Reading Groups

In Short: Juan Rulfo's "Pedro Páramo" with Sam Rutter

Thursday, 6:30 pm EDT - 8:00 pm EDT November 14, 2024

The Center for Fiction

The ‘With Book’ option includes the title required for this group at a 10% discount from our Bookstore.

This single-session group is held in person at The Center for Fiction. Registration includes a complimentary drink from our Café & Bar.

A book so good Gabriel García Márquez couldn’t sleep until he’d read it twice, Juan Rulfo’s “Pedro Páramo” is a ghost story and a pillar of 20th-century literature. After promising his dying mother that he will seek out his father, protagonist Pedro Páramo journeys to the town of Comala, only to find it haunted by memories, hallucinations, and lore. In this tale, death and life are porous—two sides of the same worthless coin.

Join us in person at The Center for Fiction to discuss this modern classic. Please read “Pedro Paramo” by Juan Rulfo before our session and come ready for discussion! No prior knowledge of the story is required.

Led by

Samuel Rutter

Samuel Rutter

Samuel Rutter is a writer and translator from Melbourne, Australia. His work can be found in Harper’s, the White Review, the Paris Review, and ARTNews, and he is a regular contributor to T magazine. He was the deputy editor of Astra magazine.

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