Juan Rulfo, the works you should know about the Mexican writer

In 2024, Pedro Páramo It was adapted to the cinema by Rodrigo Prieto. The film is available in Netflix from November 6, 2024.

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El Llano en Llamas (1953)

Rulfo's first publication consists of 17 stories, most of them set around the Mexican Revolution. In them, the author embodied the harsh reality of living conditions in the field by adding some fantastic touches.

Specifically, the story that is entitled The name of the book reflects the times where Mexico began to industrialize and the peasants not finding work in the countryside emigrated towards the city in search of opportunities.

This book was published six years before the death of its author.

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The Golden Gallo (1980)

Written between 1956 and 1958 but published until 1980 – six years before Rulfo's death – he is set in the time of President Adolfo López Mateos when Mexico was recovering from an economic crisis and tells the love story between Dionisio, a chicken man and La Caponera, a singer of Palenques.

A posthumous book that reveals the romantic side of Juan Rulfo, little known to its readers.

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Letters to Clara (2014)

In honor of the anniversary number 99 of the birth of Juan Rulfo, the RM de Conaculta editorial gathered 81 letters that the writer sent to his wife Clara Aparicio between the years 1944 and 1950.

Despite the age difference, as Rulfo was 11 years older than clear, the couple married in 1947 after a seven -year relationship. The love story endured until the death of Rulfo, who left his deepest feelings in this collection.

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