Pedro Páramo
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Pedro Páramo is a short novel written by Juan Rulfo, originally published in 1955. It is Rulfo's second book, after the short story collection The Burning Plain (original Spanish language title, El llano en llamas).
The story begins as Juan Preciado travels to Comala, the town his mother left in her infancy. Comala is deserted, home only to the ghosts of its former inhabitants. Through his interactions with the ghosts of the town, Juan Preciado reveals the history of Comala's demise.
Pedro Páramo had a major influence in the development of magical realism.
It has been twice translated into English. The most recent (and often considered the most accurate and complete) translation is by Margaret Sayers Peden.
Pedro Páramo has been filmed more than once. Twice the film-script has been written by Gabriel García Marquez.
Theatre Formation Paribartak, a group of theatre situated in India has produced a Bengali theatre named Pedro Páramo in 2004. The organization claims that it has prepared the script following the story of the one written by Juan Rulfo, not presenting the story exactly as written in the novel.
[edit] References
- The Ghosts of Comala: Haunted Meaning in Pedro Páramo -- University of Texas press introduction to Pedro Páramo
[edit] External links
- Pedro Páramo (1967) at the Internet Movie Database
- Pedro Páramo (1978) at the Internet Movie Database
- Pedro Páramo (1981) at the Internet Movie Database
- Pedro Páramo (2004) the theatre by Theatre Formation Paribartak of India
