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Pedro Páramo
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A magical realism story about a man trying to find his father and hearing the tale through the ghosts of the town his father once controlled, Pedro Páramo is the quintessential Mexican novel. It was the only novel ever written by Juan Rulfo, who also published one excellent collection of short stories, The Burning Plain (El Llano en Llamas).
ClassicsFictionLiterary FictionAdult
- Pages
- 128
- First published
- 1994
- Language
- English
- Edition
- Ebook
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Finished April 16, 2025
Very surreal, with a dreamlike quality that can be disorienting. Like One Hundred Years of Solitude, I may need a second read to fully understand and appreciate it. Still, it’s a powerful novella and absolutely worth the read.