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La Casa de Bernarda Alba (Spanish Texts) (English and Spanish Edition)

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Fredrico Garcia Lorca, not only understands human nature but he was able to place his poetic prose on paper.

Humans can only indure so much, especially when you are a young girl with a love for life, in love and desperate for color in the bleak eight years of mourning. Only the saddest things can only happen when you are the youngest daughter of a bitter, spiteful mother and the youngest sister of old maid sisters, who must be married before you can ever be.

This drama provides a look at life after death in turn of the century Spain. Lorca portrays life realistically, it can also be said that this drama is how Lorca himself viewed his life and love through the symbolisms of the customs in turn of the century Spain.

I would recommend this drama to everyone, not only for it's beautiful prose but for a closer look at human nature when all that is loved is lost. It is the _Romeo and Juliet_ of Classic Spanish Drama. JMS

This is an incredible play, and it is hard to imagine that it was written so long ago, for it has an everlasting effect... It deals with culture, bitterness, love, loss, tragedy and family.

It is above all a book about the great expectations a young girl has with life, and how her mother and sisters destroy them. It is a sad tale, but it is written in such a powerful way that you simply cannot put the book down without finishing it.

Es un libro conmovedor que hable de la cultura, la familia, la tragedia, la separacion y el amor...
Los personajes son muy reales, crudos y a veces muy crueles.
Habla sobre una joven y sus suenos, asi como las consecuencias de sonar y de querer lograr mas de lo que se esperado.
Es una historia triste y tragica pero escrita y manejada de una manera incomparable por un escritor brillante.

i have read this play 3 times in classes for spanish language literature, and i just can't get enough. it is tough at times, vocabulary and such, BUT well worth it! tugs at the heartstrings and takes a good look at the way women were treated and considered in those times. buena suerte y si alguien quiere platicar conmigo de esta obra, mandame un email a tcherepashka@aol.com!

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Definitivamente puedo decir que Garcia Lorca es uno de mis autores preferidos,como estudiante de teatro,esta es una de sus mejore obras y de verdad que se las recomiendo. Personalmente amo el Trabajo de Garcia Lorca y por eso le doy un 5 stars. Espero qu ele guste esta obra tanto como me gusto a mi.

this book is about a family all women who live in spain , and who fight family traditions, genertions, and woamns rights.

this was one of the best plays I ever read. I think it's really deep and intense, and it's excellently written