"Blood Wedding" by Lorca is a classic work of the 20th century. The story is based on a newspaper excerpt that narrates a family feud and a bride who elopes with the son of a rival family. Lorca uses it to explore themes that captivated him: desire, oppression, folk tradition, and the constraints of the rural Spanish community in which the work is rooted. Ted Hughes’ version remains true to the spirit and text of the original Spanish work. With wonderfully immediate imagery, it merges Lorca's vision with his own, and the result is a powerful poetic text that captures all the violence and pain of the work for an English-speaking audience.

• Pages: 80
• Year of Publication: 0101
• Dimensions: 13x13cm