Comala

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Comala is the haunting, ghostly Mexican town that serves as the central setting of Juan Rulfo’s novel "Pedro Páramo."

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Comala canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional town
literary setting
appearsIn Pedro Páramo NERFINISHED
associatedWithTheme death
guilt
memory
silence
the afterlife
atmosphere dreamlike
eerie
oppressive
climate hot
country Mexico
creator Juan Rulfo NERFINISHED
describedAs desolate town
ghost town
haunting town
firstAppearance Pedro Páramo NERFINISHED
governedBy cacique Pedro Páramo NERFINISHED
hasAdaptation Pedro Páramo (film adaptations)
influenced Latin American Boom literature NERFINISHED
inhabitants souls of the dead
inspiredBy rural Mexican towns
languageOfWork Spanish
literaryMovement Latin American modernism NERFINISHED
medium novel
narrativeFunction blurs boundary between life and death
embodies collective guilt
narrativePerspective multiple voices of the dead
narrativeRole central setting
symbolic space
notableFeature abandoned houses
empty streets
notableResident Pedro Páramo NERFINISHED
Susana San Juan NERFINISHED
referencedIn Latin American literary criticism
settingPeriod early 20th century
symbolizes abuse of power
failed promises of the Mexican Revolution
post-revolutionary rural Mexico
spiritual desolation
topography valley town
visitedBy Juan Preciado NERFINISHED
workAuthor Juan Rulfo NERFINISHED
workCountryOfOrigin Mexico NERFINISHED
workOriginalLanguage Spanish
workPublicationYear 1955
workTitle Pedro Páramo NERFINISHED

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