Pedro Páramo

Literature

Author: Juan Rulfo

A classic of Mexican modern literature about a haunted village.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.Rulfo’s extraordinary mix of sensory i….Read More

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