El Llano en llamas

The Llano in flames (Spanish: El Llano en llamas ) is a collection of short stories by the Mexican writer Juan Rulfo. It was first published in 1953 related to Spanish and published in 1964 in German in a translation by Mariana Frenk - West home. The two short stories The day on which it quaked and the legacy of Matilde Arcángel were not included in the first editions of the collection and were added later. The narrative Paso del Norte was omitted in some editions. Various stories in the volume already published previously in magazines and Pan America, where they were published along with photographs of the author.

Content

The collection contains the following short stories:

  • Macario.
  • They gave us Country (Spanish Nos han dado la tierra ).
  • We're very poor (Spanish que somos muy pobres It ).
  • The man (Spanish: El hombre ).
  • At daybreak (Spanish: En la madrugada ).
  • Talpa.
  • The Llano in flames (Spanish: El Llano en llamas ).
  • Tell them they should not kill me (Spanish ¡ Diles que no me formats! )
  • Luvina.
  • The night since you left him alone (Spanish: La noche que lo dejaron solo).
  • The legacy of Matilde Arcángel (Spanish: La herencia de Matilde Arcángel ).
  • Remember! (Spanish Acuérdate ).
  • Can not you hear the dogs barking? (Spanish No oyes ladrar los perros ).
  • Anacleto Morones.
  • The day on which it quaked (Spanish: El día del derrumbe ).
  • The stockpile of gossips (Spanish: La Cuesta de las Comadres ).
  • Paso del Norte.

Quotes for work

  • I do not know any story that constructs perfect, moving and heartfelt would. It's hard to find a story, which combines the feeling that the intelligence and the expression of a literary feat. - Elias Canetti on Tell them they should not kill me.
  • One day after Pedro Páramo reading The Llano in flames, and my admiration stopped. Much later, in the waiting room of a doctor's office, I found a magazine with another rollicking masterpiece: The legacy of Matilde Arcángel. The rest of this year I could not read a different author more because everyone else seemed too low. - Gabriel García Márquez
  • With these two books was Juan Rulfo a legend. - Gustave Le Clézio Jean -Marie Pedro Páramo and the Llano in flames.
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