by Juan Rulfo
Enough is written elsewhere to give you a good sense of the novella. There’s equally enough written elsewhere which speaks to this book’s foundational status with regard to magical realism. If asked, I’d only say Pedro Páramo is Our Town as conceived by Rod Serling and written by William Faulkner. ...
I cannot express ow much I love this story. I read the original text in Spanish, and if you can manage it I have to recommend it in the original language. There's SO MUCH that really is impossible to translate appropriately- not just because of the specific vocab, but mostly with how he uses words, ...