{"product_id":"z-bel-reads-lorca-federico-garca-lorca-9781736189337","title":"Zel Reads Lorca: Poetry, Painting, and Perlimpl匤 in Love","description":"\u003cb\u003eA cherished erotic play by Federico Garc僘 Lorca, illustrated by a major Spanish artist.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Painting, poetry, and music come together in \u003ci\u003eZel Reads Lorca\u003c\/i\u003e, as Fernando Zel, a Harvard student who would become one of Spain's most famous painters, translates and illustrates Federico Garc僘 Lorca's haunting play about the wounds of love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The premiere of \u003ci\u003eAmor de Don Perlimpl匤 con Belisa en su jard匤\u003c\/i\u003e, an \"erotic allelujia\" which Lorca once called his most cherished play, was shut down in 1928 by Spanish government censors who confiscated the manuscript and locked it away in the pornography section of a state archive. Lorca rewrote the work in New York, and an amateur theater group brought it to the Spanish stage a few years later. Since his death, the play has also been transformed into ballet and opera. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eZel Reads Lorca\u003c\/i\u003e presents Zel's previously unpublished translation and features contextual essays from several scholars. Art historian Felipe Pereda studies Lorca in the context of Zel's development as a painter, Luis Fern疣dez Cifuentes describes the precarious and much-debated state of the humanities in Zel's Harvard and throughout the United States in the 1940s, and Christopher Maurer delves into musical and visual aspects of the play's American productions. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Federico Garc僘 Lorca\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1736189336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781736189337\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Swan Isle Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/24\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 5.83w x 0.55d","brand":"Federico Garc僘 Lorca","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44074805461247,"sku":"9781736189337","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_95b55b0f-6892-4b76-8e28-abe011192dd4.jpg?v=1685455888","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/z-bel-reads-lorca-federico-garca-lorca-9781736189337","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}