by Federico García Lorca · Cátedra Ediciones · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788437600680
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«La casa de Bernarda Alba» is the play by Federico García Lorca published by Cátedra Ediciones in paperback (199 pages, in Spanish).
After the death of her second husband, Bernarda Alba imposes a rigorous mourning on her five daughters that encloses the house in an atmosphere of silence and control. The conflict between obedience imposed by power and the longing for freedom, along with repression, envy, desire and frustration, depicts an oppressive society.
The edition, edited by Allen Josephs and Juan Caballero, belongs to the Letras Hispánicas collection (number 43) and includes studies and notes.
A work commonly read in high schools and universities, aimed at literature students and readers interested in Spanish theater.
Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27, a group consisting mostly of poets who introduced the tenets of European movements into Spanish literature.
