Pedro Páramo (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Juan Rulfo
- First Published: 1955
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological symbolism
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
- Setting: Comala, Jalisco, Mexico
- Principal Characters: Pedro Páramo, Juan Preciado, Doña Eduviges Dyada, Susana San Juan, Father Rentería, Ana, Abundio Martínez, Miguel Páramo, Damiana Cisneros, Fulgo Sedano, Dorotea, Damasio (El Tilcuate)
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Magical Realism, Fantasy
- Subjects: Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Rural or country life, Guilt, Native Americans or American Indians, Fate or fatalism, Catholics or Catholic Church, Mexico or Mexicans, Ghost towns, Ethnology
- Locales: Jalisco, Mexico
The Story:
Juan Preciado, a peasant and Pedro Páramo’s son, in fulfillment of the last will of his mother, arrived on foot to Comala looking for his father. During his journey, another man had joined him; the traveler turned out to be another of Páramo’s sons. He told Juan Preciado that their father was a “kindled rancor” and that he was dead. Preciado found only one other person in Comala, Eduviges Dyada, an old friend of his mother, and she gave him shelter. The woman was dead, as was the companion of Preciado during the journey.
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