekahi iaʻu, ʻaʻole pinepine ia i kaʻu ʻoihana. Ua hana mua wau ma ke ʻano he mea noiʻi no Mr. Wilde, ka Loio Apana. ʻO kāu luna noiʻi, kahi hoa i kapa ʻia ʻo Bernie Ohls, i kāhea iaʻu a ʻōlelo mai makemake ʻoe e ʻike iaʻu. Mau nō koʻu noho male ʻana no ka mea ʻaʻole au makemake i nā mākaʻi.
Aloha lōʻihi
- Nānā wau i ka ʻili o ka ʻili mae i puka ma waena o ka ʻili i hoʻā o kona ʻūhā a me ka hei. Ua nānā kino wau iā ia. A laila nalowale ia mai kaʻu mau maka, hūnā ʻia e ka hale e iho ana. Kahi manawa ma hope ua ʻike wau iā ia e iho e like me ka pua e hana ana i hoʻokahi a me ka hapalua. Ua piʻi kiʻekiʻe ka pīpī a hiki i ka lā a hana i nā anuenue i nani e like me ke kaikamahine ponoʻī. A laila hoʻi ʻo ia i ke alapiʻi a wehe i kona pāpale keʻokeʻo a hoʻoluliluli kona lauoho. Ua hoʻoluli ʻo ia i kāna puʻu i kahi pākaukau keʻokeʻo a noho kokoke i kahi lumberjack i nā pālule pulupulu keʻokeʻo a puhi i nā aniani a puhi ʻia ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke lilo i mea ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka mea mālama wai. Ua hilinaʻi ʻo ia a paʻi i kona ʻūhā. Wehe ʻo ia i ka waha i ka nui o ka hydrant ahi a ʻakaʻaka. Pau kēlā i koʻu hoihoi iā ia. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke lohe i kāna ʻakaʻaka ʻana, akā ʻo ka chasm i kona alo ke wehe ʻo ia i ka zip ma luna o kona mau niho ua lawa iaʻu.
- Aia nā wahi i inaina ʻole ʻia ai ka mākaʻi, Komikina. Akā i kēlā mau wahi ʻaʻole ʻoe e lilo i mākaʻi.
Aloha pēpē
- I loko o ia ʻano lole, ua ʻike ʻole ʻia ke kumuhana, e like me ka tarantula ma ka pai cream.
Pāʻani
-ʻO Marlowe ʻoe, ʻeā?
-ʻAe, manaʻo wau. "Ua nānā au i kaʻu uaki lima." ʻEono kanakolu ia o ke kakahiaka, ʻaʻole ia ʻo ia koʻu manawa maikaʻi loa.
"Mai makaʻu mai ʻoe iaʻu, e ke ʻōpio."
"E kala mai iaʻu, e Mr. Umney, akā ʻaʻole au ʻōpio; Ua ʻelemakule wau, ua luhi, a ʻaʻohe kulu kope i kēia manawa. He aha kaʻu e kōkua ai?
E lilo i mea mua e wehewehe