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“The most beautiful novel ever written in the Spanish language”. Gabriel García Márquez.

Travel into the mysterious town of Comala and discover the dark legacy of Pedro Páramo, where the living and the dead converge in a story of power, ruin and redemption in “Pedro Páramo”.

“Pedro Páramo” is about Juan Preciado’s journey in search of his father Pedro Páramo, at his mother’s request on her deathbed. The protagonist arrives at the town of Comala where he finds a place inhabited by the dead, including his father. The narrative plays with the perception of time and reality, exploring themes such as death, power and regret. The work is considered one of the most important in Latin American literature.

Juan Rulfo is considered one of the most significant Hispanic American writers of the 20th century. His work, which includes the short story collection El Llano en llamas and the novels Pedro Páramo and El gallo de oro, has made him one of the most important writers of his century. Many authors, such as Gabriel García Márquez, Jorge Luis Borges and Susan Sontag, have left testimonies in this regard.

This work had a long conception. In two letters addressed in 1947 to his girlfriend Clara Aparicio, Rulfo names it Una estrella junto a la luna (A Star by the Moon), then changes it to Los murmullos (The Murmurs). Between 1953 and 1954, thanks to a grant, he was able to write it. In 1955 it appeared as a book and, since then, the recognition has been constant; among his admirers are Carlos Fuentes, Gabriel García Márquez (“the most beautiful novel ever written in Spanish”), Jorge Luis Borges (“one of the best novels of Spanish-language literature, and even of literature”), Günter Grass, Susan Sontag (“one of the masterpieces of universal literature of the 20th century”), Kenzaburo Oé, Gao Xingjian and Tahar ben Jelloun. Their translations number close to fifty.

Definitive text of the work established by the Juan Rulfo Foundation.