{"title":"Books by Juan Rulfo","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781800812871","title":"Pedro Páramo","description":"A GUARDIAN BEST NOVEL OF ALL TIME'There is no novel more mesmerizing and paradigm-shifting' Valeria Luiselli'One of the masterpieces of twentieth-century world literature' Susan SontagWith an Introduction by Gabriel García MárquezFrom one of the most famous and influential Mexican writers, and the father of magical realism, this novel is a stunning masterpiece of the surreal. Juan Preciado sets out on a strange quest, bound by a promise to his dying mother. Embarking down a parched and dusty road, Juan goes to seek his father, Pedro Páramo, from whom they fled many years ago.  The ruined town of Comala is alive with whispers and shadows. Time shifts from one consciousness to another in a hypnotic flow of desires and memories, a world of ghosts dominated by the tyranny of the Páramo family. Womaniser, overlord and murderer, Juan's notorious father retains an eternal grip over Comala.  Its barren and broken-down streets echo the voices of tormented spirits sharing the secrets of the past in an extraordinary chorus of sensory images, violent passions and unfathomable mysteries.NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX FILM","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43206257475762,"sku":"9781800812871","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781800812871.jpg?v=1786027198"},{"product_id":"9781477329962","title":"The Burning Plain","description":"A new translation of El Llano en llamas, an iconic collection of short stories that changed the course of Mexican and Latin American literature.   Since its publication in 1953, Juan Rulfo's The Burning Plain (El Llano en llamas) has become Mexico's most significant and most translated collection of short fiction. Set largely in a distressed rural region of the state of Jalisco known as El Llano Grande (the burning plain of the title), the seventeen stories of this anthology trace the lives of characters in the wake of the Mexican Revolution (1910–1917) and the Cristero Revolt (1926–1929). A father carries his fatally wounded son through the night in search of healing; a young girl's prized cow is swept away by a flood, along with her family's harvest; and a group of campesinos spend all day walking across the immense, barren Llano that the government has given them to farm. Through it all, Rulfo rejects moralizing and nostalgia, capturing instead the hushed reality of a landscape and people marked by violence and the weight of hardship and injustice.   Rulfo's writing, often compared in importance to that of William Faulkner, Anton Chekov, and Gabriel García Marquez, is characterized by a laconic literary prose and the distinctive language heard throughout the rural communities of southern Jalisco. These qualities come alive in Douglas J. Weatherford's vibrant new rendition of Mexico's most celebrated collection. Seventy years after its first publication in Spanish, Rulfo's work speaks to a new generation of readers.   \"Among contemporary writers in Mexico today [1959], Juan Rulfo is expected to rank among the immortals.\"-The New York Times Book Review\"What is remarkable about these sketches is that the characters are rendered with deep honesty; their faults are highlighted, celebrated in a way that is reminiscent of Chekhov's peasants.\"-Publishers Weekly","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56301585957237,"sku":"9781477329962","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781477329962_7c01ccf8-6f47-4fa9-ba31-d7b2e604169f.jpg?v=1786033918"},{"product_id":"9788410290105","title":"Pedro Páramo: Edición conmemorativa 70 años","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePedro Páramo\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the best novels of Spanish-language literature, and even of literature.\" —Jorge Luis Borges\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJuan Preciado makes a promise to his dying mother that he will travel to the town of Comala in search of his father, the titular character. Instead, Juan encounters a ghost town that relays to him the fragmented history of his father's cruel and violent life, and how he led Comala to ruin. Though met with an unwelcome critical reception in the years after its publication, \u003ci\u003ePedro Páramo\u003c\/i\u003e has ascended into the canon of Mexican literature and magical realism writ large, thanks in no small part to its star-studded list of devotees. Gabriel García Márquez called it \"the most beautiful novel ever written in the Spanish language,\" while Susan Sontag proclaimed: \"The goal of every writer's life is to produce one great book—that is, an enduring work—and that is what Rulfo achieved.\"\u003cbr\u003eCommemorating the 70th edition of its original publication, this jacketed hardback Spanish-language edition of \u003ci\u003ePedro Páramo\u003c\/i\u003e includes unmissable archival material, including more than 100 cover designs from translated editions in over 30 languages. A charming black-and-white postcard of Rulfo placed between the pages provides a glimpse into the character and personality of the \"father of magical realism.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJuan Rulfo\u003c\/b\u003e (1917–86) was born in the state of Jalisco, Mexico. The corpus of his narrative work is his short story collection \u003ci\u003eEl llano en llamas\u003c\/i\u003e, his novella \u003ci\u003eEl gallo de oro\u003c\/i\u003e and the novel \u003ci\u003ePedro Páramo\u003c\/i\u003e. He was a member of the Mexican Academy of Language. In 1983 he received the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature and in 1985 he was named Doctor honoris causa by the National Autonomous University of Mexico.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book was published in conjunction with Fundación Juan Rulfo .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56311270736245,"sku":"9788410290105","price":19.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9788410290105_4401ef65-6f15-4704-abd6-3af31a667e00.jpg?v=1786031813"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-juan-rulfo.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}