ʻO Pablo Armando Fernández ka mea lawe i ka nūhou ma hope o kekahi o kāna huakaʻi i New York. Aia kēia ma waena o 1991 a me 93, ʻoiaʻiʻo I loko o kēia mau makahiki ʻelua a ʻekolu paha o koʻu mau makahiki ma Cuba. Ma ia manawa ua kipa aku ʻo Paul i ʻAmelika me ka pilikia ʻole. Ua hala kona manawa ma ke ʻano he pariah naʻauao (e pili ana i ka hihia Padilla kaulana) a ua hoʻolaʻa ʻo ia iā ia iho no ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea pilikino ma Havana, mai Saul Landau a me James A. Ua lawelawe ʻo Michener ma ke ʻano he Lazarillo iā Norman Mailer e hele i ke kūlanakauhale (he lili, fuck!) i kona pae ʻana i Cuba, kahi hana i hana ʻia noʻu i ka waena o 80s, a ma hope o ka paʻi ʻana o 'Hemingway. ma Cuba', a ma hope o koʻu hoʻoponopono ʻana no kaʻu mau ʻōlelo hoʻoweliweli o ka ʻae ʻana i komo pū i loko o ka waihona o ka hihia Padilla i ʻōlelo ʻia aʻe nei. Akā, i kēia wā o koʻu hānau hou ʻana, ua liʻuliʻu ka manawa a Fidel e ʻike ai ʻaʻole ʻo ka poʻe kākau moʻolelo koʻu ikaika a ua alakaʻi koke ʻo ia iaʻu e hana i ka honua o ka hewa. Ua koho ʻo Robert Vesco iaʻu i mea nui. ʻOiai, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻae mākou ʻo ia ke kumuhana o kekahi kikokikona, no laila ke hoʻomau nei mākou. Ua haʻi mai ʻo Pablo iaʻu i ka moʻolelo o Salman. Ua kapa mua ʻo ia iā ia ʻo Salman, me he mea lā he hoahānau ʻo ia, mai laila mai, mai ka batey o ka hale wili Chaparra, ke kauhale ma ka ʻākau o Oriente kahi āna i hele mai ai. ʻO Pablo, he kanaka uʻi mau a ʻoiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke hūnā i kāna mau ʻano hoʻonui i kekahi manawa - ʻaʻole i makemake ʻia kahi hiʻohiʻona o ka machismo Cuban i kona ola ʻana - ua kahakaha ʻo ia me kāna mau hana i ka lokomaikaʻi o kāna mau moʻolelo, ʻaʻole ia he hana ʻino a hoʻopilikia akā piha i ka hana kolohe. ʻano kamaliʻi a makemake kekahi e hānai iā ia, a ʻo kāna mau moʻolelo, no ke koena, he mea kupanaha. “Ma–ra–v–llo–sas”, e like me kāna i hoʻolaha ai. ʻO kēlā me kēia mea i helu ʻia. ʻO kahi mea haʻi moʻolelo waha ʻoi loa i ʻike i ka moʻolelo kākau. Aia naʻe ka manaʻo kānalua: he haku mele ʻo ia a ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kāna ʻoihana me kahi puke i kapa ʻia ʻo 'Psalter and Lamentation' a ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hilinaʻi i kahi mea kākau e nalowale ana ma ke poʻo inoa e like me ia. ʻOiai ma hope mai ua haʻi aku au iā ia ua kala aku au iā ia no ka mea ua hui pū ʻo Borges i kona wā ʻōpio i kahi puke i kapa ʻia ʻo 'El Monitor de la Educación Común'. Ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, aia kekahi mau mea i hoʻopili iaʻu iā Pablo. ʻO kekahi ʻo ia ʻo 'Verde Olivo', ka makasina pūʻali, i kekahi o kāna mau hoʻouka mua ʻana iā mākou (ma ka pō o ka hopu ʻia ʻana a me ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana iā ia iho ma ka hihia Padilla), i ʻOkakopa 1968, a ʻoi aku ka hoʻouka ʻana, ma ke ʻano he hoʻohenehene, paʻi kiʻi kiʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo PAF no nā hua mua o kāna helu a ʻo ia ke kumu i kapa mau ai au iā ia he PAF. Ke hoʻomanaʻo nei au i kona hōʻike ʻana mai iaʻu i nā ʻaoʻao wehe o ka makasina, ua ʻakaʻaka wau. Ua kū ʻo ia ma laila me ka pīhoihoi, a i ka hopena ua haʻi ʻo ia iaʻu: “ʻAʻole ia he moe kolohe ʻoe. ʻO ia ka mea amoral. "Pablo—ua hoao oia e wehewehe i ke kumu o ko'u olioli a hookomo iaia iloko o na kumu—: Aole anei oe i ike ua hiki mai kaua? Ua loaʻa iā mākou ka hakakā. ʻO ka hope, kaulana mākou." He paʻa ikaika kēlā, ʻaʻole anei? ʻO ka mea ʻoiaʻiʻo, aia i loko o kēlā hale a ma kēlā puka Creole, me nā noho lāʻau, e hāʻawi ana iā mākou i ke kaulike, kahi aʻu e hoʻolilo ai i nā ahiahi maikaʻi e kamaʻilio pū me PAF a i kahi lā, i kona hōʻea ʻana mai New York, haʻi mai ʻo ia iaʻu. Ua hui hou ʻo ia me Salman Rushdie ma ia kūlanakauhale. ʻO ia ka manawa aʻu i hoʻopilikia ʻole ai iā ia ma muli o ka hāʻule hou ʻana o koʻu mea pilikia i ka hilahila (i kēia manawa ma muli o koʻu hui ʻana me kekahi mau mea i pana ʻia, ʻo General Arnaldo Ochoa a me Konela Antonio de las Guardia) akā ʻo ia. Ua koi ʻia ʻo ia i kāna hana e like me ia a paʻakikī hoʻi e like me kaʻu e kākau nei i kahi memo maʻalahi nona i hāpai mua ai i ke poʻo inoa ʻo 'Pure coincidence' a koi ʻia ka memoir a Gertrude Stein 'The autobiography of Alice B. Toklas 'no ka mea ua nalowale a ʻaihue paha kaʻu a makemake wau e hoʻohana i kumu hoʻohālike. ʻAʻole i loaʻa iā PAF i waena o nā kaukani spines o nā puke i uhi i nā paia o kona hale ma nā papahele ʻelua. Me aʻu e hahai pono ana ma hope ona, hele a puni ʻo Pablo i ka lumi e kāhea ana, ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekania, ʻo Alice B. ʻO Toklas, me he mea lā he keiki makuahine nalowale ʻo ia a i ʻole Little Red Riding Hood i ka ululāʻau i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai ka pō. “Alice!” Ua hoʻōho ʻo Pablo me ka ʻehaʻeha puʻuwai. "E Alice, auhea oe, e Alice? ʻO Alice e ʻoluʻolu! ʻO Alice, aia ʻoe? ʻO Alice!" ʻAʻole i ʻike ʻia ka puke. ʻOiai ʻo ka ululāʻau wale nō ka mea e hoʻohui ai i kahi pāʻani pāʻani i kāna ʻimi ʻana iā Alice a ʻaʻole i hāʻule ka pō. I kekahi manawa ua hoʻopau ʻia ka ʻimi ʻimi a hopu ʻia a hele mākou i ka puka pā, e kiʻi. ʻO kahi kaulike maikaʻi, ʻaʻole like me ka kowali, e ʻae i kahi kamaʻilio e kahe. No laila, ʻo ia, e hohola ana i kāna mau kaila i kūʻai ʻia ma ke keʻena lole kāne o Macy's ma Roosevelt Avenue ma New York, ua hāʻule ke ʻano nani o kahi mogul i loko o kona noho ʻili i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, a me ka manaʻo e hoʻomāʻona i kāna mea lapuwale, ua haʻi mai ʻo ia iaʻu, ka mea lawe i kela olelo no Fidel, oiai nae he mea kana i hai mai ai ia'u me ka hilinai loa. Ua makemake ʻo Salman Rushdie e huakaʻi i Cuba no ka palekana. Aia ʻo ia i loko o ka wela o ka manhunt e pepehi iā ia i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e Ayatollah Khomeini i ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana no ka hoʻopuka ʻana i kāna puke 'Satanic Verses' i hoʻopiʻi ʻia e ke alakaʻi hoʻomana no ka ʻōlelo hōʻino. ʻO ka fatwa a Khomeini i ka makahiki 1989 i hoʻopuka ʻia ma ka lā Valentine 1989 i hāʻawi ʻia i hoʻokahi miliona kālā i ka mea nāna i ʻoki i ke poʻo o ka mea kākau pilikia a ʻaʻole i loaʻa iā ia kahi wahi kūpono e pale aku ai iā ia iho ma mua o Cuba. pōʻino. Frustrating. hoonawaliwali. Ua huikau no hoi oia i na hoailona a pau o ka maemae a me ka pono o ka Cuban Revolution. Ua ʻike ʻo ia i ka maikaʻi ma kēlā me kēia kumukūʻai i loko o kahi kaʻina o kona hopena maoli ʻo ia ka paio paʻakikī e ola. "Ua ʻai mākou i ka ʻaina awakea a ua noi au iā ia," wahi a PAF. "Pipiʻi? He hale ʻaina pipiʻi? “E ʻōlelo wale kākou. He pilikia palekana." “Ua uku ʻo ia, ʻoiaʻiʻo. Akā, mai hea mai ʻo ia i ke kālā? "Aohe o'u manao, e ke Keikialii." Pela au. Prince… "E hoʻopuni ʻia ʻoe e nā behemoths o ka FBI a i ʻole Scotland Yard. ʻAe, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā limahana ʻo Scotland Yard, "wahi aʻu. "Aʻole. ʻAʻole au i ʻike iā lākou". "Mai hana ʻino ʻoe iaʻu, e Pablo. Ua ʻoi aku ka nui o nā poʻe India a puni ʻo Custer." Hoʻomaha wau, hōʻuluʻulu i koʻu mau manaʻo. "Akā, ʻaʻohe mea nui o ia mea. ʻO Fidel ka mea nui. He aha ka ʻōlelo a Fidel? Ua paipai ʻia nō hoʻi au e ke alakaʻi. "ʻAʻole kanaka. He aha," wahi a Paulo. "ʻOiaʻiʻo", ʻike ʻo ia pehea e pane mai ai iaʻu ma mua. "ʻAʻole pupule ʻo Fidel." Ua hoʻopili mua ʻo Pablo iā ia iho me ka mana a ʻike wau ʻo ia kāna pane. Akā, ua ʻike ʻo ia ʻo ia ka pane a Fidel. "ʻAʻole he pupule ʻo Fidel." "ʻOiaʻiʻo," wahi aʻu. ʻOiaʻiʻo, a mālama wau i kēia iā Pablo, ʻaʻohe mea e like me ka CIA maneuver ma mua o kēlā moʻolelo. "Ke manaʻo nei ʻoe e hakakā ana ʻo Fidel Castro me Iran ma luna o kahi mea kākau?" Ua kākoʻo ʻo Pablo i kaʻu noʻonoʻo me ke kunou. Lokopono. ʻAʻole i hiki. "Akā, he pō, aia iā ʻoe ʻo Robert Vesco ma ʻaneʻi," wahi āna me ka huhū. ʻO ka lōkahi uniona a me ka nui loa i ka wā i hoʻomāinoino ʻia ai au i ke kūlana o ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka pōʻino i loko o nā palena o koʻu ʻāina a me ka ʻole ʻo Scotland Yard a me ka CIA a me ka FBI a me ka Mossad a me ka Royal Canadian Mounted Police a i ʻole kekahi e pale iaʻu a uku. ʻaina awakea me nā haole i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā ala e pakele ai. A laila, ma mua o ka hāʻawi ʻana iā Pablo i manawa e hoʻoweliweli iaʻu, ua hoʻohui ʻo ia: "Akā ʻo Vesco he hakakā ma waena o Fidel a me nā ʻAmelika. ʻO lākou ka poʻe makemake i ke poʻo o Vesco. Akaka". Ke nānā pono nei i nā mea, me ka pōmaikaʻi o nā makahiki, ʻo ka mea maikaʻi loa i loaʻa iā Salman Rushdie ʻo ka hōʻole ʻana o Fidel e ʻae iā ia ma ka ʻāina. No ka mea, i ka hopena, ua noʻonoʻo ʻo ia i ka hopena Cuban o Robert Vesco. I ka wā i hopu ʻia ai ʻo Fidel i ka makahiki 1996, i ka wā i hoʻopaʻi ʻia ai ʻo ia i 13 mau makahiki i loko o ka hale paʻahao no ka hewa o ka hoʻopunipuni ʻana i kahi hui mokuʻāina Cuban no ka noiʻi olakino. I ka hopena, i kona hoʻokuʻu ʻana iā ia, he ʻelemākule ʻo ia me ka maʻi maʻi ʻāʻī a mākaukau no ka lua kupapaʻu. Ua kanu ʻia ʻo ia ma Nowemapa 23, 2007. Ua hana ʻo Salman, i kēlā manawa, me he mea lā ʻaʻole i ʻike nā makahiki gula o ka Cuban Revolution i ka hāʻule ʻana o ka hihia Padilla. Me he mea lā, mai Sartre a hiki i ka versifier haʻahaʻa loa mai Patagonia, nānā mau lākou iā Havana ʻo ka New Mecca. Aia ma laila ka Luna Nui ʻo Fidel Castro, mākaukau e kiʻi iā lākou a pau. Hāpai aʻela ke koa hekili me kāna pahi kaua a haʻi iā lākou: E peʻe ma hope oʻu. Ua hui ʻia ke kaua a me ka paradaiso i ke akua o kahi ʻōlelo hoʻohiki. ʻO wau kou pā. apo.
