Ekstrom in Literary Onomastics Studies (1979) ‘Introduction to Juan Rulfo’s Naming Strategies in Pedro Páramo’ by Margaret V.

‘Landscape and Loss in Juan Rulfo's Pedro Páramo’ by M. ‘The Fractal Structure of Pedro Páramo: Comala, When Will You Rest?’ by Elizabeth Sánchez in Hispania, Vol. Over the course of the episode, we discuss Rulfo’s intriguing use of structure, Mexican rituals surrounding death, and the brutality of its central character. Somewhere within this chorus of the dead unfolds the tale of the landowner, Don Pedro, whose iron grip upon the town may well have been the source of its desolation. What he finds upon his arrival is a ghost town, the spectral image of a once vital community whose voices rise up to assail him with lamentations from beyond the grave. The book concerns the journey of a young man to his mother’s native village of Comala, where he will search for his father, the elusive figure, Pedro Páramo. The book is published by Serpent’s Tail, the translation is by Margaret Sayers Peden and the readings in this episode are by Jakub Blank.

Juan Rulfo’s Pedro Páramo was originally published in Spanish in 1955.

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