Ikhathuni esikhaleni sencwadi Amazwi eRuidera. Kusuka eMingote naseCabañas.
Lo nyaka yi ikhulu leminyaka lokuzalwa kusuka kumbhali tomellosero UFrancisco Garcia Pavon, kanye neminyaka engama-30 yokufa kwakhe. Ngiyi-manchega emsulwa, ngahlala ebusheni bami eTomelloso naseGarcía Pavón isikhungo esiseduze nalapha.
Sengivele ngakhuluma ngolunye usuku ngendalo yakhe edume kakhulu, umphathi we-GMT (Tomelloso Municipal Guard), ongenakuqhathaniswa UManuel Gonzalez, I-Plinio emhlabeni owaziwayo. Namuhla ngikhumbula la ma-ephemeris nge ukubuyekezwa de Amazwi eRuidera, enye yezincwadi zakhe okushaqisa kakhulu, okuthakazelisayo futhi okunempikiswano ukuthi ngincoma ukuthola.
Amazwi eRuidera
UKhomishani u-Anselmo Perales, weMadrid Criminal Investigation Brigade, ukuxhumana no uzakwabo nomngani wakhe uManuel González alias I-Plinio ukukunika ikhomishini. Kumele iya ku-incognito kumachibi aseRuidera ukusebenzisana ku icala eliyindida ezweni lonke okuhlobene nokuthumba.
Ngakho-ke lapho kuya uPliny, okuthize enamahloni ngenhloso yokufihla okuningi futhi engakwazi ukukhuluma ngakho. Izaba azenzayo yilezi iholide nomndeni wakho. Kukhona esinye futhi isizathu: leso se- phenya ukukhala okuthile okunyantisayo ezizwakala phakathi kwamabili eduze kwamachibi futhi eziguqule wonke umuntu oseduze.
Kuyinto inoveli cervantina ngaphezulu kwesaga. Ihlelwe ngaphakathi izimo abaqhubeka nokubabaza noma ngubani odlula kulo mhlaba oyisicaba futhi owomile. Kuyamangaza, ngaphezu kwalokho futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke, okukodwa inkokhelo ecacile yezocansi umvuthwandaba wawo uvela ku ukuphela okushaqisayo kakhulu okwathi ngosuku lwayo kwahlazisa abahloli bezincwadi.
Futhi okungashodelwa yi- ukunotha kolimi nguGarcía Pavón, ongumpetha ekuboniseni, echaza futhi elandisa nge I-La Mancha idiosyncrasy. Isiqephu esimayelana nokubonisana (nalokho akubuzayo) sikaPlinio noDon Lotario de Ignacio, osanda kushada onezinkinga "zokuhlangana" nonkosikazi wakhe, siyakhohlakala. Ukucaca, hhayi ukulula, amahlaya, ukuhlehla nezisho zendawo okwethu kusuka esiteshini. Lokho nje kukodwa kufanele ukukufundela okwabo kanye nalabo abangaphandle kwalo mhlaba othile.
UPlinio nomndeni wakhe
Kuyinto inoveli lapho iningi ukuphikisana kunomkakhe uGregoria nendodakazi yakhe u-Alfonsa, imvamisa iba sesibili kakhulu kwezinye izihloko. Bona bakuphelezela ngomoya omuhle, yize bazi ukuthi bayizaba zecala elisha. Kepha futhi kuyizaba zezinye zezigaba ezihamba phambili kunoveli, njengalena engezansi.
Izinhlamvu eziningi
Akukho ukuswela okujwayelekile okufana UDon Lotario, elungele noma nini ukuthola "imibuzo" yomngani wakhe uPlinio, udokotela uWatson manchego nodokotela wezilwane. Kubonakala futhi lapho Cape Weed, okwesibili ku-Pliny, no-lU-Antonio the Pharaoh noBraulio isazi sefilosofi bahlala beba izigcawu, omunye walabo balingisi okungenelela kwawo okungenakuphindwa. Kukhona noDon Ricardo, uthisha wesikole esiphakeme. Futhi bonke futhi baya eRuidera ukubona ukuthi uPlinio uqhuba kanjani.
Izinhlamvu ukhonkolo yale ncwadi kukhona isifebe uGala (isici sokunquma ekuxazululeni icala), UDon Circumciso nenja yakhe uVida (okungebona ababonakala), Bafowethu Umfula obandayo o uGarcía López (umama nendodana abahlala endaweni abahlala behamba ngezikhathi ezithile).
Ucezu
"Ngesikhathi abesifazane beqhubeka, waqaphela indodakazi yakhe. Wahamba encika engalweni kanina, emtshela izinto, ehleka ngezikhathi ezithile futhi ehambisa imilenze yakhe eqinile ngesigqi. Kuxaka kanjani ukuba nengane. Ukuthi, ngenxa yokushayisana kwemizimba emibili ngobusuku obubodwa bobusuku, umzimba omncane osanda kwenziwa futhi ofudumele, isikhwama samandla amaningi kangaka wabazali, ogogo nomkhulu, ipenta-ugogo nomkhulu nogogo nomkhulu, ungaphumela kumama phakathi izinhlungu zakhe, kwakuyinto engavamile kakhulu. Lapho babenayo, ihlukile futhi injalo koyedwa; ngakho yebo futhi kanjalo neyethu; kodwa futhi nabanye ».