{"product_id":"the-burning-plain-paperback","title":"The Burning Plain - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJuan Rulfo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDouglas J. Weatherford\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new translation of \u003ci\u003eEl Llano en llamas\u003c\/i\u003e, an iconic collection of short stories that changed the course of Mexican and Latin American literature.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince its publication in 1953, Juan Rulfo's \u003ci\u003eThe Burning Plain\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eEl Llano en llamas\u003c\/i\u003e) has become Mexico's most significant and most translated collection of short fiction. Set largely in a distressed rural region of the state of Jalisco known as El Llano Grande (the burning plain of the title), the seventeen stories of this anthology trace the lives of characters in the wake of the Mexican Revolution (1910-1917) and the Cristero Revolt (1926-1929). A father carries his fatally wounded son through the night in search of healing; a young girl's prized cow is swept away by a flood, along with her family's harvest; and a group of campesinos spend all day walking across the immense, barren Llano that the government has given them to farm. Through it all, Rulfo rejects moralizing and nostalgia, capturing instead the hushed reality of a landscape and people marked by violence and the weight of hardship and injustice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRulfo's writing, often compared in importance to that of William Faulkner, Anton Chekov, and Gabriel Garc?a Marquez, is characterized by a laconic literary prose and the distinctive language heard throughout the rural communities of southern Jalisco. These qualities come alive in Douglas J. Weatherford's vibrant new rendition of Mexico's most celebrated collection. Seventy years after its first publication in Spanish, Rulfo's work speaks to a new generation of readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Among contemporary writers in Mexico today [1959], Juan Rulfo is expected to rank among the immortals.\"―\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"What is remarkable about these sketches is that the characters are rendered with deep honesty; their faults are highlighted, celebrated in a way that is reminiscent of Chekhov's peasants.\"―\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJuan Rulfo (1917-1986), who was born in the Mexican state of Jalisco, is best known for two seminal works that altered the course of Mexican and Latin American literature: \u003ci\u003eEl Llano en llamas\u003c\/i\u003e (1953) and the novel \u003ci\u003ePedro Páramo\u003c\/i\u003e (1955).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDouglas J. Weatherford is a professor of Hispanic literature and film at Brigham Young University. In addition to \u003ci\u003eThe Burning Plain\u003c\/i\u003e, he has also translated Rulfo's \u003ci\u003ePedro Páramo\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Cockerel and Other Writings\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 03, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47257221267705,"sku":"9781477329962","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/fgoL3_8uym9781477329962.webp?v=1768743344","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-burning-plain-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}