Alice in Bed
Susan Sontag
A play about Alice James, the bedridden sister of William and Henry James, and her imaginative meetings with such characters as Lewis Carroll's Alice, Emily Dickenson, and Margaret Fuller.
Read Time: ~4.2 hr
La casa de Bernarda Alba
by Federico García Lorca. Ed. Joaquín Forradellas (1997)
About this book
A partir de la muerte de su marido, Bernarda Alba se encierra con sus 5 hijas ya adultas para guardar luto por un período de 8 años, permitiendo únicamente el ingreso a la casa de Pepe el Romano, un misterioso aristócrata que llega a caballo cada atardecer, y que está comprometido con la hija mayor. La más joven de las hermanas y otra hermana tambien se enamoran de Pepe.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreLa casa de Bernarda Alba Lead Character
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