Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Juan Rulfo wrote Pedro Páramo with funding from the Mexican government and while working as an immigration agent—what would you do in between stamping passports? (Source)
Juan Rulfo published the novel only one year after he published his collection of short stories, The Burning Plain. He was pushing 40, which should give hope to aging aspiring writers everywhere. (Source)
Gael García Bernal is supposed to be glamming up the novel by starring in a new film version of Pedro Páramo, but production has been delayed for years. (Source)
There's an experimental movie version of the novel from the 1960s, for those of you who don't feel like waiting for Gael. (Source)