by Àngel Guimerà · RBA La Magrana · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788482641997
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«Terra baixa» is the drama by Àngel Guimerà, published by RBA La Magrana in paperback (102 pages, in Catalan).
Manelic, a shepherd from the mountains, marries Marta, a young woman marked by her past as the lover of Sebastià, the local boss. Manelic rebels against the landowner's power and flees with his wife to the mountains, where deceit and betrayal do not exist. The drama contrasts the protagonist's purity with a society marked by oppression and bossism.
Work originally published in 1896; this Catalan edition was published on 1 October 2000.
Common reading in schools and a reference of Catalan theatre for those interested in 19th-century literature.
Àngel Guimerà i Jorge, usually known simply as Àngel Guimerà, was a Catalan Spanish playwright and poet. His work is known for bringing together under romantic aspects the main elements of realism. He is considered one of the principal representatives of the Renaixença movement, at the end of the nineteenth century.
