by Ángel Guimerá · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781974046898
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«Terra baixa» is the play by Ángel Guimerá, published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform in paperback (60 pages, in Catalan).
Manelic, a shepherd from the mountains, lives unaware of the intrigues of the lowlands until his master Sebastià, the local boss, marries him to Marta, his former lover. The clash between the protagonist's purity and the corrupt environment around him leads to a drama of honor and rebellion, considered a classic of Catalan theater.
The drama premiered in 1896 and was recognized with the Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Teatre i arts escèniques.
Habitual reading in secondary education, suitable for students of Catalan literature and for readers interested in 19th-century rural drama.
Àngel Guimerà i Jorge, usually known simply as Àngel Guimerà, was a Catalan Spanish playwright and poet. His work is known for bringing together under romantic aspects the main elements of realism. He is considered one of the principal representatives of the Renaixença movement, at the end of the nineteenth century.
