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Lingofable

A 2-part Spanish story series

The Silver Gaze

La mirada de plata

  1. Part 1: The Stranger Wearing My Blouse

    C1 Spanish · 5 min read · Free

    Hidden in the background of ninety-four photographs from 1855, a terrified woman stares out at the camera — and she's wearing the blouse Xiomara put on this morning.

  2. Part 2: Polished Blind

    C1 Spanish · 6 min read

    A daguerreotype is nothing but polished silver, and whatever silver holds, a soft cloth can erase. The trick is doing it with your eyes shut while something pounds on the other side.