Yerma

Yerma (meaning 'Barren') is one of three tragic plays about peasants and rural life that make up Lorca's 'rural trilogy'. It is possibly Lorca's harshest play following a woman's Herculean struggle against the curse of infertility. The woman's barrenness becomes a metaphor for her marriage in a traditional society that denies women sexual or social equality. Her desperate desire for a child drives her to commit a terrible crime at the end of the play.

Author: Federico Garcia Lorca
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Published: 06/27/2008
Series: Student Editions
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.38lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.12w x 0.51d
ISBN: 9780713683264