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Pedro Paramo

By Juan Rulfo, (Translator) Margaret Sayers Peden, (Foreword) Susan Sontag
Pedro Paramo

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Authors: Juan Rulfo, (Translator) Margaret Sayers Peden, (Foreword) Susan Sontag
Copyright: 1994
Format: Paperback
GTIN13: 9780802133908
ISBN10: 0802133908
Page Count: 128
Dimensions: 5.1x0.3x7.6
Publisher: Grove Press
Jacket Notes: Beseeched by his dying mother to locate his father, Pedro Paramo, 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 Paramo family, its barren and broken-down streets echo the voices of tormented spirits sharing the secrets of the past. First published to both critical and popular acclaim in 1955, Pedro Paramo 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.

Strand Notes

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 Paramo, 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 Paramo family, its barren and broken-down streets echo the voices of tormented spirits sharing the secrets of the past.

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Dentro de su brevedad, determinada por el rigor y la concentraci n expresiva, Pedro P ramo sintetiza la mayor parte de los temas que han interesado siempre a los mexicanos, ese misterio nacional que el talento de Juan Rulfo ha sabido condensar por medio de los cotidianos habitantes de Comala, regi n inscrita ya en la mitolog a literaria universal.
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