Divinas palabras : Tragicomedia de aldea by Ramón del Valle-Inclán

"Divinas palabras: Tragicomedia de aldea" by Ramón del Valle-Inclán is a tragicomedy written in the early 20th century. Set in a rural village, the play follows the family of Pedro Gailo, a sacristan, whose sister dies leaving behind a hydrocephalic dwarf child. The family exploits the disabled boy at fairs for money, sparking bitter disputes. When Pedro's wife Mari Gaila runs off with her lover, tragedy strikes as a drunken mob kills the child, unleashing dramatic consequences in this grotesque yet universal work. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Valle-Inclán, Ramón del, 1866-1936
LoC No. 32030794
Title Divinas palabras : Tragicomedia de aldea
Original Publication Spain: Imprenta Yagües, 1920.
Series Title Opera omnia. vol. XVII
Note Wikipedia page about this book: ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divinas_palabras_(obra_de_teatre)
Credits Ramón Pajares Box. (This file was produced from images generously made available by Biblioteca Digital Hispánica/Biblioteca Nacional de España.)
Reading Level Reading ease score: 69.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language Spanish
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject Tragicomedy
Subject Spanish drama -- 20th century
Category Text
eBook-No. 69951
Release Date
Last Update Oct 19, 2024
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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