A major figure in the history of post-Revolutionary literature in Mexico, Juan Rulfo received international acclaim for his brilliant short novel Pedro Paramo (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.
- ISBN10 0292701322
- ISBN13 9780292701328
- Publish Date 1 January 1971 (first published 1 April 1968)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 December 2012
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Texas Press
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 147
- Language English