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The golden cockerel & other writings / Juan Rulfo ; translated from the Spanish, with an introduction and additional materials, by Douglas J. Weatherford.

Title
The golden cockerel & other writings / Juan Rulfo ; translated from the Spanish, with an introduction and additional materials, by Douglas J. Weatherford.
Author
Rulfo, Juan
Publication
Dallas, Texas : Deep Vellum Publishing, 2017.

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Additional Authors
Weatherford, Douglas
Description
210 pages : illustrations; 21 cm
Summary
The legendary title novella from one of Mexicos most influential writers is published here in English for the first time on the 100th anniversary of his birth. This lost masterwork, collected with his previously untranslated stories, marks a landmark event in world literature. Juan Rulfo (1917-1986), Mexicos most important and influential author of the twentieth century, received numerous awards in his lifetime, including the esteemed Cervantes Prize, and his work served as the literary precursor of “magical realism".
Uniform Title
Works. Selections. English
Alternative Title
  • Works.
  • Golden cockerel and other writings
Subject
  • Rulfo, Juan > Translations into English
  • Mexico > Social life and customs > Fiction
Genre/Form
  • Novellas
  • Short stories.
  • Fiction
  • Novellas.
  • Short stories
  • Translations
  • Fiction.
  • Translations.
  • Mexican fiction.
Note
  • Novella, short stories, narrative pieces, and character sketches.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The golden cockerel -- Synopsis of The golden cockerel -- The secret formula -- Life doesn't take itself very seriously -- A piece of the night -- A letter to Clara (Mex. end of Februrary 1947) -- Castillo de Teayo (with a selection of photographs) -- After death -- My Aunt Cecelia -- Cleotilde -- My father -- Same as yesterday -- Susana Foster -- He was on the run and hurting -- Ángel Pinzón paused -- The discoverer -- Glossary of general terms -- Glossary of geographical names -- Juan Rulfo : a chronology.
ISBN
  • 9781941920589
  • 1941920586
OCLC
  • 959036356
  • SCSB-11066809
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library