Luces de Bohemia: Esperpento by Ramón del Valle-Inclán
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"Luces de Bohemia: Esperpento" by Ramón del Valle-Inclán is a play published in 1920. It follows the final hours of Max Estrella, a blind, impoverished poet who wanders through the dark, sordid streets of Madrid accompanied by his companion Don Latino. Through their encounters with society's margins, the work delivers biting criticism of Spain's political corruption and cultural hypocrisy. Valle-Inclán pioneered a new theatrical genre called "esperpento"—a distorted, grotesque lens for viewing
reality—transforming one man's tragic demise into a brutal portrait of an unjust nation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Valle-Inclán, Ramón del, 1866-1936 |
|---|---|
| Title | Luces de Bohemia: Esperpento |
| Original Publication | Spain: Renacimiento,1924. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_Lights Wikipedia page about this book: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luces_de_bohemia |
| 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: 70.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | Spanish |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Poets -- Drama |
| Subject | Poverty -- Drama |
| Subject | Spanish drama -- 20th century |
| Subject | Blind -- Drama |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 68745 |
| Release Date | Aug 14, 2022 |
| Last Update | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 521 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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