Krisis with a K

Maya’s smile whose teeth were as hypnotizing as Benerice was in Poe’s story. “(…)Another year went way before George found in Alcoy a nice place to live in Oleza. One Saturday while paying a visit to Miguel Hernandez house of culture, during the reading organized by the Social Forum, a cultural society open to share poetry and social activism, he met Maya’s smile whose teeth were as hypnotizing as Benerice was in Poe’s story. (205) “(…) George ignores whether Abel returned to his wife, or he is still happy rediscovering his femininity or maybe he fell into the clutches of Maya’s coward ego, Berenice’s smile by Allan Poe. (Page 264)

Ibn Said Al-Magribi: in love of Uryula Al-Andalus (Orihuela in Spain). “(…) In the XIII century Ibn Said Al-Magribi wrote: “As I was heading for the sea,/ I crossed Uryula/ and it was like a piece of Paradise in eternity./ Its river flowed/ and the waterwheel buckets were singing to the beat of music./ The birds were singing/ and the trees were hugging each other with their branches.” The Arabian poet worshipped this land when he was forced to go into exile. In Orihuela the myth of Armengola’s betrayal to the governor is contaminated by lies and resentment… (Page 173)

Persian Greeting from the Baha`i. “(…) Our friend consolidated his belief in the talks he had with Bab devotees to convey the message of the world reconciled in the diversity. George told us the happiness he felt when he first met Farhad: –Allahuabha! (God is the Greatest Glory!) –the Persian man welcomed him. –¡Allahuabha! –George hugged him. –With a pure, radiant, gentle heart…–Farhad offered him one of his mottos. –… make yours an old perennial, everlasting sovereignty: Freedom! Love! –George finished it as if another being were inside his body and answered for him. (Page 240)

Akawiko (Japan) and Txolk’in (Mayan Legend). “(…) In a snap of fingers Justice… links lives and bring souls together. And then once the task uniting them is completed they are free of any ties. Should George have wasted his life with Maya as Akawiko aged waiting for the capricious emperor? George got into Maya’s life and now he had decided to get out of it. But before doing so he drove her to the airport and boarded her on the wedding plane. At the Madrid-Barajas airport café my friend drew two palm trees on a napkin and wrote the Word Tzolk’in without knowing why he was doing it. He was enjoying a cup of green Tara tea. She chose passion red tea. (Page 294)

Blind television, threatening fork. “(…) –Happiness… yet at the expense of veracity, Maya? –He always gives me pleasure! –As she began to defend herself as if her conscience were testing her she had sudden hiccups caused by her nervousness. –Although everything is a lie! Drink, drink some water… and your hiccups will disappear. –I’m not thirsty! I want him here with me. I feel his blood running through my veins. You understand what I feel! –the Andalusian melancholic song begged her Cuban placebo’s approval. George stood up and left the sitting-room. It was three o’clock in the morning. He was a bit hungry in the kitchen. He sliced a loaf of bread and made a couple of potato omelet snacks. He heated them up for half a minute in the microwave oven. When he entered the sitting-room George noticed that the television set was still off and blind. He had his hands busy with the plates but he managed to give one to his apartment mate. –I guess what your skin feels. But do you mind what he feels for you? The fork stabbed on Maya’s omelet threw a threatening look at George. –I really mind my own stuff! –At last she pulled off the blanket that was covering her lies. And she suddenly started shivering. For the following hour with George on the couch Maya tried to convince him by giving him nonsense and irrational arguments and excuses to hide her selfish attitude. (Page 273-74)

Insatiable sexual lust. “(…) Maya defended her own freedom! But was she really free from her narcissistic ego? George felt pity for her. Upon entering the apartment as she was starving and without satisfying her sexual lust went to the kitchen to pick something to eat. George followed her: he observed. Her apartment mate knew her well, or even better than she knew herself. Whenever she was nervous she devoured the food. Maya opened the fridge. She took a banana, the biggest one, and swallowed it in one go. (Páge 293)

Glass ants and the torrential anthill. “(…) The Levantine weather forecast method is reliable. That’s why his father paid attention and went home. Young George looked towards the town and felt something moving in his curly hair. It was raindrops. The glass ants also jumped in the grass. The fattest raindrop dripped down a leaf towards the edge…and fell off. On crashing against the ground, young George saw it burst as the bubbles did when his mother was washing up. On the way home father and son were attacked from the air by a torrential ants’ nest, Pedro hurried up. But he stopped the two-wheel horse dead outside Rosa’s house. Rosa smiled at them: (Page 32)

The russian greeting. “(…)The noon bells tolled at the Cathedral. He was concentrated on his headline at the newspaper headquarters in Orihuela, he had a looked sideways at the clock. Instinctively a daily alarm let him know he had to go to school to pick up his daughters. He stood up and switched off his computer with the notion to leave earlier to go to school. So he thoughtfully went to the restroom. And when he was about to leave the newspaper building he made up his mind and thought it was time to do something different to what he used to do. How many times have you thought of that? You are thinking of something and then something different gets into your mind. Suddenly Ahtohno sneaked in through the door with a young girl: –Dóbrei diéñ! (Good morning!) –He waved his left hand to greet him– I’m in a hurry: I’m visiting the Kremlin and Troitskaya tomorrow. –Schastlívei diéñ! (Have a nice day!) –George greeted them with a smile. –This is María, she wants to write… She’s got a Bachelor’s degree in Hispanic Philology. –Hi! Send me you resume and I’ll give it to the Senior Officer in Alicante. I’ll send it to Vicente Crespo too, the ‘news’ guy, he needs a correspondent in Orihuela. –I love reading and writing. The young lady standing up motionless explained to him. (Page 149)

Spermatozoons like aleluyas on a paper. ”(…) since then the name of Itziar accompanied George everywhere. And he kissed it as if he already had his daughter in his arms. Indeed, because of the mystery released in each fertilization whenever a spermatozoon and an egg got together to return to Itziar’s soul. Sometimes George sat by the side of Itziar’s bed when she was half asleep and while the child was caressing her father she heard the story about the origin of her magical name: Light emerging from the bed of the sea, goddess Aphrodite that seen from the boats seems to be suspended over the waters. (Page 132)

Losing your cheektooth and going out of one´s mind. “(…) Three days after her dentist pulled out Maya’s wisdom teeth. After a week that lustful experience arrived. She was impatient and was the first one in waking up before sunrise. That day of “Blindness” by José Saramago Maya forgot to wash her face and eyes boogers properly. At daybreak George changed his five Usui meditation precepts: Do not anger; do not worry; be humble; be honest in your work; be compassionate to yourself and others. Such spiritual guidelines and statements stirred up our friend’s actions towards convergence and brotherhood. (Page 283).

Purifying your feelings like washing the dirty clothes. “(…) –Impossible! –She anxiously swallowed the last spoonful of mousse and stood up rudely, showing her coward and greedy ego–: Now I want you to be just a friend! –And about what I want? Help me to love really by your side being him your partner in the apartment! That night George had ‘bitter rice’ for dinner, which reminded him of Italian actor Vittorio Gassman. After eight days Maya commended her soul to San Antonio and flew over the Atlantic Ocean while George was purifying his feelings by himself just like someone doing the laundry. Solitude convinced him of moving to another apartment. He told it to Maya when he collected her at the airport: (Page 253)

‘Shahrazâd effect’ sustain that communication strengthens the human relationship. “(…) As the book “A Thousand and One Nights” illustrates the followers of the so-called Shahrazâd effect (The Persian princess that according to legend saved her life by telling her husband and executioner tales night after night until Shahrayar had a change of heart) sustain that communication strengthens the human relationship. –We evolve thanks to the words and language –summed up George. In the Sapiens’ mammal male, his feature of yearning for sexual novelty and procreating is an old instinct difficult to have under control. Research sustains that the gradual biological development of the human brain blesses every cognitive progress which has been evolving since the Neanderthal age, fostering and improving the communication between males and females. Unstoppable evolution towards the full equality between men and women as free human beings. –Whenever any man finds his femininity he feels a kind of revolution –assured George as he had experienced it a few years ago–. Unfinished human revolution like the one led by Che and Fidel in Cuba through the guerrilla spirit that propelled the Granma yacht ashore. –Femininity within masculinity? How is that phenomenon explained? –inquired a skeptical voice. –Yin emerging with Yang into a unique and complete Being, in accordance with the Eastern philosophy. Or the lunar column Boaz (femininity) and the solar one Jakin (masculinity) supporting the mythical temple of Solomon, symbol of the harmony of Humans. –Is it a revolutionary process? –I wanted to look into the subject in detail. –Crucial for humanity. Because from femininity always arises creativity and the new life. (…) (Page 236)

Greetings in a wide variety of languages: Chineses and african wolof. Arabian and the Archangel Daniel. German, English and Galician. The Friendly Galician. Basque and the "Txoria Txori" by Mikel Laboa. Persian Greeting from the Baha`i. Chinese, Russian, German, English, Arabian, French, Bambara and African Wolof, Latin, Sanskrit, Maya, Basque, Galician, Catalan and Valencian...

And metaphors based on masterpieces of the universal literature and slang language. Berenice’s smile by Allan Poe. Maya’s smile whose teeth were as hypnotizing as Benerice was in Poe’s story. Itaca mountains, Ulíses and Penelope and a female ruby. The pine tree which became a traffic light . Spermatozoons like aleluyas on a paper. Losing your cheektooth and going out of one´s mind. Purifying your feelings like washing the dirty clothes. The gazelle, mountain goat, the agile and elegant zebra. Grow a daisy and virginal flower . Flower Margarita ‘Down’, Virgin flower.

‘Shahrazâd effect’ sustain that communication strengthens the human relationship. “(…) As the book “A Thousand and One Nights” illustrates the followers of the so-called Shahrazâd effect (The Persian princess that according to legend saved her life by telling her husband and executioner tales night after night until Shahrayar had a change of heart) sustain that communication strengthens the human relationship. –We evolve thanks to the words and language –summed up George. In the Sapiens’ mammal male, his feature of yearning for sexual novelty and procreating is an old instinct difficult to have under control. Research sustains that the gradual biological development of the human brain blesses every cognitive progress which has been evolving since the Neanderthal age, fostering and improving the communication between males and females. Unstoppable evolution towards the full equality between men and women as free human beings. –Whenever any man finds his femininity he feels a kind of revolution –assured George as he had experienced it a few years ago–. Unfinished human revolution like the one led by Che and Fidel in Cuba through the guerrilla spirit that propelled the Granma yacht ashore. –Femininity within masculinity? How is that phenomenon explained? –inquired a skeptical voice. –Yin emerging with Yang into a unique and complete Being, in accordance with the Eastern philosophy. Or the lunar column Boaz (femininity) and the solar one Jakin (masculinity) supporting the mythical temple of Solomon, symbol of the harmony of Humans. –Is it a revolutionary process? –I wanted to look into the subject in detail. –Crucial for humanity. Because from femininity always arises creativity and the new life. (…) (Page 236)

(See the Linguistic section at the end of the novel/Second Part)