Superb review. Worth the wait. Juan Rulfo is a masterpiece indeed and requires multiple readings as you said. Improves with every reading. One of my favourite books ever.
HI, I'm a colombian who appreciate the Spanish language and just try to practice the English, and believe me, Pedro Paramo speak an unique language that was lost in time. García Márquez said that there is living the poetry on in its maximum expression. Good video. Greetings.
I live so close from Juan Rulfo's hometown, and I've been to some of the places he mentioned in his short stories and his novel... He's just the best Mexican writer for me, he is so simple but yet so profound. Not so many writers can say as much as Rulfo said in so little pages. He stopped writing according to his words because "he didn't have anything more to say". He was also a great photographer. You should read Juan José Arreola, who was a good friend from Rulfo and another great mexican writer. ☺️
That's so cool! This one, as well as Rulfo's short stories which I've now read, has been a real treat for me as a reader. Thanks for the recommendation. More are welcome!
OK, "magical realism" is a label which almost every writer associated with it rejects, including both Rulfo and García Márquez. Just drop it. It's a marketing ploy, not an analytically meaning term. Next, when you have a double surname in Spanish, you'd be well advised to you BOTH surnames: Adolfo Bioy Casares is "Bioy Casares" or occasionally referred to as "Bioy" but NEVER as "Casares," at least not in Latin America. The place of this book within Mexican and Latin American literature resides fundamentally in Rulfo's language, and sadly, that can't be appreciated well in translation.
Pedro Páramo by the Mexican writer Juan Rulfo is one of the masterpieces of Latin American literature, it is considered the novel that inaugurated the literary subgenre of "Magical Realism in Latin America". Juan Rulfo's work finally gave me the path I was looking for to continue with my books,” Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez confessed in an interview.
Great review! I just finished it. You said if the reader can notice one character’s death, while reading it for the first time, is it Juan’s (the narrator-Pedro’s son, the Homeric son looking for his father lol)?
I've come across a reference to this book in Francine Prose's "Reading Like A Writer". It really impressed me, and I thought the mind of the writer must be just as caught in the twists and turns as the story itself in order to produce an account.
Just finished reading this book last night...now researching all I can to better understand its many nuances...thanks for your thoughts. Am starting to re-read it now...
I've read this book twice and I didn't like it. Maybe because I couldn't understand it. Many writers consider Pedro paramo a masterpiece. For me a movie would do this book justice better than reading it. But Your awesome review shed a new light on how I can reread this book. Thank you very much.
there is a movie about this book and it is for free here in RUclips unfortunately is in Spanish so if you don't speak Spanish it will be pointless for you.
very moved by the book . i got a copy for my niece as well. i wonder why i didnt see it at the university level as it i found it to be so influential. love your channel too.digging in. subbed .
Damn, this was unexpected, Juan Rulfo is something else man, there’s an interview for Spanish tv where he cites Faulkner as an inspiration for this book.
Not hating, but man, sooo many annoying cuts in the editing. When you seem to not get a single line right without cutting several times it makes it really obvious that you're just reading. I too loved the book when I read it though.
I know, man; I’m pretty bad at this video review thing. Trying to get better at keeping more in my head at one time and maintaining eye contact. I appreciate the criticism!
He is certainly a precursor though. And--boy do I want to read this one again! Thanks for our comment because it has firmly put this treasure back in my hands today.
@@LeafbyLeaf you're welcome. But, and I am seriously saying this with all due respect, there are a lot of misconceptions about Latin American literature in the American academia: Pedro Páramo is considered, yes, a precursor, but of the Latin American Boom. Because of its characteristics, Pedro Páramo is a novel of the "Fantástico" genre (do not confuse with fantasy) given the weight that the supernatural elements have in the narrative, that's contrary to Magical Realism in which the supernatural elements are just extras to the narrative and aren't taken as strange and out of this world, but just as weird occurrences (at most, if not downright accept as the common reality). PS. If you liked Rulfo I would recommend Rosario Castellanos and Elena Garro, and of course, Cartucho by Nellie Campobello.
Superb review. Worth the wait. Juan Rulfo is a masterpiece indeed and requires multiple readings as you said. Improves with every reading. One of my favourite books ever.
Totally agree!
HI, I'm a colombian who appreciate the Spanish language and just try to practice the English, and believe me, Pedro Paramo speak an unique language that was lost in time. García Márquez said that there is living the poetry on in its maximum expression. Good video. Greetings.
Hello and welcome! I would love to be able to read these works in Spanish. Best of luck with your English journey-seems great so far!
Great review.
Every hollywood when i hear ghost town by the speciales i think pedro páramo and comala the ghost town
I live so close from Juan Rulfo's hometown, and I've been to some of the places he mentioned in his short stories and his novel... He's just the best Mexican writer for me, he is so simple but yet so profound. Not so many writers can say as much as Rulfo said in so little pages.
He stopped writing according to his words because "he didn't have anything more to say". He was also a great photographer.
You should read Juan José Arreola, who was a good friend from Rulfo and another great mexican writer. ☺️
That's so cool! This one, as well as Rulfo's short stories which I've now read, has been a real treat for me as a reader. Thanks for the recommendation. More are welcome!
Pedro Páramo is indeed a book to be read many times over. Preferably, in one sitting every time.
Well put. Poe would approve of its single-sitting efficacy.
I'm watching several reviews on this book, in both spanish and english. You did it too well, thanks man
Hey-thanks so much! This was a great read!
Which translation of this title do you suggest to be better equipped with original quality of the texts sir?
Well, I'm not sure I can be of too much help here, as I've only read Margaret Sayers Peden's translation, and I've not read the original. :)
OK, "magical realism" is a label which almost every writer associated with it rejects, including both Rulfo and García Márquez. Just drop it. It's a marketing ploy, not an analytically meaning term. Next, when you have a double surname in Spanish, you'd be well advised to you BOTH surnames: Adolfo Bioy Casares is "Bioy Casares" or occasionally referred to as "Bioy" but NEVER as "Casares," at least not in Latin America. The place of this book within Mexican and Latin American literature resides fundamentally in Rulfo's language, and sadly, that can't be appreciated well in translation.
Pedro Páramo by the Mexican writer Juan Rulfo is one of the masterpieces of Latin American literature, it is considered the novel that inaugurated the literary subgenre of "Magical Realism in Latin America".
Juan Rulfo's work finally gave me the path I was looking for to continue with my books,” Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez confessed in an interview.
I remember not getting along with this book. Your review makes me want to try pick it up again.
Sometimes, of course, books just don't quite "hit" with us. Glad you're thinking of giving it another shot! Let me know what happens.
Great review! I just finished it. You said if the reader can notice one character’s death, while reading it for the first time, is it Juan’s (the narrator-Pedro’s son, the Homeric son looking for his father lol)?
I've come across a reference to this book in Francine Prose's "Reading Like A Writer". It really impressed me, and I thought the mind of the writer must be just as caught in the twists and turns as the story itself in order to produce an account.
This was also a major tenant of Cortázar.
That insight about Pedro Páramo being a sort of Metamorphoses (Ovid), is very good and inciting.
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I was waiting so much for this, wow
Me, too! :-P
Susan Sontag was wrong about many things but she was right about what she said in the thumbnail.
She also says that it would be hard to overestimate the importance of Rulfo on all of subsequent Spanish literature!
Oh my, is that a Yves Tangy painting as the cover art?
For some reason it isn't credited in any of the usual places (back cover, copyright page), but it certainly looks like it!
Almost as perfect as the book
Many thanks, Rick!
Just finished reading this book last night...now researching all I can to better understand its many nuances...thanks for your thoughts. Am starting to re-read it now...
Such a great book. Made for rereading!
Uan Rufo - the name could be written like this 😊
Fantastic video. Something I've been meaning to knock off my reading list for a while now.
Thanks! I feel certain it's time for you to do just that. :)
Such a great review, Chris! I love this book.
Have a wonderful weekend 😊
Tak, Silje ! You, too!
This is the excellent way to review an excellent book.
Many thanks!
Most people I know agree that you understand it after the third time read.
This one definitely demands re-reading.
Fantastic video, as always. I love the new intro you’ve been using, by the way!
Thanks so much for saying so! I’ve been wondering how people have received it.
I've read this book twice and I didn't like it. Maybe because I couldn't understand it. Many writers consider Pedro paramo a masterpiece. For me a movie would do this book justice better than reading it. But Your awesome review shed a new light on how I can reread this book. Thank you very much.
Great to hear I've swayed you to perhaps give it another shot! Do let me know how it turns out this time.
there is a movie about this book and it is for free here in RUclips unfortunately is in Spanish so if you don't speak Spanish it will be pointless for you.
SPECTACULAR REVIEW. thanks so much.
Thanks! Glad you got something out of it--incredible book!
very moved by the book . i got a copy for my niece as well. i wonder why i didnt see it at the university level as it i found it to be so influential. love your channel too.digging in. subbed .
One of the greatest novels ever written in any language.
Truly. It's high time for a revisit. After I read Pacheco's _Battles in the Desert_ first...
Sounds like Salman Rushdie talking about One Hundred Years of Solitude. Not wrong either.
Waiting for your next bookshef tour fiction 😊
I need to get on that! By the way, could you contact me through my email (it's on my About tab)?
At the top of my TBR
It is MAGNIFICENT! 👌
Damn, this was unexpected, Juan Rulfo is something else man, there’s an interview for Spanish tv where he cites Faulkner as an inspiration for this book.
I could see that for sure. Yes. Faulkner. You know--it has been far too long since I've spent some time in Faulkner's world.
Read it in the original Klingon and didn’t really feel it. I’ll have to re-read.
Not hating, but man, sooo many annoying cuts in the editing. When you seem to not get a single line right without cutting several times it makes it really obvious that you're just reading. I too loved the book when I read it though.
I know, man; I’m pretty bad at this video review thing. Trying to get better at keeping more in my head at one time and maintaining eye contact. I appreciate the criticism!
Pedro Páramo isn't Magical Realism. It's THE Latin American masterpiece though
He is certainly a precursor though. And--boy do I want to read this one again! Thanks for our comment because it has firmly put this treasure back in my hands today.
@@LeafbyLeaf you're welcome. But, and I am seriously saying this with all due respect, there are a lot of misconceptions about Latin American literature in the American academia:
Pedro Páramo is considered, yes, a precursor, but of the Latin American Boom. Because of its characteristics, Pedro Páramo is a novel of the "Fantástico" genre (do not confuse with fantasy) given the weight that the supernatural elements have in the narrative, that's contrary to Magical Realism in which the supernatural elements are just extras to the narrative and aren't taken as strange and out of this world, but just as weird occurrences (at most, if not downright accept as the common reality).
PS. If you liked Rulfo I would recommend Rosario Castellanos and Elena Garro, and of course, Cartucho by Nellie Campobello.
Hello ! Can you review a book by Mario Vargas Llosa?
In fact, I have The War of the End of the World on my list!
Overrated novel.
Yes, of course. Like Kafka, Melville, Cervantes and obviously Dante Alighieri🤣
Subjective comment.