This novel inspired a series of photographs by Josephine Sacabo.
This novel inspired a series of photographs by Josephine Sacabo. The protagonist is sent to the location around which the novel is centered by his mother, whose dying wish is for him to meet and bring vengeance on his father, the patron of that town. When he arrives, all of the townspeople are dead, leaving only their ghosts behind to tell the tale of how the town came to ruin. The protagonist, Juan Preciado, is told that the town's downfall came with the death of his father's wife, Susana San Juan, and that Abundio, another one of his sons, killed his father. Set in the ghost town of Comala, which Gabriel Garcia Marquez cited as his basis for Macondo, this is \--for 10 points-- what novel by Juan Rulfo?
This novel inspired a series of photographs by Josephine Sacabo.
{Pedro Paramo}