Obra maestra del universo literario en espaol, esta portentosa novela mexicana narra la historia de Pedro Pramo, un caudillo local de quien dependen la vida y la muerte de un pueblo, Comala, y del hijo que va a buscarlo porque as se lo prometi a su madre moribunda. El narrador, JuanPreciado, llega a un pueblo deshabitado pero lleno de susurros, y a travs de estos conoce la destruccin que trajo la convulsa pasin de Pedro Pramo hacia Susana San Juan. Publicada en 1955 y aclamada por el pblico y la crtica, Pedro Pramo representa un cambio radical con la novela realista de la poca. Edicin con introduccin de Gabriel Garca Mrquez. "No vayas a pedirle nada. Exgele lo nuestro. Lo que estuvo obligado a darme y nunca me dio... El olvido en que nos tuvo, mi hijo, cbraselo caro". ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A masterpiece of the surreal, this stunning novel from Mexico depicts a man's strange quest for his heritage. Beseeched by his dying mother to locate his father, Pedro Pramo, 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 Pramo 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 Pramo 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, from Jos' Donoso and Carlos Fuentes to Mario Vargas Llosa and Gabriel Garcia Mrquez.
Obra maestra del universo literario en espaol, esta portentosa novela mexicana narra la historia de Pedro Pramo, un caudillo local de quien dependen la vida y la muerte de un pueblo, Comala, y del hijo que va a buscarlo porque as se lo prometi a su madre moribunda. El narrador, JuanPreciado, llega a un pueblo deshabitado pero lleno de susurros, y a travs de estos conoce la destruccin que trajo la convulsa pasin de Pedro Pramo hacia Susana San Juan. Publicada en 1955 y aclamada por el pblico y la crtica, Pedro Pramo representa un cambio radical con la novela realista de la poca. Edicin con introduccin de Gabriel Garca Mrquez. "No vayas a pedirle nada. Exgele lo nuestro. Lo que estuvo obligado a darme y nunca me dio... El olvido en que nos tuvo, mi hijo, cbraselo caro". ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A masterpiece of the surreal, this stunning novel from Mexico depicts a man's strange quest for his heritage. Beseeched by his dying mother to locate his father, Pedro Pramo, 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 Pramo 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 Pramo 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, from Jos' Donoso and Carlos Fuentes to Mario Vargas Llosa and Gabriel Garcia Mrquez.
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