by Federico García Lorca · Ediciones Cátedra · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788437621609
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«La zapatera prodigiosa» is the play by Federico García Lorca, published by Ediciones Cátedra in paperback (112 pages, in Spanish).
Described by García Lorca as a «farsa violenta», the play pits reality against fantasy. A young shoemaker's wife, married for convenience to an older man, is torn between her routine and the desire for another life; the shoemaker takes refuge in the tavern and regrets the wedding, until an unforeseen event forces him to decide.
2004 edition in the Cátedra Base collection (no. 9). Includes introduction, notes and reading suggestions by Paloma Pedrero.
Aimed at students of Spanish literature and readers interested in Lorca's 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.
