Pedro Paramo - Juan Rulfo (discounted)

Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo, translation by Margaret Sayers Peden / ISBN 9780802133908 / 124-page paperback published by Grove Press Grove recently published a new translation of this classic, but countless people who read this earlier translation love the book, so if you are looking for a bargain... discounted overstock copies with light wear *** The highly influential masterpiece of Latin American literature A masterpiece of the surreal that influenced a generation of writers in Latin America, Pedro Páramo is the otherworldly tale of one man’s quest for his lost father. That man swears to his dying mother that he will find the father he has never met—Pedro Páramo—but when he reaches the town of Comala, he finds it haunted by memories and hallucinations. There emerges the tragic tale of Páramo himself, and the town whose every corner holds the taint of his rotten soul. Although initially published to a quiet reception, Pedro Páramo was soon recognized as a major novel that has served a