No one knows better than I do how far heaven is, but I also know all the shortcuts. The secret is to die, when you want to, and not when He proposes. Or else to force Him to take you before your time.
Pedro Páramo | 
No one knows better than I do how far heaven is, but I also know all the shortcuts. The secret is to die, when you want to, and not when He proposes. Or else to force Him to take you before your time.
This all began he thought- when Pedro Páramo, coming from such low beginnings, climbed his way to the top. He grew like a weed. The worst part is I made it all possible: "I confess Father that last night I slept with Pedro Páramo." "I confess Father that I had a son by Pedro Páramo." "That I gave my daughter to Pedro Páramo." I kept waiting for him to show up and confess something himself, but he never did.
-They say his soul is wandering out and about. People have seen it knocking at some girl's window. Looked just like him. In leather chaps and all.
Bookgroup tomorrow...
(Will I finish in time?)
Pedro Paramo is the story of a man who, upon his mother's death and by her wish, goes to a town to find his father, Pedro Paramo. However, the town has no living inhabitants and is filled with the ghosts of the past. Pedro Paramo could be the antagonist, because he kept a mistress, mistreated and abandoned the man's mother, and exploited all the people of the town whose land he bought up. The man's mother told him to “make Pedro Paramo pay.“
I haven't finished the book yet, but I made my #FoodAndLit #Mexico dinner to go with it tonight.
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pickThere are so many themes packed into this compact little novel I know I will reread it one day. Haunting and mysterious, this is a classic of Mexican literature that lovers of magical realism will not want to miss.
5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
#mexicanliterature #magicalrealism #booksintranslation
pickThis magnificent book haunts without haunting description or spooky setting. At a rough guess, it‘s 75% dialogue, and yet it still evokes a ghostly atmosphere. (Okay, so there are actual ghosts. Still.) Most impressive is how it relays multiple complete narratives and interwoven complex characters in under 125 pages. I envy this book.
And the rest of the splurge has some #1001books
pickThe Arion Press edition is amazing (and is the OOP University of Texas Press edition). Check out the complete review on the blog.
Shooting that sweet book porn for my upcoming review on The Whole Book Experience...👨ðŸ½â€ðŸŽ¨ðŸ“·
Two wonderful editions: from the Arion Press and the University of Texas Press. Review up soon on The Whole Book Experience.
Very excited for a re-read of this magical novel in the Arion Press edition for my blog, The Whole Book Experience!
pickread this at least 3 times in a row to try to understand what was happening. extremely fascinating.
Waiting for sunrise and for wholesale accounts to pick up their breakfast pastries so I can go home and sleep, but at least I brought a book today. Although I suppose I could be cleaning...😂
pickYou can DEFINITELY tell this is a precursor to magical realism. Wow.
Welp, here we go! #readingtoteach
My Sunday afternoon read is a novella that‘s considered a masterpiece in the style of magical realism. It was influential to many Latin American writers, including Gabriel García Márquez. â¤ï¸
I‘m just glad I didn‘t skip the forward by Susan Sontag or I wouldn‘t know what‘s going on! So far I‘d call it surreal...and haunting! ? #mexicanauthors
One of my favourite books. Magical realism full of ghosts and beauty. #MexicanAuthors
Pedro Páramo is one of the most well known pieces of literature in Spanish. I am finally getting to know this story in the 100th anniversary of Juan Rulfo's birth.
One of my most beloved novels #notinenglish. In my opinion, the best Mexican writer and one of the best in the world. Juan Rulfo only wrote two books: this novel and a collection of short stories called El Llano en Llamas (The Burning Plain). Both filled with beautifully haunting and evanescent worlds written with aesthetic perfection.
#seasonsreadings2016
pickI can definitely see why this is considered classic magical realism. I'll admit I was a tad confused at times, but I loved the descriptions of Mexico and the characters so much, I didn't care. Simply weird and wonderful.
bailedSupposedly the book that started the magical realism trend and supposedly a terrifying read but after 33 pages of a 124 page book I'm not scared!
Found this at Unwritten Bookshop Cafe too. It's like a Mexican book fiesta on the shelves!
Found this at Unwritten Bookshop Cafe too. It's like a Mexican book fiesta on the shelves!
pickA classic. Des sprinted by it, intrigued ... Still in my mind after so many years
