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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rulfo, Juan, author.

Contributor:

Weatherford, Douglas, translator, editor.

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Rulfo, Juan--Translations into English.

Rulfo, Juan.

Manners and customs.

Mexico--Social life and customs--Fiction.

Mexico.

Genre:

Novellas.

Short stories.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

210 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Golden cockerel and other writings

Place of Publication:

Dallas, Texas : Deep Vellum Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

The Golden Cockerel and Other Writings offers the first English-language translation of an often overlooked novel from one of Mexico's most influential literary figures of the 20th century, Cervantes Prize-winner Juan Rulfo (1917-1986). Often misclassified as a film text, The Golden Cockerel is Rulfo's second novel, written shortly after Pedra Páramo (1955) and in a more traditional style than his other texts. Offering a new, exciting glimpse into the author's creative oeuvre, this short novel tells the tale of a penniless man who, by playing games of chance, suddenly rises to wealth only to lose it all in a vivid exploration of life in rural Mexico. The Golden Cockerel and Other Writings pairs Rulfo's short novel with fourteen additional texts never included in the groundbreaking anthology, The Plain in Flames (1953). This new collection-with many items appearing for the first time in English - provides an intriguing insight into Rulfo's enduing literary canon while placing The Golden Cockerel alongside the iconic Pedro Páramo and The Plain in Flames from one of the most esteemed writers of modern Latin American literature. Book jacket.

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.

Notes:

Novella, short stories, narrative pieces, and character sketches.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781941920589

1941920586

OCLC:

959036356