Pedro Páramo

Name: Pedro Páramo
Rating: 3.894927536231884 (138 reviews)
Author: Juan Rulfo
ISBN: 9780802133908

by Juan Rulfo

3.9

(138 ratings)

Southwestern and Mexican Photography Series, The Wittliff Collections124 pages1994Grove PressISBN 9780802133908

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About this book

<p>A masterpiece of the surreal, this stunning novel from Mexico depicts a man's strange quest for his heritage. Beseeched by his dying mother to locate his father, Pedro Páaacute;ramo, whom they fled from years ago, Juan Preciado sets out for Comala. Comala is a town alive with whispers and shadows-a place seemingly populated only by memory and hallucinations. Built on the tyranny of the Páramo family, its barren and broken-down streets echo the voices of tormented spirits sharing the secrets of the past.</p><p>First published to both critical and popular acclaim in 1955, Pedro Páramo represented a distinct break with earlier, largely "realist" novels from Latin America. Rulfo's entrancing mixture of vivid sensory images, violent passions, and inexplicable sorcery--a style that has come to be known as 'magical realism"--has exerted a profound influence on subsequent Latin American writers, from Jos' Donoso and Carlos Fuentes to Mario Vargas Llosa and Gabriel Garcia Márquez.</p>

Publication Details

Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 1994
Pages: 124
ISBN: 9780802133908
Language: en

About Juan Rulfo

Juan Nepomuceno Carlos Pérez Rulfo Vizcaíno (Apulco, Jalisco, 16 de mayo de 1917 - Ciudad de México, 7 de enero de 1986) fue un escritor, guionista y fotógrafo mexicano, perteneciente a la Generación del 52. Es considerado uno de los escritores latinoamericanos más importantes del siglo XX. Su reputación se asienta en dos de sus tres obras narrativas: el libro de cuentos *El llano en llamas,* publicado en 1953, y la novela *Pedro Páramo,* publicada en 1955. ---------- Juan Nepomuceno Carlos Pérez Rulfo Vizcaíno (Apulco, Jalisco, May 16, 1917 - Mexico City, January 7, 1986) was a Mexican writer, screenwriter and photographer, belonging to the Generation of '52. He is considered one of the most important Latin American writers of the 20th century. His reputation is based on two of his three narrative works: the book of stories *El llano en llamas,* published in 1953, and the novel *Pedro Páramo,* published in 1955.