“Old women can see through walls.”

—  Federico García Lorca

Las viejas vemos a través de las paredes.
Act II (l. 597)
The House of Bernarda Alba (1936)

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Las viejas vemos a través de las paredes.

The House of Bernarda Alba (1936)

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Spanish poet, dramatist and theatre director 1898–1936

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