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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.
- Juan Rulfo
- 1955
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...
- Valeria Luiselli
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.
As one enters Juan Rulfo's legendary novel, one follows a dusty road to a town of death. Time shifts from one consciousness to another in a hypnotic flow of dreams, desires, and memories, a world of ghosts dominated by the figure of Pedro Páramo - lover, overlord, murderer.
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Feb 1, 2024 · In his 1955 masterpiece Pedro Páramo, he gave the bloody history of his country—between the rich and poor, landed and landless—mythic dimension.
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Jul 10, 2022 · Esta edición ofrece el texto definitivo de "Pedro Páramo", corregido por la Fundación Juan Rulfo, incluye una nueva Introducción, varios Apéndices sobre variantes, cronología de la historia, anotaciones a los fragmentos y aclaraciones de Rulfo y un nuevo aparato de notas.
