The Burning Plain
And Other Stories
By Juan Rulfo; George D. Schade (Translator); Kermit Oliver (Illustrator)
(University of Texas Press, Paperback, 9780292701328, 191pp.)
Publication Date: January 1971
Categories: Short Stories (single author)
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Description
'The Burning Plain and Other Stories consists of fifteen pieces ranging from brief anecdotes, casual incidents that remind one of 'happenings' in pop art to short stories. Many, indeed, are short-short stories in deceptively elemental language and narrative technique; yet all have a sharp impact on the reader.... With a few bare phrases the author conveys a feeling for the bleak, harsh surroundings in which his people live.'
Thursday, Oct 15, 2009
Author Oscar Casares never used to be a reader — until the excitement of The Burning Plain and Other Stories showed him what he had been missing. More at NPR.org
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