Pedro Páramo (Eng)


Pedro Páramo (Eng)
Pròleg: Gabriel García Márquez
Traducció: Douglas j. Weatherford
Editorial: Serpent´s Tail
Pàgines: 130
Any: 2023
EAN: 9781800812871

With an Introduction by Gabriel Garcia Marquez new translation by Douglas J. Weatherford. An outstanding edition and a game-changing translation London Magazine´There is no novel more mesmerizing and paradigm-shifting´ Valeria Luiselli, the New York TimesIn this stunning masterpiece of the surreal, Juan Preciado sets out on a strange quest, bound by a promise to his dying mother. Embarking down a parched and dusty road, Juan goes to seek his father, Pedro Paramo, 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 Paramo family. Womaniser, overlord and murderer, Juan´s notorious father retains an eternal grip over Comala.
Its barren and broken-down streets echo the voices of tormented spirits sharing the secrets of the past in an extraordinary chorus of sensory images, violent passions and unfathomable mysteries.