pickThis collection is stylistically similar to #PedroParamo. The stories are all set in rural Mexico, an area isolated, hot, and hostile, during a time of unrest and violence (c. 1920s), and the characters are poor. The writing is beautiful and I concur this is a worthy member of the #1001 list. And yet, I had difficulty reading the stories. I‘ve long recognized I don‘t get on with short stories. They frequently feel...See Below
arubabookwoman Incomplete to me and I am often puzzled by them. These stories combine the details of the brutality of life with a certain mysticism, and Rulfo sometimes seems to have gone out of the way to be puzzling. Still, I recommend this, but I recommend his novel #PedroParamo more. 7y
arubabookwoman My edition was illustrated with lovely woodcuts like the illustration above. 7y
Suet624 I have trouble with short stories too. Just get into them and they‘re done! 😂 7y
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