A tale of greed, exploitation, and moral ambiguity set in an impoverished 1920s Galician village.
A work of Valle-Inclán, the story takes place in Galicia in the early twentieth century. To escape poverty, the wife of a sacristan uses a hydrocephalic child as a sideshow attraction. This causes a confrontation with her sister-in-law.
José Luis García Sánchez
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