Paso Del Norte
Author | : Juan Rulfo |
Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 1971 |
ISBN-10 | : 0292701322 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780292701328 |
Rating | : 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: A major figure in the history of post-Revolutionary literature in Mexico, Juan Rulfo received international acclaim for his brilliant short novel Pedro Páramo (1955) and his collection of short stories El llano en llamas (1953), translated as a collection here in English for the first time. In the transition of Mexican fiction from direct statements of nationalism and social protest to a concentration on cosmopolitanism, the works of Rulfo hold a unique position. These stories of a rural people caught in the play of natural forces are not simply an interior examination of the phenomena of their world; they are written for the larger purpose of showing the actions of humans in broad terms of reality.