Jueces en la noche (La Farsa)

by Antonio Buero Vallejo

Spanish

121 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1984

About the author

Antonio Buero Vallejo was a Spanish playwright considered the most important Spanish dramatist of the Spanish Civil War. During his career he won three National Theatre Prizes (in 1957, 1958 & 1959), a National Theatre Prize for all his career in 1980, the National Literature Prize in 1996, and the Miguel de Cervantes Prize, Spain's highest literary honour, in 1986. From 1971 until his death he was a member of the Real Academia Española.

From 1934 to 1936 Vallejo studied art and painting at San Fernando Escuela de Arte, in Madrid. During the civil war, he served as a medical aid in the Republican army. After the war he was imprisoned for six years. After being released he wrote Story of a Stairway in 1949. This work presented a graphic picture of Spain after the Civil War and won the Lope de Vega Prize, establishing Vallejo as one of the foremost authors in Spain. While other authors left Spain to escape Franco's censorship, Vallejo stayed in Spain and used symbolism to criticize the government. In 1971, he was elected to the Royal Spanish Academy. In 1994 he was awarded the Gold Medal of Merit in Fine Arts and the Gold Medal of the Society of Authors of Spain.

A common theme in his work is Spain's problems during and after Franco. In the tragedies there is always a sense of hope for the future. His works make frequent use of the symbolism of the senses—for example, using the "fiery darkness," in which the protagonist cannot see, as a symbol of Spain's dark situation.

Reviews

[Marta · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pues me parece una perfectísima explicación de porqué los partidos de "izquierda" en España no representan para nada los intereses de la clase trabajadora. Trata la memoria histórica, la complicidad de las clases acomodadas con la ultraderecha + las injusticias/crímenes que comete esta y su estrechísima relación con el clero y lo militar (da mucho el pego con la España de hoy). Según lo esperado es una pedazo de obra maestra super entretenidísima de leer. Esque real que no se si la gozaría tanto viéndola en el teatro, aunque capaz, porque este hombre tiene un manejo de la carpintería teatral que da gusto. Mis dieses, otra vez.

[Halyna (Галина) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Переплетіння почуттів і політики. Але нічого, цікаво було.