by Josefina Aldecoa · PUNTO DE LECTURA · tapa dura · ISBN 9788466368704
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«Historia de una maestra» is the novel by Josefina Aldecoa, published by Punto de Lectura in hardcover (240 pages, in Spanish).
Gabriela earns her teaching degree in 1923 and works in rural schools in Spain and Equatorial Guinea. The novel, narrated from memory, spans from the 1920s to the start of the civil war. With the Republic, the October Revolution and the war in the background, it portrays an era marked by poverty and oppression, as well as the value of teaching.
First installment of Josefina Aldecoa's Memory Trilogy; the work appeared in 1990 and this edition dates from January 2007.
A suitable read for those interested in literary and historical fiction, with special attention to education, memory and Spain in the first half of the 20th century.
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.
