The Two Trick Pony
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Translated by Douglas J. Weatherford
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ABOUT THE BOOK
In this masterpiece of the surreal, Juan Preciado sets out on a strange quest, bound by a promise to his dying mother. Travelling down a parched and dusty road, he goes to seek his father, Pedro Páramo, from whom they fled many years ago.
The ruined town of Comala is alive with whispers and shadows. Time shifts from one consciousness to another in a hypnotic flow of desires and memories, a world of ghosts dominated by the tyranny of the Páramo family. Womaniser, overlord and murderer, Juan’s notorious father keeps an eternal grip on Comala, whose broken-down streets echo with the voices of tormented spirits sharing the secrets of the past.
Short, haunting and endlessly influential, Pedro Páramo is the novel that opened the door to magical realism – Gabriel García Márquez said he could recite it by heart.
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