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Pedro Páramo
by Juan Rulfo (1955)
★3.86(162 ratings)
Deserted villages of rural Mexico, where images and memories of the past linger like unquiet ghosts, haunted the imaginations of the author. In one such village of the mind, Comala, he set his classic novel Pedro Páramo, a dream-like tale that intertwines a man's quest to find his lost father and reclaim his patrimony with the father's obsessive love for a woman who will not be possessed, Susana San Juan.
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Like Pedro Páramo, it delves into Mexican history and identity with a rich, immersive style.
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