Pedro Paramo
- Editore:
GROVE ATLANTIC
- Traduttore:
- Peden Margaret Sayers, Paden Margaret S.
- EAN:
9780802133908
- ISBN:
0802133908
- Pagine:
- 128
- Formato:
- Paperback
- Lingua:
- Inglese
Descrizione Pedro Paramo
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.