The Burning Plain and Other Stories |
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| Author:
| Rulfo, Juan |
| Translator:
| Schade, George D. |
| Illustrator:
| Oliver, Kermit |
| Series title: | Texas Pan American Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-292-70132-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1971 |
| Publisher: | University of Texas Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $17.95 |
Book Description:
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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...
More DescriptionA 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.