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Pedro Páramo is a novel by Mexican writer Juan Rulfo, first published in 1955. The novel tells the story of Juan Preciado, a man who promises his mother on her deathbed to meet Preciado's father for the first time in the town of Comala only to come across a literal ghost town, that is, populated by spectral characters.
Pedro Páramo es la primera novela del escritor mexicano Juan Rulfo, publicada por primera vez en 1955 por el Fondo de Cultura Económica. 1 El autor comenzó la obra a finales de los años 1940 y, tras recibir una beca del Centro Mexicano de Escritores, logró finalizarla y, más tarde, publicar adelantos de la misma de 1953 a 1954 en diversas revi...
Nov 29, 2023 · “Pedro Páramo,” first published in Mexico in 1955, often produces a feverish response. Jorge Luis Borges said it was one of the greatest works of literature ever written. Susan Sontag called...
Pedro Páramo tells the story of Comala, a small town in rural Mexico, through 68 short fragments that frequently jump between different plots, moments, and narrators. At least initially, the novel can be divided into two main stories.
Mar 10, 1994 · Pedro Páramo. Paperback – March 10, 1994. by Juan Rulfo (Author), Margaret Sayers Peden (Translator), Susan Sontag (Foreword) 4.5 656 ratings. See all formats and editions. A masterpiece of the surreal, this stunning novel from Mexico depicts a man’s strange quest for his heritage.
- Juan Rulfo
Pedro Paramo is a novel written by Juan Rulfo about a man named Juan Preciado who travels to his recently deceased mother's hometown, Comala, to find his father, only to come across a literal ghost town─populated, that is, by spectral figures.
Aug 3, 2023 · Two poles of Rulfo’s art, regionalism and idealism, made Pedro Páramo a precursor of magical realist fiction and the boom novels in the 1960s. The boom period represented an intense output by Latin American authors of world-acclaimed fiction.
