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Deeply powerful - Rated
This is a wonderful collection of three beautiful plays - powerful, raw and heartbreaking. The final - The House of Bernarda Alba is stunning and thoroughly recommended.
Have only read half of one of these plays but... - Rated
I am a Spanish A level student and for our literature coursework we are in the middle of erading "La Casa de Barnarda Alba" (or in English "The House of Bernarda Alba"). I can only really comment on the one particular play but from what i've read that has been written by Lorca I want to read more! This play is fenomenal! It's immense! It takes you in to the seedy underworld of Spanish society in the time of Lorca! At the time the play was very controversial as it highlights much of what was wrong with the Spanish society that Lorca lived in. There's lying, rape, jealousy, social hierachy, oppression of women, unfaithful fiancees...it's all in here and that's only from the first two acts! If La Casa is any thing to go by, the rest of these three plays will be fantastic!
Intense tragic plays which places the reader in the culture - Rated
This book was utterly amazing each story was individually evocative but when all three are read the reader finishes with a picture of life in Peruvian culture. In Blood wedding Ana Maria Matute shows you how Peruvian weddings are so important in the culture. She builds up the characters through exquisitely sculpted dialogue. Along with that there is a mysterious plot that takes you through the uncovering of deaths through the eyes of Ernesto Guevarra, the main character. Yerma was also an amazing piece showing you the difficulty a rural women has from having so many babies. Ana Maria Matute builds up the end with amazing style. The House of Bernarda Alba is the lesser of the three. However, it is still exemplary. The setting is a wealthy hacienda in the agricultural area of Peru. The mother(Bernarda Alba) leads her family through difficult times and is also built up beautifully by Matute. All three have dramatic provoking climaxes which makes the reader feel the emotion of the characters.
