NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX FILM ' O ne of the masterpieces of twentieth-century world literature'
Susan Sontag With an Introduction by Gabriel García Márquez A new translation by Douglas
J. Weatherford From one of the most famous and influential Mexican writers and the father of
magical realism this novel is a 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 Páramo 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 Páramo 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.
