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Pedro Páramo

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In Juan Rulfo
Pedro Páramo (1955; Eng. trans. Pedro Páramo) examines the physical and moral disintegration of a laconic cacique (boss) and is set in a mythical hell on earth inhabited by the dead, who are haunted by their past transgressions.
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Latin American literature

In Latin American literature: The modern novel
Pedro Páramo), are among the best works of fiction ever published in Latin America. Rulfo’s rural characters live in the aftermath of the Mexican Revolution, the victims of those who had presumably fought to save them. In the stories, laconic narrators tell about their stark,…
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