by Josefina R. Aldecoa · Editorial Anagrama · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788433914606
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«Historia de una maestra» is the novel by Josefina R. Aldecoa, published by Editorial Anagrama in paperback (240 pages, in Spanish).
Gabriela, a teacher by vocation, recalls her life moving from village to village during decisive years in Spain: from the twenties to the Civil War. The Republic, the fight against local bossism, the October Revolution in a mining town, and the memory of her first school in Guinea run through her personal and family story.
First instalment of the Memory Trilogy, number 129 in Anagrama's Compactos collection.
Recommended for teachers, trainee teachers and readers interested in twentieth-century Spanish history.
Josefina Aldecoa, originally known as Josefa Rodríguez Álvarez, was a Spanish writer and teacher born in León. She was married to the writer Ignacio Aldecoa, whose surname she adopted for her own literary career after his death. Josefina Aldecoa was the founder and Principal of the Colegio Estilo from 1959 until her death in 2011. She died on 16 March 2011 in Cantabria, due to respiratory problems, at the age of 85.
