by Josefina Aldecoa · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422637813
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«Historia de una maestra» is the novel by Josefina Aldecoa published by Círculo de Lectores in hardcover (205 pages, in Spanish).
Gabriela, a young teacher, recounts her career in rural schools in Spain and Equatorial Guinea from the 1920s to the start of the civil war. Through her eyes, the poverty and illiteracy of the era, the arrival of the Republic, and the efforts of those who saw teaching as a tool for social transformation are portrayed.
First installment of the Memory Trilogy.
Recommended for readers interested in historical novels and the role of education during Spain's Second Republic.
Josefina Aldecoa, originally known as Josefa Rodríguez Álvarez, was a Spanish writer and teacher born in León. She was married to the writer Ignacio Aldecoa, whose surname she adopted for her own literary career after his death. Josefina Aldecoa was the founder and Principal of the Colegio Estilo from 1959 until her death in 2011. She died on 16 March 2011 in Cantabria, due to respiratory problems, at the age of 85.
