![]() 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.įirst published to both critical and popular acclaim in 1955, Pedro Páramo represented a distinct break with earlier, largely "realist" novels from Latin America. Comala is a town alive with whispers and shadows-a place seemingly populated only by memory and hallucinations. ![]() Beseeched by his dying mother to locate his father, Pedro Páramo, whom they fled from years ago, Juan Preciado sets out for Comala. About the Book Dentro de su brevedad, determinada por el rigor y la concentracion expresiva, Pedro Paramo 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, region inscrita ya en la mitologia literaria universal.Ī masterpiece of the surreal, this stunning novel from Mexico depicts a man's strange quest for his heritage. ![]()
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