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The Burning Fields: The Rulfo Trilogy Author: [Mexico] Juan Rulfo Publisher: Yilin Press Original title: El llano en llamas
The Burning Fields: The Rulfo Trilogy Author: [Mexico] Juan Rulfo Publisher: Yilin Press Original title: El llano en llamas
Description
Introduction · · · · · ·
"Rulfo Trilogy" "The Burning Fields", "Pedro Páramo", "Golden Cockerel"
★ The founder of the magical realism novel genre, known as the "pioneer of Latin American new novels", leading the trend of Latin American "literary explosion"
★ Without Rulfo, there might be no "One Hundred Years of Solitude"——
The prototype of the classic opening of "One Hundred Years of Solitude", inspired by "Pedro Páramo"
In Rulfo’s work, García Márquez “found the path he needed to find to continue writing books.”
★ He left behind only a very limited number of works in his lifetime, but he is regarded as a literary idol by many writers——
García Márquez, Oe Kenzaburo, Le Clézio… they all loved Rulfo’s description of the wilderness;
Yu Hua, Mo Yan, Su Tong... They were all deeply influenced by Rulfo
★ Translated directly from Spanish by well-known translators/scholars Zhao Zhenjiang, Tu Mengchao, Zhang Weijie, and Jin Can, with a preface and introduction, including García Márquez's long preface, the author's autobiography, and the dedication of the Rulfo Foundation, etc.
★ The cover of the series exclusively uses Rulfo's personal photography, showing the vast and charming land of Mexico in the eyes of the writer, suitable for both collection and reading
About the Author · · · · · ·
Juan Rulfo (1917-1986)
Mexican novelist, known as the "pioneer of Latin American new novel", left only a very limited number of works in his lifetime, but he is regarded as a literary idol by many writers. He is the winner of the Mexican National Literature Award, the Villaurrutia Literature Award, and the Prince of Asturias Literature Award of Spain, and a member of the Mexican Language Academy. Together with Octavio Paz and Carlos Fuentes, he is known as the "three horses" of Mexican literature in the second half of the 20th century.