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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38787.Pedro_P_ramo?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Pedro Páramo" border="0" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169187552m/38787.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38787.Pedro_P_ramo?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">Pedro Páramo</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21778.Juan_Rulfo">Juan Rulfo</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25983570?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 3 of 5 stars<br/>More surrealism than magical realism. At times I felt as lost and dislocated as the narrator in search of father's ghost. It's like reading someone's bad dream you've been dropped in the middle of -- little or no context or discernible structure. More of an atmospheric mood piece than a narrative. I generally enjoy books with untraditional narratives, but this one really challenges your expectations of a story. Reads more like an extended prose poem than fiction. I'm probably not doing it justice, as it's been years since I've read this, and I found it frustrating, if intriguing back then. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/1245181?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>