Aurora in New York

Lorca, the Voice of Spain
That Franco Could Not Kill


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personal history restored, if Lorca’s bones are ever discovered.
Aware of the powerful symbolism of such find, aging right-wing survivors of Franco’s vicious militias have closed ranks and refused to offer any help to researchers. Which only goes to show how deeply divided Spain’s society still is over its war spoils.
But even if the remains of Lorca are eventually found and exhumed, for all the jolt that it may trigger on the conscience of those who wish that none of that had ever happened, it’ll mean little to dispel the mystery that surrounded his life and untimely death.
An often mentioned quote would be a fitting coda for the end of the first eight decades since the world lost this remarkable poet, as it perfectly encapsulates the arresting passion that marked his writings and loving life: Solo el misterio nos permite vivir, solo el misterio.

2 thoughts on “Aurora in New York

  1. Wendy Kate says:

    Many people here where I live remember Franco…

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