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Federico Garcia Lorca: A Life

by Ian Gibson · 1985

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Back in print to coincide with the release of the upcoming motion picture Death in Granada on the life of Lorca, this "monumental biography" (New York Times) goes to the heart of his explosive genius. When, at the age of 38, Federico Garcia Lorca was executed by anti-republican rebels during the Spanish Civil War, he was already one of the world's most celebrated poets and playwrights.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of this
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LGBTLGBTMore like thisLess of thiswar and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of this
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20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisSpainSpainMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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long · 592 pages
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poetrypoetryMore like thisLess of this

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