Beseeched by his dying mother to locate his father, Pedro Paramo, whom they fled from years ago, Juan Preciado sets out for Comala, a town seemingly populated only by memory and hallucinations. Built on the tyranny of the Paramo family, its barren and broken-down streets echo the voices of tormented spirits sharing the secrets of the past.
En 1955 aparece Pedro Paramo, novela gestada largamente por el mexicano Juan Rulfo, un escritor con fama de poco prolifico y que auno la propia tradicion narrativa hispanoamericana con los principales renovadores de la literatura occidental: Joyce, Faulkner, Wool... Es una novela rica, apasionante como pocas, que arrastra al lector del desconcierto a la sugestion, de la realidad a lo magico, de la vida a la muerte.