Lorca

I'm a bit behind schedule with my Classics reading, but I finally finished my book for September.  I read La Casa de Bernarda Alba by Federico García Lorca.  It is #4- A Classic in Translation.  It's Lorca's final play that was published posthumously.  He wrote it two months before he was killed in the Spanish civil war.  I chose to read it in its original Spanish language.  I like this category, because it helps me keep up on my Spanish.  Lorca uses a lot of poetic words, so I had my Spanish dictionary handy.

  It's not quite the right thing to say I "enjoyed" the book, because it's a tragedy, and it deals with a lot of female angst and suppression.  It's centered around the home of Bernarda, a controlling and bitter woman.  She has 5 single daughters at home with her.  Three of them are all obsessed with the same man.  The interesting thing about this play is that there are no men in the cast.  All we know about this guy is from what the females have to say about him.  The father has also just died, so Bernarda has instituted an 8 year period of mourning on the house.
I'm glad I read it, and I appreciate it for its literary genius, but I can't say it's one of my favorites.