One Hundred Years of Solitude

first bulbs she was only able
to perceive the glow. She did
not tell anyone about it
because it would have been a
public recognition of her
uselessness. She concentrated
on a silent schooling in the
distances of things and
peoples voices, so that she
would still be able to see with
her memory what the
shadows of her cataracts no
longer allowed her to. Later
on she was to discover the