Classics Literary 1955

Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo

Deserted villages of rural Mexico, where images and memories of the past linger like unquiet ghosts, haunted the imaginations of the author.

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What it is

A small town hiding secrets · properly strange

What happens in it

Small-town secrets

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How it's told

Structure
In fragments
Style
Literary

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Is it for you?

It's for you if…

  • you like a book that stays with you for days
  • you like a story that bends reality a little
  • you like fitting the pieces of a mystery together

Maybe not if…

  • you prefer a story told in order
  • you're after something comforting

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