I nehinei ua hoʻomanaʻo mākou iā ʻoe no kēia mea kākau kupaianaha, ʻO Emilia Pardo Bazán. Ua lawe aku mākou iā ʻoe i kahi o kona ola a me kāna hana, i hōʻuluʻulu pōkole ʻia, a haʻalele mākou iā ʻoe he ʻumi o kāna mau huaʻōlelo kaulana loa. I kēia lā, makemake mākou e kālailai, i kahi ala pōkole a me ka hoʻokipa, kekahi o kāna puke moʻolelo kaulana loa. "The pazos de Ulloa".
Inā makemake ʻoe e ʻike e pili ana kēia puke a heluhelu i kahi ʻōlelo pōkole mai ia mea, inu kope a kī paha a ʻoluʻolu pū me mākou i kēia ʻatikala.
"The pazos de Ulloa" (1886)
ʻO kēia puke kakau ʻia i ka makahiki 1886 wehewehe i ka moʻolelo o ʻO Don Pedro Mososo, Marquis of Ulloa, noho kaʻawale i ke ʻano brutalized o kāna pazos, ke kikowaena o kāna mau kauā ponoʻī. Me Sabel, ke kaikamahine a kāna kauā ʻo Primitivo, he hānau keiki ʻole kā ka marquis, ka mea a lākou i kapa aku ai ʻo Perucho. I ka hōʻea ʻana o Julián, ke kahunapule hou i ka pazo, koi ʻo ia i ka marquis e loaʻa kahi wahine kūpono, no laila ua male ʻo ia i kona hoahānau ʻo Nucha, ʻaʻole ia e ālai iā ia mai ka lilo ʻana i ke aloha launa ʻole o kāna kauā.
I kēia ʻāpana a mākou i waiho ai i lalo, hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i ka hoihoi i ka sordid, ʻano o ka Naturalism (derivation of Realism) o ka manawa:
E ʻā ana nā haumāna o ka iʻa iʻa; ua hāʻawi aku kona mau papalina i ke ahi, a ua hoʻonui ʻo ia i kona ihu liʻiliʻi me ke kuko hala ʻole o Bacchus i kona wā kamaliʻi. ʻO ka ʻābota, e ʻāwīwī ana i kona maka hema me ke kolohe, ninini aku ʻo ia i kekahi kīʻaha hou iā ia, a lawe ʻo ia me nā lima ʻelua a ʻū iho me ka nalo ʻole o ke kulu; poha koke mai la kona aka; a, ma mua o ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka ʻōwili o kāna ʻakaʻaka, ua hina ʻo ia i kona poʻo me ka ʻeleʻele loa, ma ka umauma o ka marquis.
-ʻIke anei ʻoe iā ia? Uwē ʻo Julian me ka ʻehaʻeha. Liʻiliʻi ʻo ia e inu e like me kēlā, a maʻi ʻo ia. ʻAʻole kēia mau mea no nā mea ola.
-Bah! Ua komo ʻo Primitivo. Manaʻo ʻoe ʻaʻole hiki i ka raptor me kāna mea i loko? Me kēlā a me ka like! A inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike.
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-Pehea e holo nei? Nīnau ʻo Primitivo iā ia. Aia paha ʻoe i kahi ʻano no kahi peni ʻono pū kekahi?
Ua huli ʻo Perucho i ka ʻōmole a laila, me he mea lā, ua luliluli ʻo ia i kona poʻo ʻaʻole, e hoʻoluliluli ana i ka ʻili hipa mānoanoa mai kāna mau wili. ʻAʻole ia he kanaka primitive e hāʻawi māmā loa: ua kanu ʻo ia i kona lima i loko o kāna ʻūlū trouser a huki maila i kahi kālā keleawe.
"Pēlā kēlā…" ʻōhumu ka ʻabota.
"Mai noho malihini, e Primitivo," namunamu ka marquis ma waena o ka ʻoluʻolu a me ka lua kupapaʻu.
- Na ke Akua a me ka Puʻupaʻa! Nonoi aku ʻo Julian. E luku lākou i kēnā mea ola! E ke kāne, mai koi aku i ka ʻona ʻana o ke keiki: he lawehala ia, hewa nui e like me nā hewa ʻē aʻe. ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike maka i kekahi mau mea!
Kū ʻo Primitivo hoʻi, akā me ka haʻalele ʻole iā Perucho, nānā akula i ke kahunapule me ke anuanu a me ka maʻalea, me ka hoʻowahāwahā ʻia o ka poʻe hoʻoluhi na lākou e hoʻokiʻoki iā lākou iho i kahi manawa. A hoʻokomo i ke kālā keleawe i loko o ka lima o ke keiki a me ka uhi ʻole a ninini ʻia ka hue o ka waina ma waena o kona mau lehelehe, ʻūlili ʻo ia, mālama pēlā a hiki i ka lilo ʻana o ka waiʻona i loko o ka ʻōpū o Perucho. Me ka ʻōmole i wehe ʻia, ua paʻa nā maka o ke keikikāne, ua lohi kona mau lima, a ʻaʻole i hou ʻia, akā me ka pale o ka make ma kona alo, ua hina ʻo ia a puni ka papaʻaina, inā ʻaʻole kākoʻo ʻo Primitivo iā ia ».